Business · 14 August 2026

Elon Musk paid 2.5m times more than average Tesla worker

Elon Musk's pay deal is worth $158.3 billion in 2025. According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, a US labour union federation, his earnings equated to the median Tesla worker's pay every 4.23 seconds. When Musk was not included, the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio for leading S&P 500 companies reached 312 to 1 last year.

By BriefTea Editorial · 14 August 2026 at 20:36

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