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It took around 10 days for the average Italian worker to make the $957 that his firm's chief executive made in an hour in 2012, according to calculations by The Economist, it says.
Combining private-sector pay figures from the Federation of European Employers, a trade group, with data on the average hours worked per week (only data for the whole economy were available) gives the approximate number of days needed for employees to match their bosses' hourly stipends, according to The Economist.
Let's see how many days it takes a worker to earn what a CEO earns in an hour.
Source: The Economist
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Romania
Hourly wage of a CEO: $305
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 12 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 29 days
Global rank in wage differences: 1
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Ukraine
Hourly wage of a CEO: $187
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 11 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 27 days
Global rank in wage differences: 2
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Russia
Hourly wage of a CEO: $264
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 11 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 23 days
Global rank in wage differences: 3
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Spain
Hourly wage of a CEO: $792
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 8 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 21 days
Global rank in wage differences: 4
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Hungary
Hourly wage of a CEO: $264
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 8 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 14 days
Global rank in wage differences: 5
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Italy
Hourly wage of a CEO: $957
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 9 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 14 days
Global rank in wage differences: 6
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Poland
Hourly wage of a CEO: $262
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 8 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 13 days
Global rank in wage differences: 7
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Bulgaria
Hourly wage of a CEO: $132
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 8 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 12 days
Global rank in wage differences: 8
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Portugal
Hourly wage of a CEO: $307
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 8 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 11 days
Global rank in wage differences: 9
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Turkey
Hourly wage of a CEO: $215
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 6 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 8 days
Global rank in wage differences: 10
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Greece
Hourly wage of a CEO: $275
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 5 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 7 days
Global rank in wage differences: 11
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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The United Kingdom
Hourly wage of a CEO: $616
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 4 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 8 days
Global rank in wage differences: 12
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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Sweden
Hourly wage of a CEO: $709
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 4 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 7 days
Global rank in wage differences: 13
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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France
Hourly wage of a CEO: $551
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 3 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 7 days
Global rank in wage differences: 14
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How many days it takes to earn what a CEO gets in an hour?
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The Netherlands
Hourly wage of a CEO: $491
Days it would take a median wage-earner: 2 days
Days it would take a lowest wage-earner: 6 days
Global rank in wage differences: 15
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