High paying companies Rank Company Best Cos. rank Most common job title Average annual pay** 1 Salesforce.com 52 Senior Account Executive $318,323 2 Bingham McCutchen 28 Associate $219,888 3 Alston & Bird 13 Associate $182,681 4 Perkins Coie 55 Associate $182,544 5 Devon Energy 41 Engineer $172,575 6 Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company 56 Sr Oncology Sales Specialist $166,354 7 Goldman Sachs Other Exempt (Analysts, Program Analysts, 23 Associates and Professional Non-Exempt) $160,000 8 EOG Resources 66 Engineer $158,008 9 Brocade Communications Systems 89 Software Engineer $156,508 10 Boston Consulting Group 2 Consultant $154,051 11 NetApp 5 Member of Technical Staff SW 4 $149,985 12 Scripps Health 37 Manager-Director $141,545 13 Qualcomm 33 Engineer, Staff $134,211 14 Cisco 20 Software Engineer IV $131,716 15 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants 83 Hotel General Manager $131,234 16 CH2M Hill 90 Engineer $129,986 17 MITRE 96 Information Systems Engineer, Lead $127,734 18 Johnson Financial Group 46 SVP Commercial RM $123,926 19 Adobe Systems 65 Computer Scientist, Software Development 4 $123,599 20 Microsoft Engineering - Software Development Engineer in 72 Test $120,657 21 Baker Donelson 50 Associate $118,996 22 The Everett Clinic 91 Nurse Practitioners $118,500 23 Atlantic Health 54 Manager $114,868 24 Chesapeake Energy 32 Toolpusher $114,084 25 Novo Nordisk 47 Diabetes Care Specialist III (DCS III) $112,939 26 American Express 49 Manager - Finance $112,802 27 Booz Allen Hamilton 85 Associate $112,728 28 DreamWorks Animation SKG 10 Software Engineer $112,060 29 PCL Construction 38 Superintendent $111,618 30 Shared Technologies 43 Sales Rep $111,463 31 Publix Super Markets 67 Store Manager $111,330 32 Balfour Beatty Construction 40 Superintendent $110,120 33 Mercedes-Benz USA 15 Automotive Technical Specialist $109,610 34 Gilbane 76 Project Manager $108,108 35 Nugget Market 8 Store Director $107,926 36 Baptist Health South Florida 42 Assistant Manager Patient Care $107,349 37 Intel 51 Component Design Engineer $106,430 38 Robert W. Baird 14 Financial Analyst - Capital Markets $104,309 39 Ernst & Young 77 Manager $102,593 40 Genentech 35 Research Associate $101,000 41 S.C. Johnson & Son 70 Senior Research Scientist $100,740 42 OhioHealth 62 Nurse Manager $100,595 43 The Methodist Hospital System 19 Nurse Manager $98,470 44 Hasbro 59 IS Analyst $97,743 45 NuStar Energy 30 Terminal Manager $97,097 46 Meridian Health 88 Nurse Manager Assistant $95,200 47 American Fidelity Assurance 39 Sales $94,182 48 USAA 17 Software Developer and Integrator I $92,853 49 Recreational Equipment (REI) 50 Southern Ohio Medical Center 36 Nurse Manager $91,004 51 FactSet Research Systems 64 Software Engineer $89,600 52 Morningstar 95 Developer/Programmer $89,568 53 PricewaterhouseCoopers 73 Manager/Supervisor $86,826 54 Accenture 99 Consulting Consultant $83,500 55 SRC/SRCTec 78 Software Engineer $82,868 56 Deloitte 63 Senior/Senior Consultant $81,622 57 Scottrade 12 Branch Manager $79,088 58 National Instruments 79 Engineer Staff 2 Software $78,522 59 TDIndustries 45 Superintendent $78,436 60 Four Seasons Hotels 53 Sales Manager $77,391 61 Quicken Loans 29 Mortgage Banker $76,903 9 Retail Store Manager $92,211 62 Stew Leonard's 18 Store Manager $74,438 63 Edward Jones 11 Sr. Programmer Analyst $74,414 64 Stryker 68 Recon Sales Associate $74,343 65 DPR Construction 22 Project Engineer $73,500 66 W. W. Grainger 67 KPMG 86 Senior Associate $73,300 68 Whole Foods Market 24 Associate Store Team Leader $72,372 69 Arkansas Children's Hospital 75 RN III $69,975 70 Camden Property Trust 71 QuikTrip 34 Store Manager $67,160 72 Marriott International 71 Chef $64,750 73 CarMax 81 Purchasing $64,541 74 Plante & Moran 26 Audit Staff $64,300 75 CHG Healthcare Services 27 Sales Consultant $64,255 76 Rackspace Hosting 92 Windows Administrator II $61,601 77 Darden Restaurants 97 Restaurant Manager $59,982 78 Aflac 57 Supervisor Operations $59,873 79 Bright Horizons Family Solutions 84 Director $59,006 80 Umpqua Bank 25 Store Manager $56,315 81 Wegmans Food Markets 3 Store Department Manager $55,103 82 Zappos.com 6 Assistant Buyer $52,238 83 J. M. Smucker 93 Route Sales Representative $51,075 84 Teach For America 82 Program Director $51,000 85 Starbucks 98 Store Manager $50,673 86 Build-A-Bear Workshop 48 Chief Workshop Manager $49,830 87 Nordstrom 74 Sales Department Manager $49,500 88 General Mills 58 Retail Sales Representative $47,453 89 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 80 Postdoctoral Research Associate $46,826 90 Container Store 21 Store Sales $44,355 91 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 60 Business Operations Coordinator $41,623 92 Aéropostale 94 Assistant Manager $34,095 100 Account Manager, Commercial 7 Community Manager $73,446 $69,612