The company considered its median employee in 2020 to be a full-time, permanent employee who was on furlough a portion of last year, and used 2019 cash compensations in its calculations. MGM had nearly 76,000 employees in October 2017, according to a filing with the SEC. The company in October had about 60,820 employees, including more than 11,000 who were furloughed at that time. Meanwhile, the median MGM employee made about $35,526, down from $38,954 the year prior. In 2019, former CEO Jim Murren - who left the position in March 2020 - had a total compensation of $13.1 million, according to filings with the U.S. MGM Resort International determined that CEO and president Bill Hornbuckle had more than $14 million in total compensation in 2020. It’s important to note that ratios can’t be compared equally across companies, because each can take a different approach to calculating a median employee’s earnings. The heightened difference came during one of the roughest years for the gaming and hospitality industries in recent history, during which a global pandemic forced operators to shutter properties for months and resulted in thousands of workers being furloughed or laid off.

CEOs’ total compensation came in anywhere from 66 to 591 times that of a median employee in the company in 2020, according to some calculations. The pay ratio between chief executives and median employees increased at four of the six largest public Nevada-based casino operators during the pandemic. The pay gap between Nevada casino companies’ average workers and their CEOs is growing wider.

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