The Highest-Paying Companies In America

This chart shows median total compensation at U.S. companies in 2016.

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Research conducted by online employment website Glassdoor has found that consulting and technology companies offer their employees some of the highest salaries in America. Chicago-based consulting firm A.T. Kearney was ranked first overall for pay with median total compensation amounting to $167,534. Strategy& came second with $160,000 while Juniper Networks rounded off the top three with $157,000.

This chart shows median total compensation at U.S. companies in 2016.

A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.

U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop By 24,000

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Haridwar Sharma waits for news of his brother Sushil, who is among those trapped inside an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. All 41 construction workers who were trapped have been pulled out after 17 days, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The efforts to reach the workers, aided by international tunneling experts and spearheaded by multiple Indian rescue agencies, was one of the most significant and complicated rescue operations in India’s recent history.

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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to a reporter from The Associated Press during an interview at the union's headquarters Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Detroit.

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November 21, 2023

Haridwar Sharma waits for news of his brother Sushil, who is among those trapped inside an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. All 41 construction workers who were trapped have been pulled out after 17 days, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The efforts to reach the workers, aided by international tunneling experts and spearheaded by multiple Indian rescue agencies, was one of the most significant and complicated rescue operations in India’s recent history.

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It was one of the most significant and complicated rescue operations in India's recent history.

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But the automaker will scale back the factory size.

November 21, 2023

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to a reporter from The Associated Press during an interview at the union's headquarters Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Detroit.

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Union pins on a worker's jacket during a walkout at Starbucks' Reserve roastery, Seattle, Nov. 16, 2023.

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November 17, 2023

Dan Back, a United Auto Workers Local 12 member, pickets during the ongoing UAW strike at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in Toledo, Ohio. Members of the United Auto Workers union moved closer to approving a contract agreement with Stellantis on Friday, Nov. 17, as two large factories in Detroit voted overwhelmingly for the deal.

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GM workers already narrowly approved their four year and eight month contract.

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United Auto Workers members hold picket signs near a General Motors assembly plant in Delta Township, Mich., Sept. 29, 2023.

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The Stillwater Mining Co. complex, the only platinum and palladium mine in the United States, is seen, May 2, 2013, near Nye, Mont.

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In this July 2021 photo provided by Sea Shepherd, the Chang Tai 802, a Chinese-flagged ship, fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America.

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United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.

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November 14, 2023