The best paying companies
The 25 highest-paying companies in the US in 2017
RACHEL GILLETTAPR 12, 2017, 05.01 PM
Kobby Dagan / Shutterstock.comWant to rake in the big bucks? Facebook isn't the only company that offers many of its employees six figures.
According to Glassdoor's newest report, several tech, consulting, and finance companies aren't just ramping up their hiring of highly-skilled, knowledgeable, and educated talent - they're also all offering their people, on average, six-figure paychecks.
"Salaries are sky-high at consulting companies due to 'barriers of entry' in this field, which refers to employers wanting top consultants to have personal contacts, reputations, and specialized skills and knowledge," said Glassdoor Chief Economist Dr. Andrew Chamberlain in a press release.
"In technology, we continue to see unprecedented salaries as the war for talent is still very active, largely due to the ongoing shortage of highly-skilled workers needed," he said.
To compile its annual list, jobs and recruiting site Glassdoor identified the 25 companies with the highest median total compensation - which includes base salary and other forms of income like commissions, tips, and bonuses - as reported by US-based employees on the Glassdoor website over the past year.
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25. Akamai
Median total compensation: $140,000
Median base compensation: $121,000
Akamai offers a "content delivery network" that helps large websites and media sites run faster.
24. Palo Alto Networks
Median total compensation: $140,020
Median base compensation: $124,700
The cyber-security software maker based in Santa Clara, California, sells a suite of firewalls.
23. F5 Networks
Median total compensation: $140,555
Median base compensation: $125,000
Based in Seattle, F5 Networks sells equipment that makes computer networks, and the applications that run on them, faster and more secure.
22. Twitter
Median total compensation: $142,000
Median base compensation: $125,000
About 4,000 employees around the world work for the social-media platform, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
21. Visa
Median total compensation: $142,000
Median base compensation: $130,000
The global financial-services corporation facilitates electronic funds transfers, mainly through its branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards.
20. Walmart eCommerce
Median total compensation: $143,500
Median base compensation: $124,900
The tech arm of Walmart operates the retail giant's Walmart.com and SamsClub.com websites and works on other tech interests including streaming service VUDU.
19. Microsoft
Median total compensation: $144,000
Median base compensation: $127,000
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is a Washington-based tech company and leader in software, services, devices, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
18. Broadcom
Median total compensation: $145,025
Median base compensation: $130,000
The Irvine, California-based company manufactures the integrated circuits you'd find in digital set-top boxes, cable modems, servers, and networking gear for homes and offices.
17. Boston Consulting Group
Median total compensation: $147,015
Median base compensation: $144,800
One of the world's three biggest management-consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group is extremely selective about who it hires, and its alumni have gone on to lead global conglomerates like GE.
16. Informatica
Median total compensation: $147,400
Median base compensation: $125,000
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company develops software that helps manage data for the cloud, big data, real-time, and streaming.
15. Synposys
Median total compensation: $148,000
Median base compensation: $130,000
The Mountain View, California-based company offers software and tools for the electronics and chip-manufacturing industry.
14. Dimension Data
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base compensation: $110,000
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the IT services company helps companies manage their digital infrastructure and cybersecurity.
13. Salesforce
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base compensation: $120,000
Salesforce offers a business software as a cloud service that helps companies manage their sales, marketing, and application programming projects.
12. LinkedIn
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base compensation: $127,000
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals and a job-hunting site based in Mountain View, California.
11. Juniper Networks
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base compensation: $138,500
The multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, makes routers, switches, and security software for computer networks.
10. Amazon Lab126
Median total compensation: $152,800
Median base compensation: $130,400
Amazon's research and development company based in based in Sunnyvale, California, designs consumer electronic devices like the Kindle.
9. McKinsey & Company
Median total compensation: $153,000
Median base compensation: $140,000
A prestigious "Big Three" management-consulting firm, McKinsey & Company has groomed successful business leaders like Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
8. NVIDIA
Median total compensation: $154,000
Median base compensation: $150,000
The techy company based in Santa Clara, California, manufactures graphics processor technologies for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.
7. Facebook
Median total compensation: $155,000
Median base compensation: $130,000
The world's largest social network, based in Menlo Park, California, employs more than 17,000 people.
6. Google
Median total compensation: $155,250
Median base compensation: $120,000
With global headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google is the world's largest internet search site.
5. Cadence Design Systems
Median total compensation: $156,702
Median base compensation: $141,202
The electronic design automation software and engineering services company headquartered in San Jose, California, sells software used to design electronics and other technology.
4. Splunk
Median total compensation: $161,010
Median base compensation: $132,500
Based in San Francisco, California, Splunk produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface.
3. VMware
Median total compensation: $167,050
Median base compensation: $136,750
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware makes cloud software that helps computer servers run more efficiently.
2. Strategy&
Median total compensation: $172,000
Median base compensation: $152,000
An acquisition of audit, tax, and consulting-services firm and part of PwC, Strategy& helps global clients strategize and undertake risky business opportunities. Before its acquisition, the consulting firm had a hand in the merger of the National and American football leagues in the late 1960s.
1. A.T. Kearney
Median total compensation: $175,000
Median base compensation: $150,000
The global management-consulting firm is considered one of the most difficult companies to interview withand rewards even its youngest hires with some of the most competitive pay in the consulting industry.
