Does the idea of the highest level of compensation per year excite you? If it does then you need to take a look at this list of top 10 companies that pay their employees the highest salary. It’s not only about how much they’re paying but what kind of benefits they provide their staff.
Listed below are the top 10 highest paying companies in the world. In the past year, these companies have had some of the most profitable quarters and years in history, and this trend seems to be a common thing for them.
In this article, let’s take a look at the top 10 highest salary paying companies in the world.
- Amazon
- Apple
- Netflix
- Microsoft
- Tesla Motors
- Oracle Corporation
- Citi Group
- Deloitte
Top 10 highest salary paying companies in the world
Introduction
The companies that have the highest salary paying jobs are not all in the tech industry. In fact, there are a number of companies that have HR and recruiting departments with very high salaries. While some people may think this is a result of competition in the industry or location, it actually comes down to what your company needs you to do. This is why Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft all pay their employees more money than other companies.
Alphabet
Alphabet is the parent company of Google, and was formed in 2015 when Google separated into different companies. It is the second highest paying company in the world with a median salary of $246,804.
Alphabet has other companies under its umbrella, including:
- Verily (healthcare)
- Waymo (self-driving car tech)
The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as “Google” back in 1998. The two met while at Stanford University, where they built a search engine out of their dorm room called “BackRub”. The name changed to ‘Google’ after they realized that they had misspelled it as ‘googol’.
When Alphabet split from Google’s core business units (Search Advertising), it also created its first subsidiary called Calico – an anti-aging research facility that aims to extend human lifespans by curing diseases associated with aging like cancer or heart disease.”
Amazon
Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer. It was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. Amazon’s worldwide operations include retail websites (Amazon.com), consumer electronics stores (Amazon Books), video streaming services (Prime Video, Twitch) and music streaming services (Amazon Music). Additionally, the company offers advertising services through affiliate programs like Amazon Associates and other similar programs.
The American-based corporation is one of the largest internet companies in terms of revenue and market capitalization. It has been listed among Fortune 500 since 1998 as well as being ranked among Forbes Global 2000 every year since 2008 until 2015 when it ranked number 1 in 2016 as its highest ranking ever at any point during that period due to its increasing profits from online sales activities growing over five times faster than its nearest competitor Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated ($129 billion vs $23 billion). It also has become an influential player globally thanks to rapid expansion initiatives launched by CEO Jeff Bezos who wants make shopping easier for customers across all platforms including mobile devices or computers connected directly into their home networks via WiFi technology known today as wireless internet connection service providers such as Verizon Wireless Inc., AT&T Mobility LLC., Sprint Corporation etcetera.”
Facebook Inc.
Facebook Inc. is an American multinational social media company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The founders had initially limited the website’s membership to Harvard students; however, later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area and beyond. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students in September 2005.[9] Since 2006 Facebook has been a publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ under FB
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is a Chinese e-commerce company that engages in online and mobile commerce through its retail, wholesale, and sourcing platforms. Alibaba is the world’s largest online retailer by total value of merchandise sold, while eBay ranks as the second largest.
The company was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and Masayoshi Son and has since grown to become one of the most valuable companies in the world with a market capitalization of more than $400 billion USD. It also has over 100 million active users on its platforms engaging with more than 1 billion products daily across multiple sites that include Tmall (online shopping), Taobao Marketplace (online shopping platform), Aliexpress (global B2B marketplace) among other services like AliCloud (cloud storage service).
In 2019 alone, global sales hit $1 trillion USD during Singles’ Day on November 11th when consumers shop at discounted prices all day long – making it one of the biggest shopping days worldwide!
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The company develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computers, servers, phones and gaming devices. Microsoft is the largest software company in the world based on revenue. It is also one of the most valuable companies with a market capitalization over $898 billion as of July 2016.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4th 1975 as Micro-Soft Limited in Albuquerque New Mexico after they had dropped out of Harvard University earlier that same year due to financial difficulties caused by lack of customers for their first product Altair BASIC which could only be used with computers made by MITS Inc.. They moved their operations to Bellevue Washington later that year where they became known as Micro-Soft Corporation due to trademark issues caused when another company called Microware threatened legal action against them because their product name sounded similar (although this may also have been due to him being lazy). After changing their name once again into Microsoft Corporation in 1981 they began producing personal computer software such as MS-DOS but were soon overshadowed by Apple Inc.’s Macintosh computers who’s GUI interface was far more intuitive than DOS’ command line system leading many people away from purchasing PCs running Windows OS instead opting for Apples Mac OS operating system instead which led them losing nearly all market share within three years time period between 1985 through 1988 until they created Windows 3rd Edition which allowed users run both MS-DOS programs using virtual machine technologies developed by IBM Corp., along with new features like multitasking capabilities so users could run multiple applications concurrently without having them crash each other like before when there wasn’t anything like this available yet (but it still wasn’t enough).
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Tencent Holdings Ltd is a Chinese investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, payment systems, artificial intelligence, mobile games, internet and social media services. Its headquarters are in Nanshan District. It is one of the largest Internet companies in China.
Tencent Holdings Ltd has been ranked as the most profitable company in the world for three consecutive years from 2015 to 2017 by Forbes Magazine (within which it was ranked 1st place). In 2018, Tencent Holdings Ltd was named one of China’s Top 100 Enterprises by The Ministry of Commerce of China at China Enterprise Convention 2018 In 2017 it was also ranked as one of Fortune 500’s “Global 500” companies with a global turnover of approximately USD126 billion in 2016!
Salesforce
Salesforce is a customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Salesforce owns and operates its software as a service, or SaaS, system, which is hosted by Salesforce itself and accessed via the internet. The system provides customers with access to their own data from any device with an internet connection.
Salesforce was founded in 1999 by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff and Parker Harris, who was also a former Oracle employee. With more than $3 billion in revenue in 2017 alone, Salesforce currently has over 40 million users across more than 170 countries around the world
Mastercard Incorporated
Mastercard International, Inc. is a multinational financial services company headquartered in the Mastercard International Global Headquarters in Purchase, New York, United States. The company operates as a processor of electronic payments for commercial and government clients outside of the United States and for consumers worldwide. Mastercard was founded by several large U.S. banks to create a global payment system operated by multiple banking institutions with simple rules and low transaction costs. The project was originally run by First National City Bank (later Citibank), now part of Citigroup; Wells Fargo; Bank of America; Barclays PLC; Credit Suisse Group AG; HSBC Holdings Plc.; Lloyds Banking Group Plc.; SEB Enskilda Bank Aktiebolag (SEB); Groupe Société Générale S.A.; Banco Santander Brasil SA (now Banco Santander); Bank Leumi le-Israel B’Sheva Ltd., or Israel Discount Bank Ltd., both Israeli banks that were acquired by their respective parent companies after the launch of Europay International’s Multra system in 1994.[2]
Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company. It operates the world’s largest retail electronic payments network, with over 10 million locations in 210 countries around the world, and billions of transactions every year. Most notable among its offerings are the Visa credit card, debit card and prepaid cards which can be used at ATMs or merchants accepting those forms of payment to withdraw cash.
The company was founded in San Francisco in 1958 as BankAmericard by Frank McNamara and Dee Hock, who became its first president until 1968 when he left for other ventures. In 1966 BankAmerica (as it was known then) issued its first credit card with major retailers on the west coast such as Safeway Inc., JCPenney Company Inc., Sears Roebuck & Company and Walgreens; this allowed consumers to buy products from these stores using their own money rather than through a bank loan
BNY Mellon.
BNY Mellon is a global investment management, investment services and investment management technology company. From its origins as a U.S. life insurance company in the 19th century, it has expanded to become one of the world’s leading financial services companies. BNY Mellon provides investment management and investment services to institutional customers, including corporations, governments and financial institutions. In addition, BNY Mellon operates an active corporate and treasury market making business in the public markets as well as providing other retail-focused banking services through its Private Bank subsidiary.
BNY Mellon has more than 1,000 offices in 40 countries around the world with over 53,000 employees in key service lines: Asset Management; Investment Services; Corporate & Institutional Banking; Treasury Services; Private Wealth Management; Global Transaction Banking
All the top ten companies for paying the highest salaries are in tech-related industries
With a job title like “software engineer,” you might think that working for large tech companies is the only way to make big bucks. While it’s true that many of the highest paying companies are in tech-related industries, they aren’t the only ones who pay well. You can also make six figures working as an investment banker or lawyer, not just as a software developer. In fact, according to Glassdoor’s list of top ten highest paying companies in the US and Canada, there are no law firms on their list yet they have plenty of finance professionals (JP Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc.). The best thing about these high-paying jobs is that they’re available all over North America—not just Silicon Valley!
Conclusion
Hopefully, this list of top ten highest paying companies has given you some insight into where you might find a high salary job. In any case, there are probably other companies that pay well and aren’t listed here—you just have to make sure to do your research before applying anywhere!
