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October 27 2009

“Adams’ graphic shows the eight CEOs with the highest compensations and the number of minimum wage earners that each respective CEO’s compensation could have supported. Bruce Wasserstein of Lazard ltd. was the top earner at $133 million, or the annual salary of 8,866 minimum wage earners.” (via How Much Do CEOs Make in the United States? | FlowingData). Reading that makes me think “wow, that one dude took home as much pay as a small town of minimum wagers”, which makes me think that a much more compelling visualization would be to show the small town of people who, put together, only take home as much as that one dude.

“Adams’ graphic shows the eight CEOs with the highest compensations and the number of minimum wage earners that each respective CEO’s compensation could have supported. Bruce Wasserstein of Lazard ltd. was the top earner at $133 million, or the annual salary of 8,866 minimum wage earners.” (via How Much Do CEOs Make in the United States? | FlowingData). Reading that makes me think “wow, that one dude took home as much pay as a small town of minimum wagers”, which makes me think that a much more compelling visualization would be to show the small town of people who, put together, only take home as much as that one dude.