Looking to work for a tech company that offers a lucrative salary? Here’s a cheat sheet based on Glassdoor’s list of the highest paying US tech companies in 2016. Several companies are offering employees lucrative salary of six figures, if you work at a technology or consulting company, according to online employment company Glassdoor. The company has compiled a list of the 10 highest-paying tech companies in the U.S., based on the highest median total compensation packages, which includes base salary and other forms of compensation, such as commissions, tips and bonuses. Only companies with at least 50 salary reports during that timeframe were considered. “This report reinforces that high pay continues to be tied to in-demand skills and higher education, which in turn, is why we see several companies on this list among the consulting and technology industries,” Glassdoor’s Chief Economist Andrew Chamberlain said in a press release. “Salaries are sky-high at consulting companies due to ‘barriers of entry’ in this field, which refers to employers wanting top consultants to have personal contacts, reputations and specialized skills and knowledge,” Chamberlain added. “In technology, we continue to see unprecedented salaries as the war for talent is still very active, largely due to the ongoing shortage of highly skilled workers needed.” So, which companies offer the biggest paychecks? Check out which companies made Glassdoor’s highest-paying companies list for 2016:
1. A.T. Kearney
• Median Total Compensation: $167,534 • Median Base Salary: $143,620 • Industry: Consulting A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues facing businesses, governments and institutions around the globe.
2. Strategy&
• Median Total Compensation: $160,000 • Median Base Salary: $147,000 • Industry: Consulting Strategy& is a global strategy management consulting firm that was acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2014. It formerly went by the name of Booz & Co. The firm is active in a broad range of sectors, including Energy, Healthcare, Financial Services, Chemicals, Telecommunications, Automotive, Aerospace, Media, Technology and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).
3. Juniper Networks
• Median Total Compensation: $157,000 • Median Base Salary: $135,000 • Industry: Technology Juniper Networks is a publicly traded company that includes routers, switches, network management software, network security products and software-defined networking technology.
4. McKinsey & Company
• Median Total Compensation: $155,000 • Median Base Salary: $135,000 • Industry: Consulting McKinsey is a global management consulting firm that serves private and public companies, governments, not-for-profits and non-governmental organizations.
5. Google
• Median Total Compensation: $153,750 • Median Base Salary: $123,331 • Industry: Technology Google’s profits are largely derived from AdWords, an online advertising service that places advertising near the list of search results. Tech giant Alphabet is the new name for Google’s holding company.
6. VMware
• Median Total Compensation: $152,133 • Median Base Salary: $130,000 • Industry: Technology VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. The publicly traded company makes it possible for customers to rapidly develop, automatically deliver and more safely consume any application. • Median Total Compensation: $150,100 • Median Base Salary: $138,700 • Industry: Technology
8. Boston Consulting Group
• Median Total Compensation: $150,020 • Median Base Salary: $147,000 • Industry: Consulting The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is an American worldwide management consulting firm, which advises clients in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors around the world.
9. Guidewire
• Median Total Compensation: $150,020 • Median Base Salary: $135,000 • Industry: Technology Guidewire provides software for the property and casualty insurance business. The publicly-traded company offers core back-end software for property and casualty insurance carriers in the United States and globally.
10. Cadence Design Systems
• Median Total Compensation: $150,010 • Median Base Salary: $140,000 • Industry: Technology Cadence Design Systems is a San Jose, Calif.-based electronic design automation software and semiconductor Internet protocol service company. The company produces software and hardware for designing integrated circuits, systems on chips (SoCs) and printed circuit boards.
