Big Tech giants make up a significant portion of the highest-paying employers in the U.S. The median salary at social media giant Meta (META) - Get Free Report was $296,000 for 2022, making it the second highest-paying employer in the country; Google parent Alphabet (GOOG) - Get Free Report took third place, clocking in at around $280,000, beating out ETSY (ETSY) - Get Free Report, which came in at $248,000.

And even as tech companies across the board have been working to trim their staffs, conducting mass layoffs, annual compensation has been shooting up lately, according to The Street's Brian O'Connell. READ MORE