AFL-CIO's Executive Paywatch report reveals Elon Musk's $158 billion pay package at Tesla broke the CEO pay curve, and S&P 500 chief executives got a 1,700% boost in 2025.

Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla have both approved compensation rewards that would add billions to the world’s largest fortune.

Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companies