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100 Best Companies to Work For

Top-paying companies

Senior computer scientists at Adobe take home an average of $161,127 in total compensation annually. Which other Best Companies to Work For offer big paychecks?

By Milton Moskowitz, Great Place to Work Institute

11 of 25

Goldman Sachs

Average total pay: $129,000

For: Other Exempt (Analyst, Program Analyst and Associate)*

Best companies rank: 36

This investment bank has attracted recent fame for its notoriously-high executive compensation. Analyst pay of $129,000 is in the lowest tier of the company's pay scale.

Goldman is undoubtedly an industry leader; CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein received a $53.4 million bonus for 2006, and two other high-ranking Goldman officers, Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, each received $25.7 million in restricted stock and options. According to The New York Times, Goldman's average payout dwarfed by 2-to-1 comparable payouts at competitors Bear Stearns and Lehman Bros.

*Most common salaried job

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