 According to the latest data, top CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978. Here are five numbers to watch if you care about inequality. Since 1978, when U.S. economic growth started to really become untethered from typical workers' pay, the compensation of top CEOs has gone up 1,460% adjusting for inflation. Top CEOs today make a whopping 399 times more annually than typical workers. This is the highest number we have on record. CEO pay grew 81 times more than typical workers' compensation over that same period. CEO pay grew 4 times faster than even the top .1% of earners. CEO pay has risen 37% faster than the stock market. These exorbitant compensation packages for CEOs aren't happening because their performance is 1,460% better, because the talent pool is 14 times more skilled, or because they're adding this much more value to the companies. They're happening because a labor market for top corporate management is completely broken, with corporate boards colluding with CEOs rather than imposing any real discipline on their pay. This market failure has huge ramifications. If you want to address economic inequality in the United States, you can't do it without addressing out-of-control CEO pay.