22 of the best companies to work for spare no expense to secure top talent

When analyzing how well a company pays, salary figures alone don't tell the whole story. Instead, it's important to note how well a company pays compared to competitors in the same industry.

Business Insider recently released its list of the 50 best companies to work for in America in partnership with compensation software and data company PayScale. The ranking took six factors into account: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay (for employees with at least five years of experience), and whether a company pays above or below market price for their employees. (You can read the full methodology here.)

The last factor - also referred to as the salary delta - is reflected as a percentage showing how much more or less a company pays compared with their industry. A larger percentage means the employer pays a high premium for talent, and conversely a negative percentage would indicate employees are underpaid.

We reranked the list based on this metric to find great places to work where employees are compensated well above market value - a premium of at least 10% - breaking any ties using the company's experienced median pay.

With a salary delta of 25%, social media giant Facebook topped the list, followed by Microsoft and Salesforce.com in second and third.

Keep reading to see the 22 best companies to work for who pay a premium to attract the best employees.