Average Pay at Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For

Fortune Magazine recently released its annual list of the 100 “Best Companies to Work For”. Along with this list Fortune provides the average annual pay for salaried employees for these 100 companies:

Rank	Company	Best companies rank	Most common job title	Average annual pay*
1	Nixon Peabody	49	Associate Attorney	$181,099
2	Bingham McCutchen	94	Associate	$180,050
3	Alston & Bird	19	Associate Attorney	$166,300
4	Adobe Systems	31	Senior Computer Scientist	$161,127
5	Arnold & Porter	26	Associates	$155,929
6	EOG Resources	83	Engineer	$145,750
7	Perkins Coie	64	Associate	$142,027
8	SRA International	61	Project Manager	$129,642
9	Boston Consulting Grp.	8	Consultant	$129,071
10	Goldman Sachs	36	Other Exempt (Analyst, Program Analyst and Associate)	$129,000
11	Network Appliance	6	MTS Software 4	$129,000
12	Yahoo	44	Technical Yahoo Senior	$126,000
13	Cisco Systems	11	Software Engineer IV	$123,021
14	Microsoft	50	Software Developer	$118,500
15	Jones Lang LaSalle	66	Vice President	$116,566
16	Robert W. Baird	38	Financial Analyst	$116,000
17	Kimley-Horn & Assoc.	28	Project Manager	$115,938
18	MITRE	60	Lead Information Systems Engineer	$112,656
19	Texas Instruments	87	Electrical Design Engineer	$109,223
20	American Century Invest.	15	Programmer/Analyst Specialist	$105,000
21	S.C. Johnson & Son	7	Sr. Research Scientist	$104,192
22	Publix Super Markets	57	Store Manager	$103,981
23	Dow Corning	55	Supply Chain	$102,093
24	Alcon Laboratories	65	Sales Representative	$100,998
25	Booz Allen Hamilton	63	Associate	$100,800
26	Capital One Financial	84	Project Manager	$100,393
27	American Express	74	Project Manager-Technologies	$99,221
28	Nugget Market	13	Store Director	$98,833
29	AstraZeneca	71	Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist	$97,835
30	SAS Institute	48	Systems developer	$97,276
31	Ernst & Young	25	Manager – a client serving position	$95,905
32	Qualcomm	14	Engineer, Senior	$95,345
33	Baptist Health S. Florida	81	Assistant Manager, Patient Care	$93,498
34	Principal Financial Grp.	77	IT Application Analyst Sr.	$93,419
35	Paychex	70	Sales Representative	$91,774
36	Vision Service Plan	23	Application Developer III	$90,296
37	Medtronic	72	Engineer	$89,985
40	Procter & Gamble	68	Production Department Manager	$87,400
41	Valero Energy	22	IS Specialist	$86,915
42	Methodist Hospital Sys.	9	Manager, Nursing	$86,783
43	David Weekley Homes	12	Sales Consultant	$86,659
44	PricewaterhouseCoopers	58	Manager/Supervisor	$86,307
45	Genzyme	43	Researcher/Scientist	$85,973
46	Memorial Health	91	Registered Nurse Clinical Mgr	$83,170
47	Quicken Loans	17	Mortgage Banker	$82,000
48	Northwest Community Hospital	37	Clinical Coordinator	$81,224
49	Men’s Wearhouse	90	Professional (Information & Technology)	$80,289
50	Deloitte & Touche USA	76	Senior/Senior Consultant	$77,011
51	Genentech	2	Research Associate	$76,000
52	Edward Jones	29	Senior Programmer Analyst	$75,616
53	Whole Foods Market	5	Associate Store Team Leader	$72,894
55	National Instruments	86	Engineer 2 Staff	$69,866
56	TDIndustries	79	Superintendent	$69,706
57	Standard Pacific	85	Construction Manager	$69,400
58	First Horizon National	46	Enterprise Technician	$68,926
59	OhioHealth	52	Case Manager	$68,755
60	Granite Construction	56	Engineering	$67,497
61	Synovus	98	Program Analyst	$67,491
62	Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk.	80	Patient Care Coordinator	$66,565
63	Plante & Moran	32	Auditor	$65,000
64	Milliken	93	Product/Process Improvement	$62,000
65	Stew Leonard’s	51	Store Manager	$60,870
66	QuikTrip	20	Store Manager	$60,525
67	CarMax	88	Buyers	$59,385
68	CDW	82	Account Manager	$58,520
69	IKEA North America	96	Sales Manager	$58,487
70	Aflac	73	Supervisor	$57,363
71	Pella	59	Department Manager	$57,172
72	Stanley	100	Systems Analyst II	$56,867
73	Timberland	78	Manager Store Sales	$54,453
74	Marriott International	89	Sales Manager	$54,274
75	KPMG	97	Associate	$53,880
76	Bright Horizons	92	Director	$53,000
77	J.M. Smucker	39	Production Supervisor	$51,713
78	HomeBanc Mortgage	67	Underwriters	$51,624
79	Umpqua Bank	34	Store Manager	$50,078
80	Baptist Health Care	54	Manager	$48,921
81	Nordstrom	24	Sales Department Manager	$48,500
82	Wegmans Food Markets	3	Store Department Manager	$47,775
83	Four Seasons Hotels	53	Assistant Food & Beverage Manager	$47,256
84	Starbucks Coffee	16	Store Manager	$43,598
85	Station Casinos	18	Casino Floorperson	$43,427
86	Container Store	4	Store Sales	$42,630
87	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	35	Business Operations Coordinator	$42,354
88	Nike	69	MGR/Department/Retail	$39,128
89	JM Family Enterprises	41	Operations Account Representative	$36,350
90	American Fidelity Assur.	47	Account Representative	$33,559

From the January 22, 2007 issue

100 Best Companies to Work For 2007. [Fortune]
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Career Hacker * www.careerhacker.com * By Bill Inman * www.billinman.com