List of the Top 30 Earners in Human Resources

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List of the Top 30 Earners in Human Resources
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ennis Donovan, Home Depot's executive vice president of human resources, was the top-paid HR executive in 2004, up from second place in 2003, according to a list of the 30 highest paid HR leaders compiled for Workforce Management by Aon Consulting's eComp Database.

"The good news for human resources practitioners is that in every discipline their pay is moving up," says Joe Vocino, principal consultant in Mercer Human Resource Consulting's performance measurement and rewards practice. Particularly given the added burden of Sarbanes-Oxley, human resources leaders are crucial to making sure that companies are staying in compliance, he says.

Workforce Management, October 10, 2005, p. 36-38 -- Subscribe Now!