The highest paying companies in the world right now are Google, Apple, Tesla and Netflix. Each company provides a different type of work, yet all of them offer some of the highest salaries in their industries. Thousands of people dream about working for these companies and see them as the holy grail of employers. Why are they so sought after? What makes these companies so special? How much do their employees make?
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This is the most comprehensive list of highest paying jobs in US. This list was compiled using various data collected from different sources, including Glassdoor and Payscale. The salary listed are the median salaries – amount that 50% higher and 50% lower than the latest reported salaries.
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Each of the companies in the top 10 ranking have a median employee salary of $148,000 or above. Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks, which comes in the top spot, has a median staff salary of $170,929. Those figures, according to Glassdoor, are higher than the average $73,128 base pay that most employees make in the San Francisco Bay area — the location where most of these companies are headquartered.
Take a look below to see which companies will provide you with a hefty paycheck, according to Glassdoor data.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, is pictured at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington on November 30, 2016.
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10. Microsoft
Total median compensation: $148,068
Current number of job openings: 9,700
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9. Salesforce
Total median compensation: $150,379
Current number of job openings: 1,900
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8. Facebook
Total median compensation: $152,962
Current number of job openings: 2,600
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Jeffrey ‘Jeff’ Weiner, chief executive officer of LinkedIn Corp.
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7. LinkedIn
Total median compensation: $157,402
Current number of job openings: 283
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6. VMware
Total median compensation: $158,063
Current number of job openings: 1,400
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5. Google
Total median compensation: $161,254
Current number of job openings: 4,400
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A cyclist rides past Google Inc. offices inside the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.
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4. Gilead Sciences
Total median compensation: $162,210
Current number of job openings: 438
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3. Twitter
Total median compensation: $162,852
Current number of job openings: 753
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2. Nvidia
Total median compensation: $170,068
Current number of job openings: 581
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1. Palo Alto Networks
Total median compensation: $170,929
Current number of job openings: 835
renowned for the large salaries they pay to their CEOs, there are other companies that offer even more lucrative packages to their staff which do not necessarily make headlines. But without a doubt, these companies can be considered as the highest salary paying companies in the world December 2015 based on methodology of survey as per 2015 reports.
