The 25 highest-paying companies in the US in 2017

According to Glassdoor's newest report, several tech, consulting, and finance companies aren't just ramping up their hiring of highly-skilled, knowledgeable, and educated talent — they're also all offering their people, on average, six-figure paychecks.

"Salaries are sky-high at consulting companies due to 'barriers of entry' in this field, which refers to employers wanting top consultants to have personal contacts, reputations, and specialized skills and knowledge," said Glassdoor Chief Economist Dr. Andrew Chamberlain in a press release.

"In technology, we continue to see unprecedented salaries as the war for talent is still very active, largely due to the ongoing shortage of highly-skilled workers needed," he said.

To compile its annual list, jobs and recruiting site Glassdoor identified the 25 companies with the highest median total compensation

25. Akamai

Median total compensation: $140,000

Median base compensation: $121,000

24. Palo Alto Networks

23. F5 Networks

F5 Networks sells equipment that makes computer networks, and the applications that run on them, faster and more secure.

22. Twitter

21. Visa

20. Walmart eCommerce

19. Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is a Washington-based tech company and leader in software, services, devices, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

18. Broadcom

17. Boston Consulting Group

16. Informatica

15. Synposys

The Mountain View, California-based company offers software and tools for the electronics and chip-manufacturing industry.

14. Dimension Data

13. Salesforce

Salesforce offers a business software as a cloud service that helps companies manage their sales, marketing, and application programming projects.

12. LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a social network for professionals and a job-hunting site based in Mountain View, California.

11. Juniper Networks

The multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, makes routers, switches, and security software for computer networks.

10. Amazon Lab126

Amazon's research and development company based in based in Sunnyvale, California, designs consumer electronic devices like the Kindle.

9. McKinsey & Company

8. NVIDIA

7. Facebook

The world's largest social network, based in Menlo Park, California, employs more than 17,000 people.

6. Google

With global headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google is the world's largest internet search site.

5. Cadence Design Systems

The electronic design automation software and engineering services company headquartered in San Jose, California, sells software used to design electronics and other technology.

4. Splunk

3. VMware

VMware makes cloud software that helps computer servers run more efficiently.

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1. A.T. Kearney

The 25 highest-paying companies in the US in 2017

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