Underpaid? 10 Top-Paying Companies

Senior account execs at Salesforce.com take home an average $318,323 total compensation annually. Are you working for the right company? Here are the top 10 top-paying companies to work for if you want to bring home a hefty paycheck at the end of the month.

 

1.    Salesforce.com

Average total pay: $318,323

For: Senior Account Executive

Senior account execs at Salesforce.com take home an average $318,323 total compensation annually. Are you working for the right company? Here are the top 10 top-paying companies to work for if you want to bring home a hefty paycheck at the end of the month.

 

1.    Salesforce.com

Average total pay: $318,323

For: Senior Account Executive

The sales force gets hefty bonuses. The biggest earners get to enjoy goodies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” — a $5,000 shopping spree offered during last year’s sales incentive trip to Hawaii.

Bonus: Full-time employees receive a “Mahalo Bonus” (Hawaiian for “thank you”), twice a year — up to 140% of the target payout. And those lucky employees who’ve received stock have seen their shares more than double in value over the past year.

2. Bingham McCutchen

Average total pay: $219,888

For: Associate

This Boston-based law firm not only pays attorneys more than $200K in salaries on average, they also kick in 7.5% of salary to a pension plan for staff members, plus another 2.5% through a 401(k) match.

3. Alston & Bird

Average total pay: $182,681

For: Associate

Once the workplace of golfer Bobby Jones, this Atlanta-based law firm provides employees with merit bonuses up to 10% as a matter of course, and that payout has gone as high as 25% when budget goals are exceeded. Staff can top off their pay with a 7% profit-sharing bonus, and 25 cents-on-the-dollar match on their 401(k) contributions, up to 4% of salary.

Perks: A&B has outstanding family benefits, allowing primary caregivers to take up to 90 days’ maternity leave and covering up to $7,000 in costs related to adoption.

4. Perkins Coie

Average total pay: $182,544

For: Associate

P&C was admirably egalitarian during the recession, as partners took a 10% pay cut but merely froze pay for staff and associates. When business ticked back up, non-attorney staff were the first to receive year-end bonuses. Other progressive perks include a 50% subsidy for employees to commute by public transportation, and $20-per-month reimbursement if they ride a bike in to work.

5. Devon Energy

Average total pay: $172,575

For: Engineer

Tradition: All 3,500 employees at this Oklahoma City-based natural gas and oil company receive a $600 holiday bonus around Thanksgiving.

Devon also pays generous bonuses through a “cash performance” program that paid a median bonus of $7,200 in 2009. And their industry-leading retirement package contributes as much as 16% of salary to employees’ 401(k) plans, in addition to a 6% match.

6. Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

Average total pay: $166,354

For: Sr Oncology Sales Specialist

A wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Millennium rewards top performing employees with phantom and restricted stock through a long-term incentive plan.

Other perks include a tuition benefit up to $10,000 a year; pet insurance subsidies; an on-site camp for employees’ kids; food deliveries from a local farm; and an unlimited sick-pay policy that says, “If you are sick, stay home until you feel better.”

7. Goldman Sachs

Average total pay: $160,000

For: Other Exempt (Analysts, Program Analysts, Associates and Professional Non-Exempt)

Goldman has funded employees’ retirement plans every year for more than 65 consecutive years. The current contribution is a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 4% of salary,that maxes out at $9,800. Everyone is guaranteed at least $6,000 a year, regardless of what they put in.

Nearly 40% are lucky enough to have access to “wealth creation opportunities” that enable them to reap bounty from the firm’s investments. And more than 38,550 current and former Goldman employees have received stock since the firm’s IPO in 1999.

8. EOG Resources

Average total pay: $158,008

For: Engineer

Every new hire gets stock options and benefits on their first day — including a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 6% of salary, a money-purchase pension plan, and at least three weeks’ vacation.

All employees, from “roughnecks” in the field to the chairman at headquarters, participate in the same benefit plan: EOG pays 100% of employees’ health-care costs and covers 80% for their dependents (including domestic partners), with a plan that covers vision care, acupuncture, and other benefits.

9. Brocade Communications Systems

Average total pay: $156,508

For: Software Engineer

Managers and peers award spot bonus “Kudos” to high-performing employees, up to $2,000. Meanwhile, Brocade employees can take career-related classes and get tuition reimbursed up to $5,250 a year. Those in its finance and operations departments can broaden their skills via a job rotation program.

10. Boston Consulting Group

Average total pay: $154,051

For: Consultant

Elite management consulting firm offers signing bonuses to new hires, as well as profit-sharing bonuses of between 5% and 10% of salary, and perks like automatic “gold” status on key partner airlines. Everyone gets three weeks’ vacation to start — which rises to four weeks after two years on the job.

Full article from CNN Money.

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