So, here is the question. How does the growth of CEO salaries compare to the growth of Congressional salaries. Both groups have the ability to control their own salaries. Congress people have been getting a bad rap for raising their pay.
Let’s see what we can find, here is the list of the current Fortune 500 companies in MN:
UnitedHealth Group
Target
Best Buy
Supervalu
3M
CHS
U.S. Bancorp
Medtronic
General Mills
Land O’Lakes
Xcel Energy
Ameriprise Financial
C.H. Robinson Worldwide
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Hormel Foods
Mosaic
Ecolab
St. Jude Medical
Nash-Finch
Alliant Techsystems
Source: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/states/MN.html