Here is a ranking of 25 US companies that keep their employees happy and where salaries are sky-high.
No. 25: Broadcom, $140,000
Headquarters: Irvine, California
Median total compensation: $140,000
Median base salary: $130,000
Broadcom is a manufacturer of specialty computer chips. It was bought by Avago for $37 billion in a deal that closed in February.
No. 24: Adobe, $140,000
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Median total compensation: $140,000
Median base salary: $125,000
Adobe offers software for creative projects (photos, illustrations), as well as marketing and document management.
No. 23: F5 Networks, $140,200
Headquarters: Seattle
Median total compensation: $140,200
Median base salary: $120,500
F5 Networks sells equipment that makes computer networks, and the applications that run on them, faster and more secure.
No. 22: Microsoft, $141,000
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
Median total compensation: $141,000
Median base salary: $125,000
Microsoft is one of the world's largest and most powerful software and tech companies.
No. 21: Salesforce, $143,750
Headquarters: San Francisco
Median total compensation: $143,750
Median base salary: $120,000
Salesforce sells cloud software to companies that helps them track their customers and their marketing efforts.
No. 20: Cloudera, $145,000
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Median total compensation: $145,000
Median base salary: $129,500
Cloudera makes software for a popular big-data technology known as Hadoop.
No. 19: LinkedIn, $145,000
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Median total compensation: $145,000
Median base salary: $120,000
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals and a job-hunting site.
No. 18: Altera, $147,000
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Median total compensation: $147,000
Median tase salary: $134,000
Atera is a manufacturer of specialty computer chips. It was acquired by Intel in December for $16.7 billion.
No. 17: Synopsys, $148,000
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Median total compensation: $148,000
Median base salary: $130,000
Synopsys offers software and tools for the electronics and chip-manufacturing industry.
No. 16: SAP, $148,431
Headquarters (US): Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Median total compensation: $148,431
Median base salary: $120,000
SAP is one of the world's largest makers of software for businesses.
Headquarters: San Bruno, California
Median total compensation: $149,000
Median base salary: $126,000
Walmart eCommerce is the tech-lab arm of Walmart, which operates the retail giant's websites and works on other tech interests.
No. 14: Box, $150,000
Headquarters: Redwood City, California
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base salary: $130,000
Box offers cloud-storage services and collaboration software to businesses.
No. 13: Twitter, $150,000
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base salary: $133,000
Twitter is a social-media platform.
No. 12: Facebook, $150,000
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base salary: $127,406
Facebook is the world's largest social-networking site.
No. 11: Visa, $150,000
Headquarters: Foster City, California
Median total compensation: $150,000
Median base salary: $130,000
The global financial-services corporation facilitates electronic funds transfers, mainly through its branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards.
No. 10: Cadence Design Systems, $150,010
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Median total compensation: $150,010
Median base salary: $140,000
Cadence sells software used to design electronics and other technology.
No. 9: Guidewire, $150,020
Headquarters: Foster City, California
Median total compensation: $150,020
Median base salary: $135,000
Guidewire sells software for the insurance industry.
No. 8: Boston Consulting Group, $150,020
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Median total compensation: $150,020
Median base salary: $147,000
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.
No. 7: Amazon Lab126, $150,100
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
Median total compensation: $150,100
Median base salary: $138,700
Amazon Lab126 is Amazon's R&D company that designs consumer electronic devices like the Kindle.
No. 6: VMware, $152,133
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Median total compensation: $152,133
Median base salary: $130,000
VMware makes cloud software that helps computer servers run more efficiently.
No. 5: Google, $153,750
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Median total compensation: $153,750
Median base salary: $123,331
Google is the world's largest internet-search company, maker of Android and provider of all kinds of other tech.
No. 4: McKinsey & Company, $155,000
Headquarters: New York City
Median total compensation: $155,000
Median base salary: $135,000
Another prestigious "Big Three" management-consulting firm, McKinsey & Company has groomed successful business leaders like Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
No. 3: Juniper Networks, $157,000
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Median total compensation: $157,000
Median base salary: $135,000
Juniper Networks makes routers, switches, and security software for computer networks.
No. 2: Strategy& (a division of PwC), $160,000
Headquarters: New York City
Median total compensation: $160,000
Median base salary: $147,000
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.
No. 1: A.T. Kearney, $167,534
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Median total compensation: $167,534
Median base salary: $143,620
The global management-consulting firm is considered one of the most difficult companies to interview with and rewards even its youngest hires with some of the most competitive pay in the consulting industry.
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