Women is...: Stats & Cash

Stats & Cash

Women in the Field
Some 40% of human resource managers are women, according to the Princeton Review.

Salary
Experienced human resource managers earn salaries in the range of $56K to $89K, with the median at $74.3K, according to William M. Mercer, Inc., a consulting and survey firm based in New York. If you're just starting out, though, you'll be making a lot less for the first several years.

Hot Locations
Jobs can be found practically anywhere -- once a company has at least 30 employees, someone is usually hired to handle its personnel issues.