Millions of Americans are shaving down their grocery budgets and putting off buying a home as wages fail to meet rising costs of living. Meanwhile, the nation’s top CEOs are enjoying eye-watering compensation packages—and some earn more than the average U.S. worker in less than a day. The leader of America’s largest private employer, Walmart’s Doug McMillon, can even snatch up a home in less than one workweek.
McMillon, who has been leading the $905 billion grocery chain giant since 2011, enjoys around $27.5 million in total compensation. He’s set to retire at the end of this month, and is bowing out on a monetary high; in his final year as CEO, McMillon took home a $1.5 million salary, while also receiving $20.4 million in stock awards and $4.4 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation.
