Chairman of the Board · ROBERT HALF INC. (RHI)

Harold Messmer, Jr.

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Harold Messmer, Jr. as a named executive officer of ROBERT HALF; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,487,484

5th of 5 named executive officers at Robert Half by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for ROBERT HALF, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Harold Messmer, Jr. compensation by year

ROBERT HALF Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as ROBERT HALF reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$105,000
Bonus$0
Stock awards$1,150,989
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$231,495
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$0
Total$1,487,484

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ROBERT HALF INC. DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0000315213-26-000010, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ROBERT HALF INC. filed document, accession 0000315213-26-000010. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU67,875$1,843,485—
RSU15,921$432,414—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ROBERT HALF INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

ROBERT HALF’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
M. Keith WaddellPresident and Chief Executive Officer$6,073,178
Paul GentzkowPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Talent Solutions$5,227,181
Joseph TarantinoPresident and Chief Executive Officer, Protiviti$4,152,248
Michael BuckleyExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$2,414,190
Harold Messmer, Jr. · this pageChairman of the Board$1,487,484

Board service

ROBERT HALF board · FY2024–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ROBERT HALF pays directors a $40,000 cash retainer and $279,578 in RSUs. As stated in ROBERT HALF's FY2025 proxy.

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Executive

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