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Google continues to remain the favourite company for employees offering the highest salaries and best perks.
Job hunting site Glassdoor has ranked top companies based on employees’ response over the last year.
The company rates the satisfaction of employees in terms of salary and perks on a five-point scale.
Rank: 1
Employee rating: 4.4
Average salary, software engineer: $118,959
Employee comments: Amazing workplace with incredible opportunities, company takes care of staff professionally and personally.
91% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Costco
Rank: 2
Employee rating: 4.4
Average salary, cashier assistant: $11.85/hr
Employee comments: A great company to work for, benefits are great with bonuses and vacation.
82% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Facebook
Rank: 3
Employee rating: 4.3
Average salary: $118,189
Employee comments: Awesome people and work culture/environment.
92% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Adobe
Rank: 4
Employee rating: 4.2
Average salary, computer scientist: $110,716
Employee comments: People-focused and surprisingly forward thinking company leveraging industry-leading software to drive innovation
83% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Epic Systems
Rank: 5
Employee rating: 4.2
Average salary, software developer: $94,857
Employee comments: A unique place to work, with great benefits.
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Intuit
Rank: 6
Employee rating: 4.2
Average salary, software engineer: $87,394
Employee comments: Work life balance, good benefits
57% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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USAA
Rank: 7
Employee rating: 4.2
Average salary, Financial Advisor: $48,591
Employee comments: Excellent benefits, great people, innovative ideas and technologies, great campus, many perks
65% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Chevron
Rank: 8
Employee rating: 4.1
Average salary, petroleum engineer: $108,100
Employee comments: Great people, Good pay relative to other industries, friendly work environment
85% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Salesforce.com
Rank: 9
Employee rating: 4.1
Average salary, member of technical staff: $112,005
Employee comments: Great perks including stocked kitchens with food & drink, gym reimbursement, career advancement
75% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Monsanto
Rank: 10
Employee rating: 4.1
Average salary, Research associate: $74,841
Employee comments: Mosanto cares about the well being and safety of its employees.
77% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Genentech
Rank: 11
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, research associate: $74,841
Employee comments: Genentech is a great place to learn and collaborate, and has tremendous potential
81% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Kaiser Permanente
Rank: 12
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, programmer analyst: $87,876
Employee comments: Great benefits and vacation time
74% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Qualcomm
Rank: 13
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, software engineer: $88,284
Employee comments: Great benefits, bi-annual merit increases and bonuses and onsite gym, health care facility
85% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Riverbed Technology
Rank: 14
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, quality assurance engineer: $88,187
Employee comments: Good pay and benefits
89% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Verizon
Rank: 15
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, software engineer: $87,176
Employee comments: Good benefits, flexible hours
53% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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VMware
Rank: 16
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, technical staff: $99,569
Employee comments: Good people to work with. Good place to learn about new technologies
67% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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T-Mobile
Rank: 17
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, sales associate: $10.59/hr
Employee comments: Amazing benefits, good pay and room to grow with the company.
69% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Microsoft
Rank: 18
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, software: $88,081
Employee comments: Good benefits, great sense of security
77% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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20 companies offering the best salaries
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Amgen
Rank: 19
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, scientist: $96,549
Employee comments: Great place to build a career and generous bonuses.
70% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Pfizer
Rank: 20
Employee rating: 4.0
Average salary, senior scientist: $101,482
Employee comments: Great benefits and surroundings along with the gym, clinic, cafeteria, and day care.
59% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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