100 Best Companies to Work For 2008

25 top-paying companies

Associates at Bingham McCutchen take home an average $211,017 total compensation annually. See which other top employers offer big paychecks.

By Milton Moskowitz

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Bingham McCutchen

Average total pay: $211,017

For: Associate*

Best Companies rank: 41

This major corporate law firm brought three firms into its fold in 2007, boosting its staff to more than 1,000 lawyers working in 13 different offices, the largest of which is in Boston.

Most hires fresh out of law school start here with a base salary of $160,000, and even the firm's legal secretaries average a not-too-shabby $69,000 a year. And talent looms large - the legal staff includes 72 graduates from Harvard Law, 24 from Yale and 20 from Stanford.

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Last updated January 22 2008: 3:23 PM ET

*Most common salaried job

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