Tech jobs are barely a blip on this map of the best-paying companies in each state

By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch

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Amazon /zigman2/quotes/210331248/composite AMZN +1.13%  , Alphabet /zigman2/quotes/205453964/composite GOOG +1.20%  , Salesforce /zigman2/quotes/200515854/composite CRM +0.72%  and Facebook  may top LinkedIn’s list of the best companies to work for in the U.S., but when it comes to the jobs paying the most across the country, energy and health care are where it’s at.

How do we know this?

Public companies, under a new rule, are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to reveal data about employee compensation. Cost-estimating website HowMuch.net crunched the numbers to create this map:

As you can see, the map is color-coded by industry and uses figures compiled and sorted by the labor group AFL-CIO to highlight the companies paying the best median wage in each state.

Here are the top 10 companies on the map:

Those are some pretty stellar numbers for rank-and-file workers, but keep in mind, the opportunities are extremely rare. The companies listed above only employ 21 people each, on average, according to HowMuch.net.

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Add to watchlist AMZN

Amazon.com Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 126.72

+1.42 +1.13%

Volume: 18.50M

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

306.45

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$1221.09 billion

Rev. per Employee

$340,621

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Add to watchlist GOOG

Alphabet Inc. Cl C

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 128.15

+1.52 +1.20%

Volume: 7.57M

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

28.84

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$1603.72 billion

Rev. per Employee

$1.49M

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Add to watchlist CRM

Salesforce Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 211.38

+1.52 +0.72%

Volume: 2.75M

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

553.32

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$204.40 billion

Rev. per Employee

$405,441

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Add to watchlist VHC

VirnetX Holding Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 0.43

+0.02 +3.83%

Volume: 104,434

June 6, 2023 11:51a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.00%

Market Cap

$29.57 million

Rev. per Employee

$1,800

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Add to watchlist GERN

Geron Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 3.62

0.00 0.00%

Volume: 1.89M

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$1.84 billion

Rev. per Employee

$4,617

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Add to watchlist INFI

Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 0.19

+0.01 +8.41%

Volume: 101,996

June 6, 2023 11:51a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$15.51 million

Rev. per Employee

$89,067

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C3.ai Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 37.60

+2.28 +6.44%

Volume: 25.07M

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$3.96 billion

Rev. per Employee

$378,970

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Add to watchlist ESPR

Esperion Therapeutics Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 1.43

+0.08 +5.93%

Volume: 669,875

June 6, 2023 11:56a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$127.86 million

Rev. per Employee

$406,874

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Add to watchlist ITCI

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 64.03

+0.82 +1.30%

Volume: 101,368

June 6, 2023 11:53a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$6.06 billion

Rev. per Employee

$553,697

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Add to watchlist LPCN

Lipocine Inc.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 4.64

+0.18 +3.93%

Volume: 1,300

June 6, 2023 11:40a

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$23.22 million

Rev. per Employee

$32,647