If you're looking for jobs that pay upwards of six figures, your best bet may be a career at one of these 15 companies, according to a new report from Glasdoor.
The jobs website compiled a list of the 15 companies with the top median salaries in the country over the past year, with the lowest at $140,000. The list consists solely of tech, consulting and legal firms, with tech companies comprising nearly two-thirds of the top spots.
Notably absent were industries like finance and healthcare, likely because Glassdoor used the median salaries instead of the average.
Salaries in the tech industry have been boosted by a persistent shortage of skilled workers in highly sought-after fields like software engineering, database administration and data science, according to Glassdoor's chief economist, Andrew Chamberlain.
Firms need experts in these areas to keep up with ever-changing technology, but demand far outmatches supply. As tech companies jostle with one another to entice a relatively small pool of workers, wages have ballooned to unprecedented levels, Chamberlain explained in the report.
Globalization is also at play, according to Chamberlain. Most of the companies that made the list reach audiences across the world, a feat made possible by communication technology that has freed businesses from geographical confines. The widened customer base creates something economists call the "superstar effect," where top employees who reach millions of international customers can command salaries to match, according to the report.
Here is Glassdoor's full list. In addition to annual salary, it also takes into account other factors like commission and cash and stock bonuses. It is also limited to companies that have received at least 30 salary reports in the last year.
1. Skadden Arps
Median total compensation: $182,000
Median base salary: $170,000
Industry: Law
2. Netflix
Median total compensation: $180,000
Median base salary: $180,000
Industry: Tech
3. Booz & Company (now known as Strategy&)
Median total compensation: $162,000
Median base salary: Median Base Salary: $135,000
Industry: Consulting
4. McKinsey & Company
Median total compensation: $160,000
Median base salary: $135,000
Industry: Consulting
5. A.T. Kearney
Median total compensation: $160,000
Median base salary: $135,000
Industry: Consulting
6. Sidley Austin
Median total compensation: $160,000
Median base salary: $160,000
Industry: Law
7. Boston Consulting Group
Median total compensation: $158,463
Median base salary: $140,000
Industry: Consulting
8. Mozilla
Median total tompensation: $147,556
Median base salary: $112,737
Industry: Tech
9. Good Technology
Median total compensation: $147,500
Median base salary: $136,250
Industry: Tech
10. Altera
Median total compensation: $147,200
Median base salary: $133,250
Industry: Tech
11. VMware
Median total compensation: $145,000
Median base salary: $121,500
Industry: Tech
12. Cadence Design Systems
Median total compensation: $145,000
Median base salary: $130,000
Industry: Tech
13. Google
Median total compensation: $143,500
Median base salary: $116,000
Industry: Tech
14. Synopsys
Median total compensation: $143,000
Median base salary: $123,000
Industry: Tech
15. TrueCar
Median total compensation: $141,500
Median base salary: $100,000
Industry: Tech