'Fat Cat Day' | FTSE 100 bosses' pay surpasses median worker wage in less than 1 week of 2026

Chances are that by the time you read this, it has already happened. That is that it has taken the average FTSE 100 CEO just over two days to earn the median UK worker’s full time annual salary.

Data from the High Pay Centre shows that the average FTSE 100 CEO earnings will surpass the median UK worker’s full time annual salary at midday on Tuesday 6th January - the same amount of time as FTSE100 bosses had to work to achieve the same result in 2025.