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Where the (best) 6-figure jobs are
If keeping more of your paycheck is important to you, some places are much better than others.
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer
September 29 2006: 9:46 AM EDT


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Making $100,000 or more is nothing to sneeze at.

Only 5 percent of earners in 2004 reported making that much, according to Census data.

WHAT $100K REALLY LOOKS LIKE
16 cities where 6FigureJobs.com and TheLadders.com have had the greatest number of six-figure job listings, and the gross salary required to replicate $100,000 after adjusting for cost-of-living.
CITY SALARY
New York $205,426
San Francisco $179,034
Los Angeles $156,106
San Diego $149,384
Washington, D.C. $141,894
Boston $137,649
Chicago $126,929
Seattle $117,037
Atlanta $102,805
Denver $102,348
Cleveland $101,986
Milwaukee $101,478
Phoenix $97,976
Dallas $93,665
Charlotte $92,991
Houston $88,977


Source: Economist Scott Moody on behalf of the Tax Foundation, using 2005 data from ACCRA. Not included are the effects of taxes and inflation, which can further alter the true value of a 6-figure salary. Not included are the effects of taxes and inflation, which can further alter the true value of a 6-figure salary.


While entering six-figure territory can be a marker of a certain level of success, it's not always a marker of a lot of buying power.

In some cities, a $100,000 salary sounds a lot better than it is because the cost of living is high, taxes are high and, as Murphy's Law would have it, even the rate of inflation runs higher than in other parts of the country.

New York is the clearest example. Its cost of living is double the national average, according to data from ACCRA. Put another way, in New York, $200,000 is the new $100,000 paycheck.

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But that $200,000 doesn't really mean you can afford the same lifestyle that $100,000 could buy in lower-cost cities like Cleveland or Denver.

Consider inflation. Over the past 12 months through May, overall inflation in New York metropolitan area was 4.8 percent. In Cleveland, the rate was 3 percent. Drilling down, you also see big differences. The cost of having a roof over your head went up 5.6 percent in New York, while in Cleveland it rose just 0.8 percent.

Next, consider taxes. State and local taxes make a big difference in how much you net, but so, too, does the federal income tax. Earning a nominally higher salary ($200,000 versus $100,000) puts you in a higher tax bracket. J. Scott Moody, chief economist at the Maine Heritage Policy Center working on behalf of the Tax Foundation, notes that a single person making $205,000 in New York would have an effective tax rate of 25.4 percent, paying just over $52,000 in federal income tax, leaving him with $153,000.

If you adjust for cost of living differences, that $205,000 salary would be worth $102,000 in Cleveland or Denver. The effective federal tax rate on that amount would be just 20.4 percent, so you would pay $20,868, with $81,480 left over.

"Even though the two incomes are equivalent in terms of purchasing power, the New Yorker has an effective rate that is 5 percentage points (or 25 percent) higher than the person living in Denver. As a result, the New Yorker suffers a lower level of after-tax purchasing power," Moody said.

Of course, the greatest number of six-figure jobs tend to be in the most pricey and populous cities, but there are also plenty of opportunities in more affordable ones.

We asked job listing sites 6FigureJobs.com and The Ladders.com to provide us with a snapshot of where they have had the greatest number of listings for six-figure jobs in the past two months.

Predictably, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. were in the top 10. But there were also a relatively high number of such jobs in Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland, Denver, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis and Charlotte, NC.

Besides being less costly, there is another big advantage these cities offer if you're in the running to make six figures. To attract talent, companies often will offer the same big salaries that you could earn in New York or San Francisco.

"Whenever top talent is scarce (which is always), salaries offered to those super-producers ignore any geographic pattern that would suggest a lower number," said Jim Brennan, a senior associate at the Economic Research Institute, which specializes in competitive salary surveys. "So if you want to get a key executive, you have to pay world-class dollars."

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Six-figure job: Troubleshooting scripts
Script consultants make their living making screenwriters more successful or at least better writers and story pitchers.
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer
April 20, 2006: 9:53 AM EDT


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – It's been said that in some places you can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone who is writing a screenplay.

For all those aspiring screenwriters -- and for the very well-established ones, too -- there is a growing number of script consultants.

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Script consultants can help screenwriters get a script into shape before it is marketed to studios and production companies or, in the case of experienced screenwriters, after they've been commissioned to write a screenplay.

Consultants also can help adapt books into scripts. And they may even work with lawyers, doctors, bankers and others with non-E! day jobs to turn an idea into a movie screenplay. Some even offer training in how to make a successful pitch.

Script consultant services range from script evaluation to one-on-one coaching. Evaluations are rendered from both an artistic and a commercial perspective. They typically include a promised number of pages of notes with the consultant's critiques, often a follow-up phone call or meeting between the screenwriter and consultant, and may also include an agreement to re-read the work once changes are made.

The work of script consultant is not one marked by public glory. "Often it's confidential," said Michael Hauge, a script consultant and author of the soon-to-be-published book, "Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds."

Indeed, only the screenwriter gets credit when the credits roll, he noted, although a script consultant's name may appear in the "special thanks to" category on some productions.

Among the rewards of the job are nurturing writers' talent, seeing a script you worked on made into a movie or television show, and knowing that you had an influence on a writer whose career flourishes, said Linda Seger, author of "Making a Good Script Great" and the first-ever script consultant who created the field in 1981.

Beyond movies and television shows, the field of script consulting has branched out to include working with the makers of narrative-driven video games, as well as corporate and educational videos, said Derek Rydall, author of "I Could've Written a Better Movie Than That: How to Make Six Figures as a Script Consultant Even If You're not a Screenwriter."

The field, although growing, is still very small. There is no required training and no official path to becoming a script consultant, but those who do often are either screenwriters themselves, have worked at agencies that represent screenwriters or work in project development for studios or production companies, said John Johnson, executive director of the American Screenwriters Association.

But that wasn't Seger's route. Over the years she amassed a host of graduate degrees in dramatic arts, theology and religion to help her better "understand drama in its overall context as one of the humanities. ... I tend to think that people need training, not just practical but some theoretical, so it's more than just giving opinions," she said in an email written from Europe where she was conducting a series of seminars.

Working well with a writer requires more than technical, artistic and commercial know-how. "When I teach my master class in script consulting, I spend a lot of time training communication methods, because many people know what's wrong with a script, but if one can't communicate that effectively to a writer, and keep the writer's defenses down, one won't be very effective. So I work to make sure the writer sees me as a collaborator, not an adversary," Seger said.

Getting enough work to make six figures consulting on scripts alone is possible but by no means a guarantee. Your chances improve if you also teach classes and write books about script writing and consulting. And once you're well established, as Seger is, you might use your literary expertise as an expert witness in copyright cases.

But in the first few years your consulting fees are likely to be low . Newcomers to the field might charge as little as $50 to $100 for the most basic script evaluation when trying to build up referrals and somewhat more for in-depth analyses, Rydall said.

When you establish a successful track record and reputation, your fees can go up considerably. After two decades Seger, for instance, charges $200 an hour for her time at script meetings (or $1,000/day) and offers packages of services that range from $1,200 to $7,500. Hauge also charges $200 an hour for coaching (or $3,000 for 24 hours' worth), and prices his other coaching and marketing packages from $375 to $3,500.

One key to establishing a successful career in script consulting is to differentiate yourself from others in the field, Seger said. For instance, some consultants highlight their expertise in character, structure or mythology, while others may specialize in selling and marketing scripts.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/19/pf/sixfigs_sixteen_script/index.htm

The Top 50 More jobs: Stats on 166 titles How MONEY picked the best jobs

Rank Career
(click for CNNMoney.com snapshot) Job growth
(10-yr forecast) Average pay
(salary and bonus)
1 Software engineer 46.07% $80,427
2 College professor 31.39% $81,491
3 Financial advisor 25.92% $122,462
4 Human resources manager 23.47% $73,731
5 Physician assistant 49.65% $75,117
6 Market research analyst 20.19% $82,317
7 Computer/IT analyst 36.10% $83,427
8 Real estate appraiser 22.78% $66,216
9 Pharmacist 24.57% $91,998
10 Psychologist 19.14% $66,359
11 Advertising manager 20.34% $107,049
12 Physical therapist 36.74% $54,883
13 Technical writer 23.22% $57,841
14 Chiropractor 22.40% $84,996
15 Medical scientist 34.06% $70,053
16 Physical scientist 12.18% $80,213
17 Engineer 13.38% $76,100
18 Curriculum developer 27.53% $55,793
19 Editor 14.77% $78,242
20 Public relations specialist 22.61% $84,567
21 Sales manager 19.67% $135,903
22 Optometrist 19.73% $93,670
23 Property manager 15.30% $78,375
24 Actuary 23.16% $81,509
25 Writer 17.72% $60,519
26 Social service manager 25.52% $74,584
27 Paralegal 29.75% $61,204
28 Health services manager 22.76% $92,211
29 Advertising sales agent 16.33% $112,683
30 Physician/Surgeon 23.98% $247,536
31 Management analyst 20.12% $63,426
32 Occupational therapist 33.61% $51,973
33 Mental health counselor 27.18% $53,150
34 Landscape architect 19.43% $50,383
35 Biotechnology research scientist 17.05% $66,393
36 Urban planner 15.17% $60,891
37 Lawyer 14.97% $153,923
38 Speech-language pathologist 14.57% $58,329
39 Meeting and convention planner 22.21% $56,072
40 Dietitian/Nutritionist 18.30% $52,244
41 Biological scientist 17.03% $61,317
42 Financial analyst 17.33% $66,203
43 Dentist 13.52% $122,883
44 Accountant 22.43% $62,575
45 Environmental scientist 17.11% $59,027
46 Lab technologist 20.53% $51,502
47 Registered nurse 29.35% $68,872
48 Sales engineer 13.96% $78,875
49 Veterinarian 17.39% $79,923
50 School Administrator 14.55% $73,767
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Career
(click for CNNMoney.com snapshot) Job growth
(10-yr forecast) Average pay
(salary and bonus)
Physical therapist assistants 44.20% $42,086
Dental hygienists 43.32% $68,153
Forensic science technicians 36.40% $52,604
Veterinary technologists and technicians 35.32% $29,122
Occupational therapist assistants 34.10% $42,639
Community and social service specialists 31.95% $38,579
Hydrologists 31.57% $68,192
Social and human service assistants 29.68% $52,756
Athletic trainers 29.34% $42,466
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 27.07% $41,966
Business operation specialists 27.04% $63,015
Epidemiologists 26.18% $59,505
Medical and public health social workers 25.93% $46,917
Computer and information scientists, research 25.63% $96,797
Marriage and family therapists 25.38% $48,058
Environmental engineering technicians 24.42% $44,405
Rehabilitation counselors 23.93% $49,998
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers 23.84% $60,051
Counselors, all other 23.14% $42,473
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 22.51% $91,493
Health educators 22.49% $47,726
Social workers 22.02% $43,773
Nuclear medicine technologists 21.48% $66,140
Biochemists and biophysicists 21.03% $76,839
Life scientists, all other 20.63% $91,154
Education, training, and library workers 20.47% $37,418
Coaches and scouts 20.42% $47,412
Industrial-organizational psychologists 20.42% $85,109
Life, physical, and social science technicians 20.03% $48,954
Interpreters and translators 19.88% $38,159
Social workers, all other 19.56% $46,133
Child, family, and school social workers 19.03% $42,340
Directors, religious activities and education 18.51% $73,015
Primary, secondary, and special educations teachers 18.30% $50,289
Cost estimators 18.21% $54,555
Orthotists and prosthetists 17.96% $44,709
Loan counselors 17.66% $35,073
Social science research assistants 17.44% $38,723
Architects, except landscape and naval 17.33% $48,932
Microbiologists 17.22% $59,747
Biological technicians 17.20% $40,394
Occupational health and safety technicians 17.07% $50,492
General and operations managers 17.04% $98,854
Anthropologists and archeologists 17.00% $52,086
Administrative services managers 16.88% $71,585
Commercial pilots 16.81% $98,392
Chefs and head cooks 16.70% $44,176
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 16.63% $47,644
Producers and directors 16.60% $45,808
Atmospheric and space scientists 16.55% $107,414
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 16.27% $41,455
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons 16.18% $211,766
Curators 15.67% $49,420
Embalmers 15.65% $40,914
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 15.63% $48,114
Interior designers 15.54% $50,625
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 15.52% $72,048
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators 15.52% $64,079
Cartographers and photogrammetrists 15.26% $55,634
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 15.07% $42,533
Therapists, all other 14.97% $49,662
Teachers and instructors 14.90% $36,545
Chief Executives 14.87% $254,643
Financial managers 14.80% $128,910
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 14.79% $42,020
Real estate sales agents 14.69% $27,654
Physical scientists 14.65% $89,151
Financial specialists 14.37% $88,578
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 14.36% $108,013
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 14.22% $49,151
Multi-media artists and animators 14.13% $47,492
Museum Technicians and Conservators 14.13% $40,084
Soil and plant Scientists 13.86% $60,075
Child care workers 13.75% $41,883
Nuclear technicians 13.69% $56,565
Natural sciences managers 13.64% $116,504
Designers, all other 13.61% $49,664
Budget analysts 13.47% $63,835
Agricultural and food science technicians 13.40% $36,080
Archivists 13.36% $44,818
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 12.95% $57,055
Animal scientists 12.91% $52,714
Cooks 12.83% $32,590
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 12.81% $47,583
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 12.73% $97,332
Library assistants, clerical 12.52% $38,032
Occupational health and safety specialists 12.44% $73,029
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 12.40% $70,599
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 12.39% $80,183
Clergy 12.38% $40,583
Social scientists and related workers, all other 12.33% $68,961
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes 11.84% $86,218
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 11.62% $65,571
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 11.52% $130,385
Food service managers 11.50% $65,625
Art directors 11.50% $94,662
Food scientists and technologists 10.93% $61,227
Commercial and industrial designers 10.84% $56,104
Astronomers 10.45% $104,691
Music directors and composers 10.45% $49,289
Construction managers 10.37% $74,873
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 10.32% $53,567
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 10.08% $81,384
Office and administrative support workers, all other 10.05% $34,876
Psychologists 9.89% $77,734
Broadcast technicians 9.77% $36,736
Electrical and electronics repairers 9.74% $56,644
Electro-mechanical technicians 9.69% $46,501
Financial examiners 9.47% $72,558
Set and exhibit designers 9.29% $57,372
Audiologists 9.14% $57,873
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers 8.66% $62,394
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians 8.51% $57,086
Fashion designers 8.43% $73,290
Operations research analysts 8.39% $76,595
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 8.38% $65,757
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 8.29% $63,531
Loan officers 8.26% $76,257
Office managers 8.09% $61,819
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 8.08% $83,788
Materials scientists 8.01% $81,041
Insurance underwriters 7.95% $56,978
Managers, all other 7.85% $90,790
Farm and home management advisors 7.74% $49,806
Law clerks 7.68% $39,741
Religious workers 7.43% $29,300
Political scientists 7.31% $94,458
Chemists 7.27% $68,749
Legal support workers 7.13% $39,804
Physicists 6.97% $76,759
Purchasing managers 6.96% $77,250
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 6.91% $101,868
Geographers 6.75% $69,272
Foresters 6.70% $56,233
Funeral directors 6.67% $61,443
Insurance sales agents 6.55% $79,741
Geological and petroleum technicians 6.50% $52,516
Conservation scientists 6.32% $59,108
Mathematical scientists, all other 6.18% $68,852
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 5.87% $34,858
Recreational therapists 5.72% $40,299
Economists 5.64% $102,565
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 5.12% $53,920
Librarians 4.94% $52,977
Reporters and correspondents 4.92% $37,270
Sociologists 4.66% $68,724
Statisticians 4.65% $79,125
Architectural and civil drafters 4.64% $44,213
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 4.54% $31,721
Chemical technicians 4.44% $47,112
Historians 4.33% $54,629
Broadcast news analysts 4.28% $65,269
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers 4.04% $61,020
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 3.83% $43,843
Credit analysts 3.55% $53,958
Mathematical technicians 3.40% $48,634
Respiratory therapy technicians 3.27% $41,854
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 2.70% $60,951
Legislators 1.97% $35,234
New accounts clerks 1.73% $32,444
Electrical and electronics drafters 1.22% $60,012
Industrial production managers 0.78% $92,031
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic -1.18% $45,852
Mathematicians -1.30% $67,053
Fire inspectors and investigators -5.51% $52,659
Semiconductor processors -7.50% $35,482

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April 12, 2006: 10:03 AM EDT


NEW YORK (MONEY) - To find the best jobs in America, MONEY Magazine and Salary.com, a leading provider of employee compensation data and software, began by assembling a list of positions that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow at an above-average rate over 10 years and that require at least a bachelor's degree.

Using Salary.com compensation data, we eliminated jobs with average pay below $50,000; total employment of less than 15,000; dangerous work environments; or fewer than 800 annual job openings, including both new and replacement positions.

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We then ranked the jobs, giving double weight to compensation and percentage growth. Data for the top 50 appear here. Any job that fell in the bottom third of two job-satisfaction categories, or in the pay or growth category, was removed from consideration for the top 10.

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Life inside Google
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Life for Google employees at the Mountain View campus is like college. It feels like the brainiest university imaginable - one in which every kid can afford a sports car (though geeky hybrids are cooler here than hot rods).

Here the shabbily dressed engineers always will be the big men (and, yes, women) on campus. "Hard-core geeks are here because there's no place they'd rather be," says Dennis Hwang, a Google Webmaster.

Another similarity to college: New Googlers (Nooglers, in Google parlance) tend to pile on the "Google 15" when confronted with all the free food.

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Bon Appétit
At Google it always comes back to the food. Google runs 11 free gourmet cafeterias at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, and offers all its employees free gourmet meals.

In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino. Says co-founder Sergey Brin: "The cafés have always been pretty healthy, but the snacks are not, and the efforts to fix that have been remarkably challenging." Though company lore has it that Brin and co-founder Larry Page believe no worker should be more than 150 feet from a food source, clearly not all food is equal. "A lot of people like their M&Ms. But the easy access is actually what's bad for them," he says.

Of course, when it comes to America's new Best Company to Work For, the food is, well, just the appetizer.

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Bon Appétit
At Google it always comes back to the food. Google runs 11 free gourmet cafeterias at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, and offers all its employees free gourmet meals.

In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino. Says co-founder Sergey Brin: "The cafés have always been pretty healthy, but the snacks are not, and the efforts to fix that have been remarkably challenging." Though company lore has it that Brin and co-founder Larry Page believe no worker should be more than 150 feet from a food source, clearly not all food is equal. "A lot of people like their M&Ms. But the easy access is actually what's bad for them," he says.

Of course, when it comes to America's new Best Company to Work For, the food is, well, just the appetizer.

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The perks of being a Googler
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1 of 9

Bon Appétit
At Google it always comes back to the food. Google runs 11 free gourmet cafeterias at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, and offers all its employees free gourmet meals.

In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino. Says co-founder Sergey Brin: "The cafés have always been pretty healthy, but the snacks are not, and the efforts to fix that have been remarkably challenging." Though company lore has it that Brin and co-founder Larry Page believe no worker should be more than 150 feet from a food source, clearly not all food is equal. "A lot of people like their M&Ms. But the easy access is actually what's bad for them," he says.

Of course, when it comes to America's new Best Company to Work For, the food is, well, just the appetizer.

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Rank Company Job growth % Company size U.S. employees
1 Google 67 Medium 6,500
2 Genentech 25 Medium 9,979
3 Wegmans Food Markets 8 Large 33,737
4 Container Store 14 Medium 2,866
5 Whole Foods Market 15 Large 37,806
6 Network Appliance 33 Medium 3,553
7 S.C. Johnson & Son 0 Medium 3,400
8 Boston Consulting Grp. 15 Small 1,434
9 Methodist Hospital Sys. 5 Medium 9,424
10 W.L. Gore & Associates 9 Medium 4,945
11 Cisco Systems 3 Large 27,493
12 David Weekley Homes 19 Small 1,622
13 Nugget Market 1 Small 1,099
14 Qualcomm 17 Medium 8,860
15 American Century Invest. 1 Small 1,783
16 Starbucks Coffee 15 Large 109,873
17 Quicken Loans 19 Medium 3,512
18 Station Casinos 27 Large 13,957
19 Alston & Bird 6 Small 1,598
20 QuikTrip 0 Medium 7,833
21 Griffin Hospital 6 Small 1,098
22 Valero Energy 12 Large 18,730
23 Vision Service Plan 3 Small 1,968
24 Nordstrom 6 Large 48,374
25 Ernst & Young 6 Large 24,995
26 Arnold & Porter -8 Small 1,292
27 Recreational Equip. (REI) 16 Medium 8,522
28 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 23 Small 2,173
29 Edward Jones 2 Large 30,326
30 Russell Investment Grp. 12 Small 1,206
31 Adobe Systems 33 Medium 3,604
32 Plante & Moran 11 Small 1,501
33 Intuit 6 Medium 6,889
34 Umpqua Bank 8 Small 1,435
35 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 7 Medium 5,256
36 Goldman Sachs 6 Large 12,542
37 Northwest Community Hospital 7 Medium 3,299
38 Robert W. Baird -2 Small 2,080
39 J.M. Smucker -4 Medium 2,853
40 Amgen 21 Large 13,554
41 JM Family Enterprises 8 Medium 4,452
42 PCL Construction 19 Medium 3,020
43 Genzyme 10 Medium 5,920
44 Yahoo 26 Medium 6,840
45 Bain & Co. 11 Small 1,370
46 First Horizon National -6 Large 12,491
47 American Fidelity Assur. -2 Small 1,358
48 SAS Institute 2 Medium 5,239
49 Nixon Peabody 2 Small 1,511
50 Microsoft 13 Large 44,298
51 Stew Leonard's 5 Small 1,899
52 OhioHealth 7 Large 10,836
53 Four Seasons Hotels 10 Large 11,584
54 Baptist Health Care 0 Medium 4,095
55 Dow Corning 8 Medium 4,052
56 Granite Construction 7 Medium 4,662
57 Publix Super Markets 6 Large 136,863
58 PricewaterhouseCoopers 8 Large 28,463
59 Pella 9 Medium 9,331
60 MITRE 3 Medium 5,759
61 SRA International 21 Medium 4,861
62 Mayo Clinic 4 Large 39,457
63 Booz Allen Hamilton 8 Large 16,691
64 Perkins Coie -1 Small 1,519
65 Alcon Laboratories 4 Medium 6,460
66 Jones Lang LaSalle 26 Medium 7,812
67 HomeBanc Mortgage -2 Small 1,312
68 Procter & Gamble 2 Large 34,142
69 Nike 5 Large 13,664
70 Paychex 9 Large 10,911
71 AstraZeneca 1 Large 12,263
72 Medtronic 8 Large 21,648
73 Aflac 7 Medium 4,326
74 American Express -4 Large 29,145
75 Quad/Graphics -1 Large 10,099
76 Deloitte & Touche USA 9 Large 34,011
77 Principal Financial Grp. 3 Large 13,075
78 Timberland 6 Small 2,016
79 TDIndustries 4 Small 1,345
80 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 12 Medium 7,838
81 Baptist Health S. Florida 4 Medium 9,446
82 CDW 8 Medium 4,293
83 EOG Resources 17 Small 1,181
84 Capital One Financial 59 Large 19,047
85 Standard Pacific 25 Medium 2,856
86 National Instruments 6 Small 2,294
87 Texas Instruments -7 Large 15,274
88 CarMax 10 Large 12,553
89 Marriott International -1 Large 124,350
90 Men's Wearhouse 4 Large 11,508
91 Memorial Health 10 Medium 4,685
92 Bright Horizons 4 Large 14,164
93 Milliken 1 Medium 9,500
94 Bingham McCutchen 4 Small 1,618
95 Vanguard 6 Large 11,410
96 IKEA North America 21 Large 11,157
97 KPMG 4 Large 21,042
98 Synovus 4 Large 12,474
99 A.G. Edwards 1 Large 15,794
100 Stanley 6 Small 2,309

From the January 22, 2007 issue
Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.
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Best compensation

Salaried employees Hourly employees

Rank Company Best companies rank Most common job title Average
annual pay*
1 Nixon Peabody 49 Associate Attorney $181,099
2 Bingham McCutchen 94 Associate $180,050
3 Alston & Bird 19 Associate Attorney $166,300
4 Adobe Systems 31 Senior Computer Scientist $161,127
5 Arnold & Porter 26 Associates $155,929
6 EOG Resources 83 Engineer $145,750
7 Perkins Coie 64 Associate $142,027
8 SRA International 61 Project Manager $129,642
9 Boston Consulting Grp. 8 Consultant $129,071
10 Goldman Sachs 36 Other Exempt (Analyst, Program Analyst and Associate) $129,000
11 Network Appliance 6 MTS Software 4 $129,000
12 Yahoo 44 Technical Yahoo Senior $126,000
13 Cisco Systems 11 Software Engineer IV $123,021
14 Microsoft 50 Software Developer $118,500
15 Jones Lang LaSalle 66 Vice President $116,566
16 Robert W. Baird 38 Financial Analyst $116,000
17 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 28 Project Manager $115,938
18 MITRE 60 Lead Information Systems Engineer $112,656
19 Texas Instruments 87 Electrical Design Engineer $109,223
20 American Century Invest. 15 Programmer/Analyst Specialist $105,000
21 S.C. Johnson & Son 7 Sr. Research Scientist $104,192
22 Publix Super Markets 57 Store Manager $103,981
23 Dow Corning 55 Supply Chain $102,093
24 Alcon Laboratories 65 Sales Representative $100,998
25 Booz Allen Hamilton 63 Associate $100,800
26 Capital One Financial 84 Project Manager $100,393
27 American Express 74 Project Manager-Technologies $99,221
28 Nugget Market 13 Store Director $98,833
29 AstraZeneca 71 Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist $97,835
30 SAS Institute 48 Systems developer $97,276
31 Ernst & Young 25 Manager - a client serving position $95,905
32 Qualcomm 14 Engineer, Senior $95,345
33 Baptist Health S. Florida 81 Assistant Manager, Patient Care $93,498
34 Principal Financial Grp. 77 IT Application Analyst Sr. $93,419
35 Paychex 70 Sales Representative $91,774
36 Vision Service Plan 23 Application Developer III $90,296
37 Medtronic 72 Engineer $89,985
38 PCL Construction 42 Superintendent $88,300
39 Recreational Equip. (REI) 27 Retail Store Manager $87,519
40 Procter & Gamble 68 Production Department Manager $87,400
41 Valero Energy 22 IS Specialist $86,915
42 Methodist Hospital Sys. 9 Manager, Nursing $86,783
43 David Weekley Homes 12 Sales Consultant $86,659
44 PricewaterhouseCoopers 58 Manager/Supervisor $86,307
45 Genzyme 43 Researcher/Scientist $85,973
46 Memorial Health 91 Registered Nurse Clinical Mgr $83,170
47 Quicken Loans 17 Mortgage Banker $82,000
48 Northwest Community Hospital 37 Clinical Coordinator $81,224
49 Men's Wearhouse 90 Professional (Information & Technology) $80,289
50 Deloitte & Touche USA 76 Senior/Senior Consultant $77,011
51 Genentech 2 Research Associate $76,000
52 Edward Jones 29 Senior Programmer Analyst $75,616
53 Whole Foods Market 5 Associate Store Team Leader $72,894
54 A.G. Edwards 99 Headquarters Management & Professional Support $71,548
55 National Instruments 86 Engineer 2 Staff $69,866
56 TDIndustries 79 Superintendent $69,706
57 Standard Pacific 85 Construction Manager $69,400
58 First Horizon National 46 Enterprise Technician $68,926
59 OhioHealth 52 Case Manager $68,755
60 Granite Construction 56 Engineering $67,497
61 Synovus 98 Program Analyst $67,491
62 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 80 Patient Care Coordinator $66,565
63 Plante & Moran 32 Auditor $65,000
64 Milliken 93 Product/Process Improvement $62,000
65 Stew Leonard's 51 Store Manager $60,870
66 QuikTrip 20 Store Manager $60,525
67 CarMax 88 Buyers $59,385
68 CDW 82 Account Manager $58,520
69 IKEA North America 96 Sales Manager $58,487
70 Aflac 73 Supervisor $57,363
71 Pella 59 Department Manager $57,172
72 Stanley 100 Systems Analyst II $56,867
73 Timberland 78 Manager Store Sales $54,453
74 Marriott International 89 Sales Manager $54,274
75 KPMG 97 Associate $53,880
76 Bright Horizons 92 Director $53,000
77 J.M. Smucker 39 Production Supervisor $51,713
78 HomeBanc Mortgage 67 Underwriters $51,624
79 Umpqua Bank 34 Store Manager $50,078
80 Baptist Health Care 54 Manager $48,921
81 Nordstrom 24 Sales Department Manager $48,500
82 Wegmans Food Markets 3 Store Department Manager $47,775
83 Four Seasons Hotels 53 Assistant Food & Beverage Manager $47,256
84 Starbucks Coffee 16 Store Manager $43,598
85 Station Casinos 18 Casino Floorperson $43,427
86 Container Store 4 Store Sales $42,630
87 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 35 Business Operations Coordinator $42,354
88 Nike 69 MGR/Department/Retail $39,128
89 JM Family Enterprises 41 Operations Account Representative $36,350
90 American Fidelity Assur. 47 Account Representative $33,559

From the January 22, 2007 issue
Notes:
*For employees in that role
Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.
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Best compensation

Salaried employees Hourly employees

Rank Company Best companies
rank Most common job title Average
annual pay*
1 Valero Energy 22 Technician IV $84,141
2 Methodist Hospital Sys. 9 Registered Nurse-Clinical Colleague $75,776
3 Adobe Systems 31 Senior Administrative Assistant $70,569
4 Nixon Peabody 49 Secretary $68,857
5 Bingham McCutchen 94 Legal Secretary $68,807
6 Memorial Health 91 Registered Nurse $68,297
7 Griffin Hospital 21 RN - Nurse $67,619
8 Northwest Community Hospital 37 Acute Care Staff Nurse $67,246
9 Baptist Health S. Florida 81 Clinical Nurse 1 $66,631
10 PCL Construction 42 Carpenter $65,382
11 Qualcomm 14 IT Engineer $63,686
12 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 35 Staff Nurse Colleague $63,228
13 EOG Resources 83 Lease Operator $62,645
14 Alston & Bird 19 Legal Secretary $62,100
15 Jones Lang LaSalle 66 Technician $61,897
16 Boston Consulting Grp. 8 Executive Assistant $59,251
17 Perkins Coie 64 Legal Secretary $58,807
18 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 80 Registered Nurse $58,575
19 Cisco Systems 11 Sales Administrator $58,069
20 Booz Allen Hamilton 63 Executive Assistant $57,900
21 Genzyme 43 Cytogenetic Technicians/Technologists $57,670
22 Arnold & Porter 26 Legal Secretaries $56,764
23 Network Appliance 6 Administrative Assistant 3 $56,200
24 Station Casinos 18 Table Games Dealer $55,688
25 OhioHealth 52 Registered Nurse $55,574
26 Ernst & Young 25 Administrative Assistant $55,324
27 Genentech 2 Manufacturing Technician- Bioprocess $54,900
28 Quicken Loans 17 Client Care Specialist $53,797
29 Dow Corning 55 Supply Chain $52,802
30 Microsoft 50 Administrative Support $52,560
31 PricewaterhouseCoopers 58 Executive Assistant $52,278
32 Deloitte & Touche USA 76 Administrative assistant $51,666
33 Baptist Health Care 54 Registered Nurse $50,860
34 MITRE 60 Technical Project Support III $50,687
35 CarMax 88 Technicians $48,766
36 S.C. Johnson & Son 7 Admin Assistant $48,734
37 Procter & Gamble 68 Technician $48,673
38 First Horizon National 46 Loan Processor $45,361
39 TDIndustries 79 Skilled Craftperson $45,180
40 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 28 Clerical $43,868
41 SAS Institute 48 Office administrator $43,379
42 KPMG 97 Administrative Assistant $42,178
43 SRA International 61 Administrative Assistant $41,814
44 Pella 59 Assembler $41,398
45 Texas Instruments 87 Wafer Fab Specialist $40,990
46 Yahoo 44 Customer Care Agent I $40,840
47 QuikTrip 20 Night Assistant Manager $40,483
48 CDW 82 Pick Pack $39,764
49 David Weekley Homes 12 Builder Service Representative $38,924
50 A.G. Edwards 99 Branch Support Employee $38,597
51 American Express 74 Travel Counselor $38,340
52 Milliken 93 Senior Machine Operator $38,000
53 Robert W. Baird 38 Client Relationship Assistant $37,900
54 Alcon Laboratories 65 Operator $37,433
55 Vision Service Plan 23 Customer Service Representative II $36,074
56 HomeBanc Mortgage 67 Customer Service Specialist $35,988
57 Starbucks Coffee 16 Coordinator II $35,680
58 Paychex 70 Payroll Specialist $35,246
59 Nordstrom 24 Salesperson $35,200
60 AstraZeneca 71 Product Operator $35,131
61 Plante & Moran 32 Secretary $34,825
62 Medtronic 72 Assembler $34,144
63 Nugget Market 13 Checker $33,722
64 J.M. Smucker 39 Customer Service Representative $33,346
65 National Instruments 86 Administrative Specialist 2 $33,111
66 Capital One Financial 84 Risk Associate $32,836
67 Nike 69 Material Handling Assistant $32,764
68 Men's Wearhouse 90 Full-time tailors $32,741
69 Granite Construction 56 Journeyman $31,777
70 Edward Jones 29 Branch Office Administrator $31,078
71 Stew Leonard's 51 Production Assistant $31,033
72 American Fidelity Assur. 47 Representative, Customer Service II $30,612
73 Container Store 4 Distribution Center $30,508
74 American Century Invest. 15 Account Representative $30,000
75 JM Family Enterprises 41 Customer Account Representative $29,824
76 Standard Pacific 85 Sales Assistant $29,585
77 Principal Financial Grp. 77 Account Representative I $28,613
78 Whole Foods Market 5 Service Team Member $27,803
79 Aflac 73 Customer Service Specialist II $27,458
80 Publix Super Markets 57 Grocery Stock Clerk $27,353
81 Timberland 78 Assistant Manager Sales $26,858
82 Wegmans Food Markets 3 Customer Service $26,586
83 Umpqua Bank 34 Universal Associate $26,162
84 Four Seasons Hotels 53 AM Guest Room Attendant $25,842
85 Bright Horizons 92 Teacher $24,675
86 Stanley 100 Passport Associate 1 $24,400
87 Marriott International 89 Housekeeper $23,407
88 Recreational Equip. (REI) 27 Retail Sales Specialist $22,453
89 Synovus 98 Machine Operator 1 $22,451
90 IKEA North America 96 Sales Coworker $15,415

From the January 22, 2007 issue
Notes:
*For employees in that role

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