25 top-paying companies

The top 15, from: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Paying-Companies" rel="nofollow">http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106493/Top-Payi...</a><p><pre><code> 1. Bingham McCutchen (law firm) Average total pay: $256,312 For: Associate 2. Lehigh Valley Hospital &#38; Health Network Average total pay: $244,605 For: Physicians 3. Orrick Herrington &#38; Sutcliffe (law firm) Average total pay: $240,955 For: Associate 4. Alston &#38; Bird (law firm) Average total pay: $203,655 For: Associate 5. Perkins Coie (law firm) Average total pay: $190,126 For: Associate 6. Devon Energy (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $186,882 For: Engineer 7. Chesapeake Energy (natural gas producer) Average total pay: $178,108 For: Toolpusher 8. Salesforce.com (CRM software) Average total pay: $172,303 For: Senior Sales Engineer 9. Arnold &#38; Porter (law firm) Average total pay: $172,192 For: Associate 10. Adobe Systems Average total pay: $165,947 For: Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development 11. EOG Resources (oil and natural gas producer) Average total pay: $158,302 For: Engineer 12. Goldman Sachs (holding company) Average total pay: $144,994 For: Other Exempt (i.e. Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt) 13. Boston Consulting Group Average total pay: $141,111 For: Consultant 14. Kimpton Hotels &#38; Restaurants Average total pay: $134,769 For: General Manager 15. NetApp (data storage firm) Average total pay: $134,716 For: Member Technical Staff, Software 4</code></pre>

A bit bogus because the companies are ranked by most common salaried position, so it starts off with a bunch of law firms. There is a hospital with the most common salaried position being physician and a hotel chain with general director, conveniently ignoring all the orderlies and chamber maids which would make the average wage a lot less attractive. An there is that annoyance of clicking through 25 pages.

I would upmod the submission - but 25 individual pages?

Does it bother you that so many of them are law firms. With all due respect to undeniable need to uphold law and order in a society, so many law firms say something about in which direction is productivity headed. Do you want people proficient in laws or those building something of more value to be higher rewarded?

I was surprised at the number of tech firms in the list (e.g. Adobe, TI, NetApp, Cisco, Juniper) and the jobs that are listed are the engineering and other technical jobs. Reading the comments I wasn't expected any tech firms to be on the list.

What exactly is a 'Toolpusher'? The most common job at #7 Chesapeake Energy.