Median total compensation: $136,010Median base compensation: $122,000 Brocade makes equipment for computer storage networks and computer networks. It was bought by Broadcom in November although Broadcom said it wanted the storage business, not the network unit. Extreme Networks announced last month its plans to buy that network business. Median total compensation: $137,000Median base compensation: $119,348 Xilinx is a chip manufacturer best known for building programmable chips.Median total compensation: $138,000Median base compensation: $123,000 Adobe offers cloud software for creative and marketing tasks.Median total compensation: $138,750Median base compensation: $133,500 Medallia makes software for marketeers that lets them survey customers and analyze customer feedback.Median total compensation: $140,000Median base compensation: $118,500 Dropbox lets you store and share documents in the cloud.Median total compensation: $140,000Median base compensation: $121,000 Akamai makes what's known as a content delivery network (CDN), which helps big internet websites run faster.Median total compensation: $140,020Median base compensation: $124,700 Palo Alto Networks makes computer security wares. Median total compensation: $140,555Median base compensation: $125,000 F5 Networks offers equipment that helps corporte networks run faster.Median total compensation: $142,000Median base compensation: $125,000 Twitter is a social network.Median total compensation: $143,500Median base compensation: $124,900 WalmartLabs is the eCommerce unit of Walmart that builds and maintains the retailers online stores.Median total compensation: $144,000Median base compensation: $127,000 Microsoft is one of the world's biggest software and electronics companies, best known for its Windows operating system and Office software as well as Xbox game console and its Surface PCs. Median total compensation: $145,025Median tase compensation: $130,000 Broadcom is a semiconductor chip manufacturer.Median total compensation: $147,400Median base compensation: $125,000 Informatica offers big data software that extracts data and allows multiple applications to share data.Median total compensation: $148,000Median base compensation: $130,000 Synopsys offers design products for the semiconductor industry.Median total compensation: $150,000Median base compensation: $110,000 Dimension Data is a consulting company that specializes in building custom enterprise apps, cloud computing and computer security.Median total compensation: $150,000Median base compensation: $120,000 Salesforce offers software as a cloud computing service and is best known for its software that helps salespeople track leads and prospects.Median total compensation: $150,000Median base compensation: $127,000 LinkedIn is a professional social network best known for as a place for job seekers and recruiters.Median total compensation: $150,000Median base compensation: $138,500 Juniper Networks offers equipment for building corporate networks and service provider networks.Median total compensation: $152,800Median base compensation: $130,400 Amazon Lab126 is Amazon's Bay Area research and development team.Median total compensation: $154,000Median base compensation: $150,000 NVIDIA is a manufacturer of graphics processor technologies.Median total compensation: $155,000Median base compensation: $130,000 Facebook is a social network. Median total compensation: $155,250Median base compensation: $120,000 Google is best known for its internet search, internet advertising, Android phones and email cloud software.Median total compensation: $156,702Median base compensation: $141,202 Cadence offers software and tools for industrial designers.Median total compensation: $161,010Median base compensation: $132,500 Splunk makes big data software and hardware that watches the IT infrastructure by monitoring apps, logs and other tech gear.Median total compensation: $167,050Median base compensation: $136,750 VMware offers software that makes computer servers run more efficiently as well as software for computer networking and managing mobile devices.