Chart of the week: The growing pay gap

Salaries for the chief executives of the FTSE 100 have soared to new heights in comparison to what the average worker is paid.

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Here's why people are so crossabout the executive pay gap, saysRachel Savage in ManagementToday. The median FTSE 100CEO now earns 120 times morethan a typical full-time Britishworker.

In 2000, it was 47 timesmore. Staff earnings haveonly risen by 48% since then,while CEOs' pay has jumpedby 278% almost a fourfoldrise. Media, marketing andtelecoms top executives rakein the most, with total medianearnings of almost £7m.

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