1. Baker Donelson Average total pay: $319,779 2. Salesforce.com Average total pay: $249,607 3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Average total pay: $245,206 4. Bingham McCutchen Average total pay: $233,800 5. Devon Energy Average total pay: $187,819 6. Alston & Bird Average total pay: $185,938 7. Perkins Coie Average total pay: $183,376 8. EOG Resources Average total pay: $171,943 9. Arnold & Porter Average total pay: $171,074 10. Brocade Communications Systems Average total pay: $170,175 11. Adobe Systems Average total pay: $153,345 12. Genentech Average total pay: $150,000 13. Boston Consulting Group Average total pay: $139,921 14. Cisco Average total pay: $135,877 15. NetApp Average total pay: $132,396 16. Colgate-Palmolive Average total pay: $132,000 17. Chesapeake Energy Average total pay: $126,854 18. MITRE Average total pay: $124,496 19. Scripps Health Average total pay: $123,278 20. DPR Construction Average total pay: $122,600 21. Goldman Sachs Group Average total pay: $122,000 22. Winchester Hospital Average total pay: $120,953 23. Microsoft Average total pay: $120,657 24. Intel Average total pay: $118,295 25. Robert W. Baird & Co. Average total pay: $117,650 http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1001/gallery.bestcompanies_toppay.fortune/index.html
Federal Government is at $123k lol. Ultimate parasites. Federal civil servants earned average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm
If Fortune didn't limit their survey to private companies, this would put Federal Government into the 20th place, just ahead of DPR Construction and Goldman Sachs.