What's the largest percentile difference a CEO should have more than his/her lowest paid employee?

Question

We all know over the past few decades CEO pay has increased exponentially. No other time in US history has the average exective pay so far execeded their staff's salaries. What is a fair pecentile difference between the janitorial staff and the Cheif Executive Officer? If you don't believe physical maintaince work doesn't contribute to the earnings and therefore is exempt, what about the pay differnce between the lowest paid office staff and the CEO?

Answer 1

I think that all pay is negotiable in a free market.  Your ability to successfully negotiate a higher rate of pay will depend on how valuable you are to the company and how difficult it would be to find someone else to do your duties as well as you do them.  Ultimately, if the board agrees to waste money on CEO pay, then the shareholders will vote out the board.  

Answer 2

This is a free country with a free economy. Make as much as you can!