Fortune magazine: 25 top-paying companies

[LeeD]

1. Baker Donelson Average total pay: $319,779
2. Salesforce.com Average total pay: $249,607
3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Average total pay: $245,206
4. Bingham McCutchen Average total pay: $233,800
5. Devon Energy Average total pay: $187,819
6. Alston & Bird Average total pay: $185,938
7. Perkins Coie Average total pay: $183,376
8. EOG Resources Average total pay: $171,943
9. Arnold & Porter Average total pay: $171,074
10. Brocade Communications Systems Average total pay: $170,175
11. Adobe Systems Average total pay: $153,345
12. Genentech Average total pay: $150,000
13. Boston Consulting Group Average total pay: $139,921
14. Cisco Average total pay: $135,877
15. NetApp Average total pay: $132,396
16. Colgate-Palmolive Average total pay: $132,000
17. Chesapeake Energy Average total pay: $126,854
18. MITRE Average total pay: $124,496
19. Scripps Health Average total pay: $123,278
20. DPR Construction Average total pay: $122,600
21. Goldman Sachs Group Average total pay: $122,000
22. Winchester Hospital Average total pay: $120,953
23. Microsoft Average total pay: $120,657
24. Intel Average total pay: $118,295
25. Robert W. Baird & Co. Average total pay: $117,650

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1001/gallery.bestcompanies_toppay.fortune/index.html

 

[nazzdack]

Most of those firms are parasites? :eek:

 

[LeeD]

Quote from nazzdack:

Most of those firms are parasites? :eek:

Do you hint at that lawyers are well-represented? Financial intermediaries are certainly not.

 

[jficquette]

Federal Government is at $123k lol. Ultimate parasites.

Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm

 

[LeeD]

Quote from jficquette:

Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm

If Fortune didn't limit their survey to private companies, this would put Federal Government into the 20th place, just ahead of DPR Construction and Goldman Sachs.