Best compensation
Salaried employees
Hourly employees
  
1 Valero Energy 22 Technician IV $84,141
2 Methodist Hospital Sys. 9 Registered Nurse-Clinical Colleague $75,776
3 Adobe Systems 31 Senior Administrative Assistant $70,569
4 Nixon Peabody 49 Secretary $68,857
5 Bingham McCutchen 94 Legal Secretary $68,807
6 Memorial Health 91 Registered Nurse $68,297
7 Griffin Hospital 21 RN - Nurse $67,619
8 Northwest Community Hospital 37 Acute Care Staff Nurse $67,246
9 Baptist Health S. Florida 81 Clinical Nurse 1 $66,631
10 PCL Construction 42 Carpenter $65,382
11 Qualcomm 14 IT Engineer $63,686
12 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 35 Staff Nurse Colleague $63,228
13 EOG Resources 83 Lease Operator $62,645
14 Alston & Bird 19 Legal Secretary $62,100
15 Jones Lang LaSalle 66 Technician $61,897
16 Boston Consulting Grp. 8 Executive Assistant $59,251
17 Perkins Coie 64 Legal Secretary $58,807
18 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 80 Registered Nurse $58,575
19 Cisco Systems 11 Sales Administrator $58,069
20 Booz Allen Hamilton 63 Executive Assistant $57,900
21 Genzyme 43 Cytogenetic Technicians/Technologists $57,670
22 Arnold & Porter 26 Legal Secretaries $56,764
23 Network Appliance 6 Administrative Assistant 3 $56,200
24 Station Casinos 18 Table Games Dealer $55,688
25 OhioHealth 52 Registered Nurse $55,574
26 Ernst & Young 25 Administrative Assistant $55,324
27 Genentech 2 Manufacturing Technician- Bioprocess $54,900
28 Quicken Loans 17 Client Care Specialist $53,797
29 Dow Corning 55 Supply Chain $52,802
30 Microsoft 50 Administrative Support $52,560
31 PricewaterhouseCoopers 58 Executive Assistant $52,278
32 Deloitte & Touche USA 76 Administrative assistant $51,666
33 Baptist Health Care 54 Registered Nurse $50,860
34 MITRE 60 Technical Project Support III $50,687
35 CarMax 88 Technicians $48,766
36 S.C. Johnson & Son 7 Admin Assistant $48,734
37 Procter & Gamble 68 Technician $48,673
38 First Horizon National 46 Loan Processor $45,361
39 TDIndustries 79 Skilled Craftperson $45,180
40 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 28 Clerical $43,868
41 SAS Institute 48 Office administrator $43,379
42 KPMG 97 Administrative Assistant $42,178
43 SRA International 61 Administrative Assistant $41,814
44 Pella 59 Assembler $41,398
45 Texas Instruments 87 Wafer Fab Specialist $40,990
46 Yahoo 44 Customer Care Agent I $40,840
47 QuikTrip 20 Night Assistant Manager $40,483
48 CDW 82 Pick Pack $39,764
49 David Weekley Homes 12 Builder Service Representative $38,924
50 A.G. Edwards 99 Branch Support Employee $38,597
51 American Express 74 Travel Counselor $38,340
52 Milliken 93 Senior Machine Operator $38,000
53 Robert W. Baird 38 Client Relationship Assistant $37,900
54 Alcon Laboratories 65 Operator $37,433
55 Vision Service Plan 23 Customer Service Representative II $36,074
56 HomeBanc Mortgage 67 Customer Service Specialist $35,988
57 Starbucks Coffee 16 Coordinator II $35,680
58 Paychex 70 Payroll Specialist $35,246
59 Nordstrom 24 Salesperson $35,200
60 AstraZeneca 71 Product Operator $35,131
61 Plante & Moran 32 Secretary $34,825
62 Medtronic 72 Assembler $34,144
63 Nugget Market 13 Checker $33,722
64 J.M. Smucker 39 Customer Service Representative $33,346
65 National Instruments 86 Administrative Specialist 2 $33,111
66 Capital One Financial 84 Risk Associate $32,836
67 Nike 69 Material Handling Assistant $32,764
68 Men's Wearhouse 90 Full-time tailors $32,741
69 Granite Construction 56 Journeyman $31,777
70 Edward Jones 29 Branch Office Administrator $31,078
71 Stew Leonard's 51 Production Assistant $31,033
72 American Fidelity Assur. 47 Representative, Customer Service II $30,612
73 Container Store 4 Distribution Center $30,508
74 American Century Invest. 15 Account Representative $30,000
75 JM Family Enterprises 41 Customer Account Representative $29,824
76 Standard Pacific 85 Sales Assistant $29,585
77 Principal Financial Grp. 77 Account Representative I $28,613
78 Whole Foods Market 5 Service Team Member $27,803
79 Aflac 73 Customer Service Specialist II $27,458
80 Publix Super Markets 57 Grocery Stock Clerk $27,353
81 Timberland 78 Assistant Manager Sales $26,858
82 Wegmans Food Markets 3 Customer Service $26,586
83 Umpqua Bank 34 Universal Associate $26,162
84 Four Seasons Hotels 53 AM Guest Room Attendant $25,842
85 Bright Horizons 92 Teacher $24,675
86 Stanley 100 Passport Associate 1 $24,400
87 Marriott International 89 Housekeeper $23,407
88 Recreational Equip. (REI) 27 Retail Sales Specialist $22,453
89 Synovus 98 Machine Operator 1 $22,451
90 IKEA North America 96 Sales Coworker $15,415
From the January 22, 2007 issue
Notes:
*For employees in that role
Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.
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