24 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year — and a big one didn't

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Laura Alber, chief executive officer of Williams-Sonoma Inc., during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.
Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber was the highest-paid retail CEO last year.

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From Amazon warehouses to Walmart aisles, here's what retail workers earned in 2025

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A Costco employee stocks chicken in a cold case inside a Costco store in Napa, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.
Costco continues to have the highest median worker compensation in retail.

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Warren Buffett says rules requiring CEO-to-employee pay comparison backfired

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Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, makes his way to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 13, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Warren Buffett says CEO pay ratio disclosure rules "produced envy, not moderation."

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