Key findings
Key findings
The global median salary range for IR heads is $150,000-$199,999 and for IROs is $75,000-$99,999. These are unchanged since 2017.
The number of IR heads and IROs earning above the median salary range has increased in the past two years.
Regionally, North American IR practitioners have the highest salaries, Asian IR professionals the lowest.
The number of IR professionals receiving bonuses has increased in the past two years but the bonuses received are proportionately smaller.
North American and European IR heads and Asian IROs received the biggest bonuses in 2019.
Salaries for both IR heads and IROs increase with cap size.
Bonuses for IROs increase with cap size. Large-cap IR heads have the highest bonuses.
Small-cap IROs, large-cap IROs and large-cap IR heads have all increased their median salary in the past two years.
One fifth of IR practitioners have a professional IR qualification and 47 percent have a wider professional qualification.
More than seven in 10 IR professionals globally are educated to post-graduate level, with 43 percent holding an MBA.
Most IR practitioners come from a corporate background.
More than a third of IR professionals come from a corporate financial background, while just under three in 10 worked in capital markets before switching to IR.
More than a third of IR professionals globally have corporate communications responsibilities included in their role, while just over three in 10 have no additional responsibilities outside of IR.
There has been a considerable narrowing of the gender pay gap among IR heads in the past two years.
The median salary range for male IROs has increased, while for women it has decreased, representing an increase in the gender pay gap for IROs.
Female IR professionals are more likely to have additional responsibility for corporate communications and PR, while men working in IR are more likely to have additional responsibility for corporate strategy and treasury.
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