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
Cisco Systems
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Cisco Systems
Average total pay: $123,021
For: Software Engineer IV*

Best companies rank: 11

Folksy West Virginian John Chambers has been CEO of this Internet equipment supplier since 1995 - and he's held the company together in the wake of the dot-com bubble burst.

When it comes to executive compensation, Cisco aims for the 75th percentile in its peer group. Virtually all employees are stockholders; happy ones in 2006, when Cisco shares soared 60 percent. On-site amenities include a barbershop, car wash and oil-change center and on-site child care that accommodates 490 children of employees.

*Most common salaried job

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