The 25 highest-paying companies in the US in 2017

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25. Akamai

25. Akamai

Median total compensation: $140,000

Median base compensation: $121,000

Akamai offers a "content delivery network" that helps large websites and media sites run faster.

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24. Palo Alto Networks

24. Palo Alto Networks

Median total compensation: $140,020

Median base compensation: $124,700

The cyber-security software maker based in Santa Clara, California, sells a suite of firewalls.

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23. F5 Networks

23. F5 Networks

Median total compensation: $140,555

Median base compensation: $125,000

Based in Seattle, F5 Networks sells equipment that makes computer networks, and the applications that run on them, faster and more secure.

22. Twitter

22. Twitter

Median total compensation: $142,000

Median base compensation: $125,000

About 4,000 employees around the world work for the social-media platform, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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21. Visa

21. Visa

Median total compensation: $142,000

Median base compensation: $130,000

The global financial-services corporation facilitates electronic funds transfers, mainly through its branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards.

20. Walmart eCommerce

20. Walmart eCommerce

Median total compensation: $143,500

Median base compensation: $124,900

The tech arm of Walmart operates the retail giant's Walmart.com and SamsClub.com websites and works on other tech interests including streaming service VUDU.

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19. Microsoft

19. Microsoft

Median total compensation: $144,000

Median base compensation: $127,000

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is a Washington-based tech company and leader in software, services, devices, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

18. Broadcom

18. Broadcom

Median total compensation: $145,025

Median base compensation: $130,000

The Irvine, California-based company manufactures the integrated circuits you'd find in digital set-top boxes, cable modems, servers, and networking gear for homes and offices.

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17. Boston Consulting Group

17. Boston Consulting Group

Median total compensation: $147,015

Median base compensation: $144,800

One of the world's three biggest management-consulting firms, Boston Consulting Group is extremely selective about who it hires, and its alumni have gone on to lead global conglomerates like GE.

16. Informatica

16. Informatica

Median total compensation: $147,400

Median base compensation: $125,000

Headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company develops software that helps manage data for the cloud, big data, real-time, and streaming.

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15. Synposys

15. Synposys

Median total compensation: $148,000

Median base compensation: $130,000

The Mountain View, California-based company offers software and tools for the electronics and chip-manufacturing industry.

14. Dimension Data

14. Dimension Data

Median total compensation: $150,000

Median base compensation: $110,000

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the IT services company helps companies manage their digital infrastructure and cybersecurity.

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13. Salesforce

13. Salesforce

Median total compensation: $150,000

Median base compensation: $120,000

Salesforce offers a business software as a cloud service that helps companies manage their sales, marketing, and application programming projects.

12. LinkedIn

12. LinkedIn

Median total compensation: $150,000

Median base compensation: $127,000

LinkedIn is a social network for professionals and a job-hunting site based in Mountain View, California.

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11. Juniper Networks

11. Juniper Networks

Median total compensation: $150,000

Median base compensation: $138,500

The multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, makes routers, switches, and security software for computer networks.

10. Amazon Lab126

10. Amazon Lab126

Median total compensation: $152,800

Median base compensation: $130,400

Amazon's research and development company based in based in Sunnyvale, California, designs consumer electronic devices like the Kindle.

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9. McKinsey & Company

9. McKinsey & Company

Median total compensation: $153,000

Median base compensation: $140,000

A prestigious "Big Three" management-consulting firm, McKinsey & Company has groomed successful business leaders like Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

8. NVIDIA

8. NVIDIA

Median total compensation: $154,000

Median base compensation: $150,000

The techy company based in Santa Clara, California, manufactures graphics processor technologies for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices.

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7. Facebook

7. Facebook

Median total compensation: $155,000

Median base compensation: $130,000

The world's largest social network, based in Menlo Park, California, employs more than 17,000 people.

6. Google

6. Google

Median total compensation: $155,250

Median base compensation: $120,000

With global headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google is the world's largest internet search site.

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5. Cadence Design Systems

5. Cadence Design Systems

Median total compensation: $156,702

Median base compensation: $141,202

The electronic design automation software and engineering services company headquartered in San Jose, California, sells software used to design electronics and other technology.

4. Splunk

4. Splunk

Median total compensation: $161,010

Median base compensation: $132,500

Based in San Francisco, California, Splunk produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data, via a web-style interface.

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3. VMware

3. VMware

Median total compensation: $167,050

Median base compensation: $136,750

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware makes cloud software that helps computer servers run more efficiently.

2. Strategy&

2. Strategy&

Median total compensation: $172,000

Median base compensation: $152,000

An acquisition of audit, tax, and consulting-services firm and part of PwC, Strategy& helps global clients strategize and undertake risky business opportunities. Before its acquisition, the consulting firm had a hand in the merger of the National and American football leagues in the late 1960s.

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1. A.T. Kearney

1. A.T. Kearney

Median total compensation: $175,000

Median base compensation: $150,000

The global management-consulting firm is considered one of the most difficult companies to interview with and rewards even its youngest hires with some of the most competitive pay in the consulting industry.