1 top Pentagon contractor CEO makes 335 times more than a soldier with 10 yrs experience #defense #govcon

Pentagon Contractor CEO Compensation is Second to None

1 top Pentagon contractor CEO makes 335 times more than a soldier with 10 yrs experience #defense #govcon

The average worker in the U.S. earned $45,230 last year. These CEOs were paid more in an average day than the average American worker was paid all of last year. According to a 2011 Congressional Budget Office analysis , the median compensation (including basic pay, allowances for food and housing, and tax advantages) for enlisted U.S. military personnel with ten years of experience was about $64,000. Thus, the Pentagon could afford to pay the salary of 335 soldiers with the money from just one top defense contractor’s compensation package. The CEOs of these top Pentagon contractors are also making significantly more than their own workers. According to a Deloitte study , the average wage (just salary, not benefits) for the entire aerospace and defense industry in 2010 was $80,175. For the price of one CEO then, these firms could pay the salary of 268 defense and aerospace ...

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RT@GarethPorter @garethPorter @pogo Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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RT @campbelldude: Pentagon Contractor CEO Compensation is Second to None [link] via @POGOBlog.....THE FUCKING THIEVES EISENHOWER WARNED US ABOUT
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@Momofonly3 » 23 Aug '12, 10pm
THIS is where #Defense Cuts can BEGIN! #Pentagon Contractor CEO Compensation -2nd to None [link] #tcot #resist44 #SOT #wrong
@asmith83 » 23 Aug '12, 9pm
The CEOs of defense contractors make bank, not that that's surprising. (via @POGOblog) [link]
@AlwaysThinkHow » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
RT @TheBradBlog: RT @emptywheel: POGO: DOD could pay 335 enlisted personnel for what a DOD Contractor CEO makes in a year. [link]
@MDHillRaiser » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
"@emptywheel: POGO: DOD could pay 335 enlisted personnel for what a DOD Contractor CEO makes in a year. [link]"/ #BudgetBuster
@onekade » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
Sure, employing government workers is 335 times cheaper, but let me ask you this, @emptywheel: Where's the cake, eh? [link]
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RT @emptywheel: POGO: DOD could pay 335 enlisted personnel for what a DOD Contractor CEO makes in a year. [link]
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POGO: DOD could pay 335 enlisted personnel for what a DOD Contractor CEO makes in a year. [link]
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Disgusting INHUMANS!! ;)~ [link]
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RT @hangingnoodles yr tax $ RT @mattyglesias U dnt build that! RT @attackerman Average payCEO…defense contractor:$21.5M [link]
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RT @JFNewman: RT @pogoblog: 1 top Pentagon contractor CEO makes 335 times more than a soldier with 10 yrs experience [link] #defense #govcon
@ourmancanberra » 22 Aug '12, 8pm
The grandeur of the free market>RT @attackerman Average compensation for CEO of major defense contractor: $21.5 million [link]
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@tminus5 Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million [link]
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RT @mattyglesias: You didn't build that! RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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You didn't build that! RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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RT @drjjoyner: Freedom isn't free. RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
@Michael_Shank » 22 Aug '12, 8pm
Must Read by #POGO re Defense CEOs Raking MILLIONS. Stop Complaining re Sequestration Cuts. [link] @mmhastings @emilycadei
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Freedom isn't free. RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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& They Complain re: Cuts “@attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]”
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RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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RT @MikeElk: RT @pogoblog: 1 top Pentagon contractor CEO makes 335 times more than a soldier with 10 yrs experience [link]
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Defense contractors are more concerned about their execs' salaries than loss of jobs [link] via @POGOBlog
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RT @attackerman: Average compensation for the CEO of a major defense contractor: $21.5 million. [link]
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Pentagon Contractor CEO Compensation is Second to None

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