17. Microsoft

Median Total Compensation: $141,000

Median Base Salary: $125,000

Most Common Position: Software Development Engineer (5,406 reports)

More than 33,360 current and former Microsoft employees working in 2,190 roles reported their compensation to Glassdoor.

Median compensation for the Redmond, Wash.-based multinational technology corporation ranged from as much as $169,900 for senior program managers (1,039 reports) to as little as $107,600 for software development engineers in test, with software development engineers coming in at $116,900.

Microsoft was founded in 1975, employs 118,600 people and delivered annual sales of $93.6 billion. The publicly traded company offers everything from computer software and consumer electronics to personal computers and services.