Chimera Investment
TESARO
Exelixis
Splunk
Equity Commonwealth
Agios Pharmaceuticals
Incyte Corp
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc
The highest paying software company appears to be Splunk with 256k. There seems to be a lot of biotech companies that pay a lot.
Here is my theory why that is: first off, most biotech companies are started by very experienced people with impressive work histories, not by 22-year old drop outs.
Second, biotech start ups tend to pay very well, often similar or higher to the big biotech companies.
Third, the "virtual biotech" model is quite common with a small groups of leadership and everything else contracted out.
Combine all that and you end up with a pretty high median salary.