Rank |
Company |
Best Cos. rank |
Most common job title |
Average annual pay** |
1 |
DreamWorks Animation SKG |
47 |
Animator |
$135,500 |
2 |
Scripps Health |
59 |
Registered Nurse |
$106,684 |
3 |
Valero Energy |
93 |
Operator |
$99,003 |
4 |
Devon Energy |
13 |
Lease Operator |
$89,690 |
5 |
NetApp |
1 |
Executive Assistant 1 |
$88,525 |
6 |
Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
85 |
RN II |
$84,521 |
7 |
OhioHealth |
19 |
Staff Registered Nurse |
$84,096 |
8 |
Methodist Hospital System |
8 |
RN Clinical Colleague |
$80,340 |
9 |
Atlantic Health |
75 |
Registered Nurse |
$80,022 |
10 |
PCL Construction Enterprises |
28 |
Carpenter |
$79,720 |
11 |
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
87 |
Legal Secretary |
$77,702 |
12 |
Shared Technologies |
18 |
Technician |
$76,482 |
13 |
Salesforce.com |
55 |
Enterprise Business Representative |
$75,000 |
14 |
EOG Resources |
40 |
Lease Operator |
$74,427 |
15 |
Bingham McCutchen |
30 |
Legal Secretary |
$72,459 |
16 |
Adobe Systems |
11 |
Sr. Administrative Assistant 4 |
$70,854 |
17 |
Griffin Hospital |
62 |
RN |
$69,702 |
18 |
Genentech |
7 |
Sr. Mfg. Technician-BioProcess |
$68,228 |
19 |
Alston & Bird |
36 |
Legal Secretary |
$67,226 |
20 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
52 |
Executive Assistant |
$65,161 |
21 |
Boston Consulting Group |
3 |
Executive Assistant |
$64,894 |
22 |
NuStar Energy |
44 |
Terminal Operator II |
$63,660 |
23 |
Baptist Health South Florida |
79 |
Clinical Nurse I |
$63,651 |
24 |
Perkins Coie |
82 |
Legal Secretary |
$62,331 |
25 |
Accenture |
97 |
Level E/Analyst Programmer |
$61,400 |
26 |
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
67 |
Staff Nurse - Colleague |
$61,399 |
27 |
Cisco Systems |
6 |
Administrative Assistant III |
$59,852 |
28 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
58 |
Executive Assistant |
$59,557 |
29 |
Southern Ohio Medical Center |
68 |
Registered Nurse |
$59,490 |
30 |
Microsoft |
38 |
Business Administrator |
$59,420 |
31 |
King’s Daughters Medical Cntr. |
45 |
Bedside RN |
$59,268 |
32 |
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network |
76 |
Registered Nurse |
$58,813 |
33 |
Ernst & Young |
51 |
Administrative Assistant |
$58,019 |
34 |
Arnold & Porter |
21 |
Legal Secretary |
$57,779 |
35 |
Deloitte |
61 |
Administrative Assistant |
$57,028 |
36 |
KPMG |
56 |
Senior Administrative Assistant |
$56,300 |
37 |
MITRE |
66 |
Office Administration Specialist |
$56,247 |
38 |
Chesapeake Energy |
73 |
Floorman |
$53,437 |
39 |
Burns & McDonnell |
50 |
Drafter/Detailer |
$52,000 |
40 |
Juniper Networks |
84 |
Sales Support Representive |
$51,965 |
41 |
Scottrade |
60 |
Stockbroker |
$51,479 |
42 |
General Mills |
99 |
Operator (semi-skilled) |
$49,563 |
43 |
S.C. Johnson & Son |
81 |
Administrative Assistant |
$48,731 |
44 |
FedEx |
90 |
Courier |
$48,695 |
45 |
Texas Instruments |
65 |
Manufacturing Specialist |
$47,295 |
46 |
Novo Nordisk |
57 |
Administrator |
$45,431 |
47 |
TDIndustries |
37 |
Skilled Craftsperson |
$44,882 |
48 |
Kimley-Horn & Associates |
35 |
Administrative support |
$44,835 |
49 |
SRA International |
100 |
Administrative Assistant |
$43,837 |
50 |
Starbucks |
24 |
Equipment Technician |
$42,387 |
51 |
Rackspace Hosting |
43 |
Data Center Operations Technician II |
$41,688 |
52 |
Robert W. Baird |
14 |
Client Relationship Assistant |
$41,625 |
53 |
Quicken Loans |
29 |
Mortgage Loan Processor |
$40,166 |
54 |
QuikTrip |
27 |
Relief Assistant |
$40,080 |
55 |
American Fidelity Assurance |
46 |
Customer Service |
$39,701 |
56 |
Alcon Laboratories |
74 |
Operator |
$39,317 |
57 |
Milliken |
64 |
Senior Machine Operator |
$39,000 |
58 |
CarMax |
31 |
Sales Consultant |
$37,837 |
59 |
Herman Miller |
89 |
Manufacturing Associate |
$37,508 |
60 |
Vanderbilt University |
98 |
Clerical |
$37,388 |
61 |
T-Mobile |
96 |
Customer Care Rep |
$37,365 |
62 |
Build-A-Bear Workshop |
94 |
Assistant Workshop Manager |
$36,357 |
63 |
Camden Property Trust |
41 |
Leasing Consultant |
$36,210 |
64 |
Plante & Moran |
42 |
Secretary |
$35,800 |
65 |
Men’s Wearhouse |
71 |
Full-time Tailor |
$35,336 |
66 |
Principal Financial Group |
17 |
Individual Investor Specialist II |
$34,690 |
67 |
National Instruments |
69 |
Administrative Specialist.Staff 2 |
$34,522 |
68 |
Nugget Market |
10 |
Checker |
$34,490 |
69 |
Edward Jones |
2 |
Branch Office Administrator |
$33,824 |
70 |
Container Store |
32 |
Distribution Center |
$32,546 |
71 |
Johnson Financial Group |
25 |
Senior Teller |
$30,685 |
72 |
Stew Leonard’s |
53 |
Host/Hostess |
$30,401 |
73 |
eBay |
83 |
Customer Contact Agent 2 |
$30,212 |
74 |
Aflac |
26 |
Customer Service Specialist II |
$29,556 |
75 |
Stanley |
70 |
Passport Associate I |
$29,137 |
76 |
Umpqua Bank |
34 |
Universal Associate |
$28,765 |
77 |
Four Seasons Hotels |
92 |
Guestroom Attendant |
$28,667 |
78 |
Publix Super Markets |
88 |
Grocery Clerk |
$28,104 |
79 |
Wegmans Food Markets |
5 |
Store Customer Service |
$28,092 |
80 |
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants |
95 |
Room Attendant |
$26,242 |
81 |
Bright Horizons |
80 |
Teacher |
$26,189 |
82 |
Erickson Retirement Communities |
54 |
RG Nursing Asst Level 1 |
$26,153 |
83 |
Marriott International |
78 |
Housekeeper |
$24,864 |
84 |
Recreational Equipment (REI) |
12 |
Retail Sales Specialist |
$24,527 |
85 |
Whole Foods Market |
22 |
Cashier |
$24,322 |
86 |
Zappos.com |
23 |
Team Member |
$23,609 |
87 |
Qualcomm |
16 |
Building Service Attendant I |
$23,108 |
From the February 2, 2009 issue
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