Shocker: for the highest salaries, go to Google.
Glassdoor put together a list of the 25 companies that pay the highest salaries in the United States, and the results aren't that surprising. Most of the high-rolling employers are in tech, plus a few consulting firms. Other fields that offer some of the highest-paying jobs, especially healthcare, don't make the cut because their employers don't pay the rest of their staffs that much money.
The top companies are ranked by the median total compensation they provide, which includes bonuses. Glassdoor relied on members of its own site who reported their salaries to compile the list.
“This report reinforces that high pay continues to be tied to in-demand skills and higher education, which in part, is why we see several companies on this list among the consulting and technology industries,” Glassdoor Chief Economist Andrew Chamberlain said in the report. “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.”
Here are the 25 top-paying companies in the United States:
1. A.T. Kearney Median Total Compensation: $175,000 Industry: Consulting
2. Strategy& Median Total Compensation: $172,000 Industry: Consulting
3. VMware Median Total Compensation: $167,050 Industry: Tech
4. Splunk Median Total Compensation: $161,010 Industry: Tech
5. Cadence Design Systems Median Total Compensation: $156,702 Industry: Tech
6. Google Median Total Compensation: $155,250 Industry: Tech
7. Facebook Median Total Compensation: $155,000 Median Base Compensation: $130,000 Industry: Tech
8. NVIDIA Median Total Compensation: $154,000 Industry: Tech
9. McKinsey & Company Median Total Compensation: $153,000 Industry: Consulting
10. Amazon Lab126 Median Total Compensation: $152,800 Industry: Tech
11. Juniper Networks Median Total Compensation: $150,000 Industry: Tech
12. LinkedIn Median Total Compensation: $150,000 Industry: Tech
13. Salesforce Median Total Compensation: $150,000 Industry: Tech
14. Dimension Data Median Total Compensation: $150,000 Industry: Tech
15. Synopsys Median Total Compensation: $148,000 Median Base Compensation: $130,000 Industry: Tech
16. Informatica Median Total Compensation: $147,400 Industry: Tech
17. Boston Consulting Group Median Total Compensation: $147,015 Industry: Consulting
18. Broadcom Median Total Compensation: $145,025 Industry: Tech
19. Microsoft Median Total Compensation: $144,000 Industry: Tech
20. Walmart eCommerce Median Total Compensation: $143,500 Industry: Tech
21. Visa Inc. Median Total Compensation: $142,000 Industry: Finance
22. Twitter Median Total Compensation: $142,000 Industry: Tech
23. F5 Networks Median Total Compensation: $140,555 Industry: Tech
24. Palo Alto Networks Median Total Compensation: $140,020 Industry: Tech
25. Akamai Median Total Compensation: $140,000 Industry: Tech
