I've only ever heard people complain about "CEO X made $Z million last year, which is 40x the average employee pay". These complaints reference the total comp p

I've only ever heard people complain about "CEO X made $Z million last year, which is 40x the average employee pay". These complaints reference the total comp package, IIRC. To the extent that this is what people are talking about, a study that looks at this larger figure seems useful. It would be good to cut things up more ways, if it gives different results.