So which firms pay their hard-to-find engineers best?
IBM isn’t on the list.
But several firms with a presence in North Carolina – some large (Cisco, Citrix), others small and one soon to grow in a major way (Oracle buying Tekelec), are.
The list likely will surprise you, especially in order of ranking.
“The highest paying company isn’t your typical Apple, Google, or Facebook either,” Business Insider notes.
Who is your guess as No. 1?
Let’s work our way from No. 25 down to No. 1, based on data provided by employment website Glassdoor to Business Insider:
No. 25: Citrix, $91,844
No. 24: Texas Instruments, $92,870
No. 23: Qualcomm, $94,097
No. 22: HP, $96,893
No. 21: Expedia, $98,672
No. 20: Intel, $98,804
Above $100,000
And now, cracking the six-figure average:
No. 19: Yahoo, $100,998
No. 18: Cisco, $101,991
No. 17: Intuit, $102,000
No. 16: Amazon, $102,831
No. 15: Microsoft, $103,563
No. 14: Nvidia, $104,717
No. 13: Oracle, $105,660
No. 12: VMWare, $106,568
No. 11: PayPal, $106,920
The Highest 10
No. 10: Zynga, $107,242
No. 9: Bloomberg, $108.430
No. 8: eBay, $108,641
No. 7: Brocade, $111,858
No. 6: LinkedIn, $116,375
No. 5: Apple, $118,192
No. 4: Facebook, $118,857
No. 3: Twitter, $120,768
No. 2: Google, $124,520
Which leaves as No. 1 …. (drum roll and fanfare, please)
Juniper: $128,378
Time to freshen up your resume?
