20 companies offering the best salaries

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.

Google

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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