America:The 20 highest-paying tech companies

April 29, 2017, 5:07 am
America:The 20 highest-paying tech companies
Silicon Valleys stratospheric tech salaries are higher than ever if you may believe it.
Thats according to a Glassdoor report out Wednesday called the 25 Highest Paying Companies in America for 2017, which
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20 tech-related companies.
The high-paying tech companies are led by the virtualized computing company VMWare, big data enterprise software business Splunk, and software and engineering services company Cadence Design Systems.Every tech company on the list pays the average employee between $2,000 and $15,000 more in total compensation than they did in 2016.
Taken together, those salaries far surpass pay in many other industries in the US.The lowest-paying tech company on Glassdoors list, the content delivery service Akamai, pays the average employee $121,000 in annual base compensation more than twice the average American employees salary of $49,000 a year.
Here are the 20 tech companies that made Glassdoors list ranked in downward order:
VMware (VMW)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 3Median Total Compensation: $167,050Median Base Compensation: $136,750
Splunk (SPLK)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 4Median Total Compensation: $161,010Median Base Compensation: $132,500
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 5Median Total Compensation: $156,702Median Base Compensation: $141,202
Google (GOOG, GOOGL)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 6Median Total Compensation: $155,250Median Base Compensation: $120,000
Facebook (FB)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 7Median Total Compensation: $155,000Median Base Compensation: $130,000
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 8Median Total Compensation: $154,000Median Base Compensation: $150,000
Amazon Lab126 (AMZN)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 10Median Total Compensation: $152,800Median Base Compensation: $130,400
Juniper Networks (JNPR)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 11Median Total Compensation: $150,000Median Base Compensation: $138,500
LinkedIn
Rank on Glassdoor list: 12Median Total Compensation: $150,000Median Base Compensation: $127,000
Salesforce (CRM)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 13Median Total Compensation: $150,000Median Base Compensation: $120,000
Dimension Data
Rank on Glassdoor list: 14Median Total Compensation: $150,000Median Base Compensation: $110,000
Synopsys (SNPS)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 15Median Total Compensation: $148,000Median Base Compensation: $130,000
Informatica
Rank on Glassdoor list: 16Median Total Compensation: $147,400Median Base Compensation: $125,000
Broadcom
Rank on Glassdoor list: 18Median Total Compensation: $145,025Median Base Compensation: $130,000
Microsoft (MSFT)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 19Median Total Compensation: $144,000Median Base Compensation: $127,000
Walmart eCommerce (WMT)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 20Median Total Compensation: $143,500Median Base Compensation: $124,900
Twitter (TWTR)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 22Median Total Compensation: $142,000Median Base Compensation: $125,000
F5 Networks (FFIV)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 23Median Total Compensation: $140,555Median Base Compensation: $125,000
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 24Median Total Compensation: $140,020Median Base Compensation: $124,700
Akamai (AKAM)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 25Median Total Compensation: $140,000Median Base Compensation: $121,000
 
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