CEO pay always grew inline with worker's pay until 1978 when trend started to break. Coincidentally, 1978 is when 401K was introduced. https://www.epi.org/publ

CEO pay always grew inline with worker's pay until 1978 when trend started to break. Coincidentally, 1978 is when 401K was introduced. https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/ https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2021/ Then in 1990s, all hell broke loose and the gap completely blew open between avg worker and CEO pay.