T-19. Broadcom

Median Total Compensation: $140,000

Median Base Salary: $130,000

Most Common Position: Senior Staff IC Design Engineer (226 reports)

More than 4,160 current and former Broadcom employees working in 600 roles reported their compensation to Glassdoor.

Median compensation for the Irvine, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor manufacturer ranged from as much as $177,600 for principal engineers, IC design (53 reports) to as little as $100,000 for engineers, staff-I, IC design (91 reports), with senior staff IC design engineers coming in at $154,800.

Broadcom was founded in 1991, employs 12,400 people and delivered annual sales of $8.43 billion. The publicly traded company’s top customers have included Apple, Samsung Electronics, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, LG and Nokia.