I've always found the idea that the manager must earn more than the managed a little odd. Fundamentally, those are completely different jobs. It's not like the

I've always found the idea that the manager must earn more than the managed a little odd. Fundamentally, those are completely different jobs. It's not like the rather more insidious version where "Software Engineer level 4" is making a higher base than "Software Engineer level 5" because discrimination / nepotism / negotiation skills or lack thereof / ... Consider e.g. a bank or hedge fund - it's perfectly imaginable that some of the star traders earn multiples of their manager.