Silicon Valley’s stratospheric tech salaries are higher than ever — if you can believe it.
That’s according to a Glassdoor report out Wednesday called the “25 Highest Paying Companies in America for 2017,” which features 20 tech-related companies.
The high-paying tech companies are led by the virtualized computing company VMWare, big data enterprise software business Splunk, and software and engineering services company Cadence Design Systems. Every tech company on the list pays the average employee between $2,000 and $15,000 more in total compensation than they did in 2016.
Taken together, those salaries far surpass pay in many other industries in the US. The lowest-paying tech company on Glassdoor’s list, the content delivery service Akamai, pays the average employee $121,000 in annual base compensation — more than twice the average American employee’s salary of $49,000 a year.
Here are the 20 tech companies that made Glassdoor’s list ranked in descending order:
VMware (VMW)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 3
Median Total Compensation: $167,050
Median Base Compensation: $136,750
Splunk (SPLK)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 4
Median Total Compensation: $161,010
Median Base Compensation: $132,500
Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 5
Median Total Compensation: $156,702
Median Base Compensation: $141,202
Google (GOOG, GOOGL)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 6
Median Total Compensation: $155,250
Median Base Compensation: $120,000
Facebook (FB)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 7
Median Total Compensation: $155,000
Median Base Compensation: $130,000
NVIDIA (NVDA)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 8
Median Total Compensation: $154,000
Median Base Compensation: $150,000
Amazon Lab126 (AMZN)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 10
Median Total Compensation: $152,800
Median Base Compensation: $130,400
Juniper Networks (JNPR)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 11
Median Total Compensation: $150,000
Median Base Compensation: $138,500
LinkedIn
Rank on Glassdoor list: 12
Median Total Compensation: $150,000
Median Base Compensation: $127,000
Salesforce (CRM)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 13
Median Total Compensation: $150,000
Median Base Compensation: $120,000
Dimension Data
Rank on Glassdoor list: 14
Median Total Compensation: $150,000
Median Base Compensation: $110,000
Synopsys (SNPS)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 15
Median Total Compensation: $148,000
Median Base Compensation: $130,000
Informatica
Rank on Glassdoor list: 16
Median Total Compensation: $147,400
Median Base Compensation: $125,000
Broadcom
Rank on Glassdoor list: 18
Median Total Compensation: $145,025
Median Base Compensation: $130,000
Microsoft (MSFT)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 19
Median Total Compensation: $144,000
Median Base Compensation: $127,000
Walmart eCommerce (WMT)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 20
Median Total Compensation: $143,500
Median Base Compensation: $124,900
Twitter (TWTR)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 22
Median Total Compensation: $142,000
Median Base Compensation: $125,000
F5 Networks (FFIV)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 23
Median Total Compensation: $140,555
Median Base Compensation: $125,000
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 24
Median Total Compensation: $140,020
Median Base Compensation: $124,700
Akamai (AKAM)
Rank on Glassdoor list: 25
Median Total Compensation: $140,000
Median Base Compensation: $121,000
