23. T-Mobile
Average total pay: $120,756
For: Manager*Best Companies rank: 96
Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier (behind Sprint/Nextel, Verizon, and AT&T), T-Mobile makes its first appearance on the Best Companies list this year. The company added more than 2,000 people to its payrolls in 2008.
Customer service reps earn $28,549 a year on average, plus an $8,800 bonus. Managers make six figures. At its 24 call centers, T-Mobile provides such amenities as fitness centers, cyber cafes, TV rooms, game rooms, Zen rooms, basketball courts, golf-putting greens, hiking trails and movie theaters.
NEXT: Chesapeake Energy
Last updated February 05 2009: 1:03 PM ET
RSS*Most common salaried job
An earlier version listed an incorrect pay number for Chesapeake Energy. The correct amount is $120,576, not $178,108, which moves Chesapeake from #7 among top payers to #24. The rankings have been adjusted accordingly.
An earlier version listed an incorrect pay number for Chesapeake Energy. The correct amount is $120,576, not $178,108, which moves Chesapeake from #7 among top payers to #24. The rankings have been adjusted accordingly.
