Special Report
America's Highest Paying Companies
April 12, 2017 7:00 am
Last Updated: January 12, 2020 1:04 pm
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15. Synopsys
> Median total compensation: $148,000
> Industry: Tech
> Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Founded in 1986, Synopsys has grown from a small startup to one of the largest companies in the electronic design automation industry, with more than $2.4 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year. Synopsis has completed more than 75 acquisitions in its 30-year history. The company offers some of the most competitive salaries in Silicon Valley. The typical Synopsis employee earns $148,000 annually, far more than the $95,195 average for all software engineers on Glassdoor.
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14. Dimension Data
> Median total compensation: $150,000
> Industry: Tech
> Headquarters: New York, NY
Dimension Data, a tech solutions company, was founded in South Africa in 1983. The company specializes in a range of IT services, from cloud computing to security to data center management, and has about 30 offices in the United States and over 30,000 employees worldwide. The company’s U.S. employees earn a median wage of $150,000 annually.
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13. Salesforce
> Median total compensation: $150,000
> Industry: Tech
> Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
The organization behind sales software used by over 150,000 companies, Salesforce compensates its employees well. Founded in 1999, the company also recently bought the naming rights to Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, which will become the tallest occupiable building west of Chicago upon its completion this summer.
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12. LinkedIn
> Median total compensation: $150,000
> Industry: Tech
> Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
Founded in 2002, professional networking site LinkedIn started 2010 with only about 500 employees. Growing exponentially since, LinkedIn now employs over 10,000 people worldwide and pays the typical U.S. worker $150,000 annually.
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11. Juniper Networks
> Median total compensation: $150,000
> Industry: Tech
> Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
Juniper Networks offers a range of products and services that customers use to set up, upgrade, and optimize IT infrastructure and capability. Reporting nearly $5 billion in revenue in 2016, the Silicon Valley-based company is thriving as the American industrial landscape is becoming ever more digital.
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