Human Resource Department Management Report

HR executives in Great Britain enjoy the biggest paychecks and easily surpass their U.S. counterparts in both base salary and total cash compensation, a new global pay survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting reveals (see table below). HR execs in the U.K. also receive a larger portion of their compensation in bonuses and allowances, which account for 23% of their total cash comp., compared with 19% of total cash comp. for U.S. HR executives.