Job and management review website Glassdoor has released its list of the highest paying companies in America for 2017.

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The list is mostly made up of consulting and tech companies. The reason that consulting and tech companies did so well is the high barrier of education and a lack of talent for the jobs.
Here are the 25 highest paying companies in America for 2017.
- A.T. Kearney — This consulting company has a median total compensation of $175,000.
- Strategy& — This consulting company has a median total compensation of $172,000.
- VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $167,050.
- Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK)– This tech company has a median total compensation of $161,010.
- Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $156,702.
- Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG,GOOGL) Google — This tech company has a median total compensation of $155,250
- Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) — This social media company has a median total compensation of $155,000.
- NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $154,000.
- McKinsey & Company — This consulting company has a median total compensation of $153,000.
- Amazon.com, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Lab126 — This online retailer offers a median total compensation of $152,800 to employees of its tech lab.
- Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $150,000.
- LinkedIn — This social media company also has a median total compensation of $150,000.
- Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) — The median total compensation here is also $150,000.
- Dimension Data — And yet another company has a median total compensation of $150,000.
- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $148,000.
- Informatica — This tech company has a median total compensation of $147,400.
- Boston Consulting Group — This consulting company has a median total compensation of $147,015.
- Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $145,025.
- Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $144,000.
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (NYSE:WMT) eCommerce — The retail company’s online sales division has a median total compensation of $143,500.
- Visa Inc (NYSE:V) — This finance company has a median total compensation of $142,000.
- Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) — This social media company also has a median total compensation of $142,000.
- F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $140,555.
- Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $140,020.
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) — This tech company has a median total compensation of $140,000.
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