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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Nicholas and Jonathan Barrett

Interactive: pick an Australian CEO and compare their salary with a childcare worker, nurse or teacher

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Guardian Australia used published CEO pay to assess how much more the heads of Australia’s best-known companies earn than regular workers. Photograph: djgunner/Getty Images

In the time it takes to read this article, Australia’s highest-paid chief executives will earn hundreds of dollars. An average worker would make around one dollar.

While many executives took pay cuts at the peak of pandemic lockdowns, there’s been little restraint in the years since, even as cost-of-living pressures weigh on their employees.

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