Human Resources Executive Pay Trends

HR Executive Pay Trends, an Equilar publication, analyzes the compensation for the top-paid human resources (HR) executives at Equilar 500 companies for the last two fiscal years. Collected according to SEC disclosure guidelines, the Equilar Top 25 Survey data is blended together with the Top 5 data from proxies to create the Equilar TrueView methodology, which is featured throughout the report as the primary data sampling. HR Policy Association offers an independent analysis on the growing responsibility of top HR executives and how their compensation is structured.

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Key Findings

• Median total compensation for Equilar 500 HR executives increased by 12.7% to $2.2 million in 2022 
• The communication services sector offered the largest median pay packages to HR executives in 2022 at $2.9 million, while the energy sector had the lowest  pay packages at $1.2 million
• The median value of performance equity awarded to HR executives at companies with revenue over $30 billion surpassed $1 million in 2022 
• 70% of top HR executive positions were held by women, and women earned 5.1% more than their male counterparts