While much of the industry has suffered a wrath of job and budget cuts over the past few months, things seem to be running fairly smooth at two content regulation organizations, namely the ESA and ESRB. By way of a GamePolitics report, it has been revealed that ESA CEO Mike Gallagher pulled $789,929 in earnings last year, plus $19,015 in benefits.

In comparison, ESRB president Patricia Vance made a cool $535,397 last year. It’s safe to say neither of these folks are feeling the pinch of the current economic downturn.

Nice Work If You Can Get It: ESA, ESRB Heads Make the Big Bucks [GP]

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