10 top-paying companies: what recession?
According to a Fortune magazine article, these are the AVERAGE annual salaries of the top 10 highest-paying firms for 2009 in the USA:
1. Bingham McCutchen $256,312 for lawyers
2. Lehigh Valley Hospital $244,605 for physicians
3. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe $240,955 for lawyers
4. Alston & Bird $203,655 for lawyers
5. Perkins Coie $190,126 for lawyers
6. Devon Energy $186,882 for engineers
7. Salesforce.com $172,303 sales
8. Arnold & Porter $172,192 for lawyers
9. Adobe Systems $165,947 for software developers
10. EOG Resources $158,302 for engineers
Recession – what recession? And after bankers have had so much of the spotlight this year, it’s interesting to see how prominently the law profession figures in these charts.