Best compensation
Salaried employees
Hourly employees
 
1 Nixon Peabody 49 Associate Attorney $181,099
2 Bingham McCutchen 94 Associate $180,050
3 Alston & Bird 19 Associate Attorney $166,300
4 Adobe Systems 31 Senior Computer Scientist $161,127
5 Arnold & Porter 26 Associates $155,929
6 EOG Resources 83 Engineer $145,750
7 Perkins Coie 64 Associate $142,027
8 SRA International 61 Project Manager $129,642
9 Boston Consulting Grp. 8 Consultant $129,071
10 Goldman Sachs 36 Other Exempt (Analyst, Program Analyst and Associate) $129,000
11 Network Appliance 6 MTS Software 4 $129,000
12 Yahoo 44 Technical Yahoo Senior $126,000
13 Cisco Systems 11 Software Engineer IV $123,021
14 Microsoft 50 Software Developer $118,500
15 Jones Lang LaSalle 66 Vice President $116,566
16 Robert W. Baird 38 Financial Analyst $116,000
17 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 28 Project Manager $115,938
18 MITRE 60 Lead Information Systems Engineer $112,656
19 Texas Instruments 87 Electrical Design Engineer $109,223
20 American Century Invest. 15 Programmer/Analyst Specialist $105,000
21 S.C. Johnson & Son 7 Sr. Research Scientist $104,192
22 Publix Super Markets 57 Store Manager $103,981
23 Dow Corning 55 Supply Chain $102,093
24 Alcon Laboratories 65 Sales Representative $100,998
25 Booz Allen Hamilton 63 Associate $100,800
26 Capital One Financial 84 Project Manager $100,393
27 American Express 74 Project Manager-Technologies $99,221
28 Nugget Market 13 Store Director $98,833
29 AstraZeneca 71 Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist $97,835
30 SAS Institute 48 Systems developer $97,276
31 Ernst & Young 25 Manager - a client serving position $95,905
32 Qualcomm 14 Engineer, Senior $95,345
33 Baptist Health S. Florida 81 Assistant Manager, Patient Care $93,498
34 Principal Financial Grp. 77 IT Application Analyst Sr. $93,419
35 Paychex 70 Sales Representative $91,774
36 Vision Service Plan 23 Application Developer III $90,296
37 Medtronic 72 Engineer $89,985
38 PCL Construction 42 Superintendent $88,300
39 Recreational Equip. (REI) 27 Retail Store Manager $87,519
40 Procter & Gamble 68 Production Department Manager $87,400
41 Valero Energy 22 IS Specialist $86,915
42 Methodist Hospital Sys. 9 Manager, Nursing $86,783
43 David Weekley Homes 12 Sales Consultant $86,659
44 PricewaterhouseCoopers 58 Manager/Supervisor $86,307
45 Genzyme 43 Researcher/Scientist $85,973
46 Memorial Health 91 Registered Nurse Clinical Mgr $83,170
47 Quicken Loans 17 Mortgage Banker $82,000
48 Northwest Community Hospital 37 Clinical Coordinator $81,224
49 Men's Wearhouse 90 Professional (Information & Technology) $80,289
50 Deloitte & Touche USA 76 Senior/Senior Consultant $77,011
51 Genentech 2 Research Associate $76,000
52 Edward Jones 29 Senior Programmer Analyst $75,616
53 Whole Foods Market 5 Associate Store Team Leader $72,894
54 A.G. Edwards 99 Headquarters Management & Professional Support $71,548
55 National Instruments 86 Engineer 2 Staff $69,866
56 TDIndustries 79 Superintendent $69,706
57 Standard Pacific 85 Construction Manager $69,400
58 First Horizon National 46 Enterprise Technician $68,926
59 OhioHealth 52 Case Manager $68,755
60 Granite Construction 56 Engineering $67,497
61 Synovus 98 Program Analyst $67,491
62 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 80 Patient Care Coordinator $66,565
63 Plante & Moran 32 Auditor $65,000
64 Milliken 93 Product/Process Improvement $62,000
65 Stew Leonard's 51 Store Manager $60,870
66 QuikTrip 20 Store Manager $60,525
67 CarMax 88 Buyers $59,385
68 CDW 82 Account Manager $58,520
69 IKEA North America 96 Sales Manager $58,487
70 Aflac 73 Supervisor $57,363
71 Pella 59 Department Manager $57,172
72 Stanley 100 Systems Analyst II $56,867
73 Timberland 78 Manager Store Sales $54,453
74 Marriott International 89 Sales Manager $54,274
75 KPMG 97 Associate $53,880
76 Bright Horizons 92 Director $53,000
77 J.M. Smucker 39 Production Supervisor $51,713
78 HomeBanc Mortgage 67 Underwriters $51,624
79 Umpqua Bank 34 Store Manager $50,078
80 Baptist Health Care 54 Manager $48,921
81 Nordstrom 24 Sales Department Manager $48,500
82 Wegmans Food Markets 3 Store Department Manager $47,775
83 Four Seasons Hotels 53 Assistant Food & Beverage Manager $47,256
84 Starbucks Coffee 16 Store Manager $43,598
85 Station Casinos 18 Casino Floorperson $43,427
86 Container Store 4 Store Sales $42,630
87 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 35 Business Operations Coordinator $42,354
88 Nike 69 MGR/Department/Retail $39,128
89 JM Family Enterprises 41 Operations Account Representative $36,350
90 American Fidelity Assur. 47 Account Representative $33,559
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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