Rank |
Company |
Best Cos. rank |
Most common job title |
Average annual pay** |
1 |
Bingham McCutchen |
30 |
Associate |
$256,312 |
2 |
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network |
76 |
Physicians |
$244,605 |
3 |
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
87 |
Associate |
$240,955 |
4 |
Alston & Bird |
36 |
Associate |
$203,655 |
5 |
Perkins Coie |
82 |
Associate |
$190,126 |
6 |
Devon Energy |
13 |
Engineer |
$186,882 |
7 |
Salesforce.com |
55 |
Senior Sales Engineer |
$172,303 |
8 |
Arnold & Porter |
21 |
Associate |
$172,192 |
9 |
Adobe Systems |
11 |
Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development |
$165,947 |
10 |
EOG Resources |
40 |
Engineer |
$158,302 |
11 |
Goldman Sachs |
9 |
Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt) |
$144,994 |
12 |
Boston Consulting Group |
3 |
Consultant |
$141,111 |
13 |
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants |
95 |
General Manager |
$134,769 |
14 |
NetApp |
1 |
Member Technical Staff, Software 4 |
$134,716 |
15 |
Cisco Systems |
6 |
Software Engineer IV |
$131,703 |
16 |
eBay |
83 |
Software Engineer 4 |
$129,099 |
17 |
Robert W. Baird |
14 |
Financial Analyst |
$128,700 |
18 |
Texas Instruments |
65 |
Electrical Design Engineer |
$126,192 |
19 |
Shared Technologies |
18 |
Sales Rep |
$123,590 |
20 |
Juniper Networks |
84 |
Member of Technical Staff 4 |
$123,396 |
21 |
Scripps Health |
59 |
Manager-Director |
$121,908 |
22 |
MITRE |
66 |
Lead Information Systems Engineer |
$121,317 |
23 |
T-Mobile |
96 |
Manager |
$120,756 |
24 |
Chesapeake Energy |
73 |
Toolpusher |
$120,576† |
25 |
Nugget Market |
10 |
Store Director |
$116,444 |
26 |
S.C. Johnson & Son |
81 |
Senior Research Assistant |
$114,663 |
27 |
Microsoft |
38 |
Software Development Engineer |
$112,399 |
28 |
Johnson Financial Group |
25 |
VP Commercial Relationship Manager |
$112,304 |
29 |
Genentech |
7 |
Clinical Specialist |
$112,202 |
30 |
DreamWorks Animation SKG |
47 |
Software Engineer |
$112,100 |
31 |
Publix Super Markets |
88 |
Store Manager |
$109,989 |
32 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
52 |
Associate |
$108,150 |
33 |
Burns & McDonnell |
50 |
Mechanical Engineer |
$107,900 |
34 |
Atlantic Health |
75 |
Manager |
$107,448 |
35 |
Gilbane |
91 |
Project Manager |
$105,864 |
36 |
Ernst & Young |
51 |
Manager - a client-serving position |
$103,164 |
37 |
Novo Nordisk |
57 |
Diabetes Field Sales |
$102,064 |
38 |
OhioHealth |
19 |
Nurse Manager |
$102,048 |
39 |
Qualcomm |
16 |
Sr. Engineer |
$102,030 |
40 |
Valero Energy |
93 |
Supervisor, Maintenance |
$101,602 |
41 |
PCL Construction Enterprises |
28 |
Superintendent |
$100,047 |
42 |
Alcon Laboratories |
74 |
Sales Representative |
$99,948 |
43 |
CH2M HILL |
86 |
Engineer |
$99,703 |
44 |
Baptist Health South Florida |
79 |
Assistant Nurse Manager |
$95,783 |
45 |
American Fidelity Assurance |
46 |
Sales (Commission/Sales) |
$95,701 |
46 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
58 |
Manager/Supervisor |
$95,082 |
47 |
Recreational Equipment (REI) |
12 |
Retail Store Manager |
$92,298 |
48 |
Milliken |
64 |
Sales |
$90,000 |
49 |
Methodist Hospital System |
8 |
Manager Nursing |
$88,791 |
50 |
Principal Financial Group |
17 |
IT Application Analyst Senior |
$88,241 |
51 |
Northwest Community Hospital |
77 |
Clinical Coordinator |
$88,130 |
52 |
Southern Ohio Medical Center |
68 |
Nurse Manager |
$87,302 |
53 |
Scottrade |
60 |
Branch Manager |
$85,748 |
54 |
Zappos.com |
23 |
Software Engineer |
$85,582 |
55 |
NuStar Energy |
44 |
Terminal Manager |
$85,149 |
56 |
Accenture |
97 |
Consultant |
$83,900 |
57 |
Deloitte |
61 |
Senior / Senior Consultant |
$83,488 |
58 |
Kimley-Horn & Associates |
35 |
Experienced analyst |
$81,543 |
59 |
Men's Wearhouse |
71 |
Professional |
$80,525 |
60 |
SRA International |
100 |
Analyst |
$78,047 |
61 |
Edward Jones |
2 |
Senior Programmer Analyst |
$77,333 |
62 |
FedEx |
90 |
Operations Manager |
$76,873 |
63 |
TDIndustries |
37 |
Superintendent |
$76,515 |
64 |
King's Daughters Medical Cntr. |
45 |
Nurse Manager |
$76,064 |
65 |
National Instruments |
69 |
Engineer.Staff 2.Software |
$75,187 |
66 |
KPMG |
56 |
Senior Associate |
$75,000 |
67 |
Vanderbilt University |
98 |
Registered Nurses |
$74,948 |
68 |
Herman Miller |
89 |
Engineer 3 |
$72,306 |
69 |
Whole Foods Market |
22 |
Assoc. Store Team Leader |
$72,219 |
70 |
Arkansas Children's Hospital |
85 |
RN III |
$70,559 |
71 |
Stew Leonard's |
53 |
Store Manager |
$70,470 |
72 |
Plante & Moran |
42 |
Audit Staff |
$65,500 |
73 |
Quicken Loans |
29 |
Mortgage Banker |
$64,189 |
74 |
Stanley |
70 |
System Analyst II |
$64,096 |
75 |
QuikTrip |
27 |
Store Manager |
$62,936 |
76 |
Marriott International |
78 |
Sales Manager |
$62,925 |
77 |
CarMax |
31 |
Purchasing |
$62,484 |
78 |
Camden Property Trust |
41 |
Community Manager |
$62,223 |
79 |
Rackspace Hosting |
43 |
Windows Admin II |
$59,633 |
80 |
Aflac |
26 |
Supervisor, Operations |
$58,651 |
81 |
Bright Horizons |
80 |
Director |
$56,456 |
82 |
Four Seasons Hotels |
92 |
Asst. Food & Beverage Mgr. |
$52,107 |
83 |
Build-A-Bear Workshop |
94 |
Chief Workshop Manager |
$51,873 |
84 |
Wegmans Food Markets |
5 |
Store Department Manager |
$51,350 |
85 |
Umpqua Bank |
34 |
Store Managers |
$51,064 |
86 |
Nordstrom |
72 |
Sales Department Manager |
$49,500 |
87 |
General Mills |
99 |
Retail Sales Representative |
$45,759 |
88 |
Container Store |
32 |
Store Sales |
$45,303 |
89 |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
67 |
Business Operations Coordinator |
$45,065 |
90 |
Starbucks |
24 |
Store Manager |
$44,966 |
91 |
Erickson Retirement Communities |
54 |
Service Manager |
$44,882 |
From the February 2, 2009 issue
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