11. Microsoft

Average yearly salary: $87,956

Bill gate’s kingdom ranks the 11^th in the list of highest paying tech company. Employing about 92,000 people Microsoft is known for its unusual hiring procedures with obscure questions.

Microsoft the American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions is better known as the company that makes our offices run.

Established on April 4, 1975 the company now dominates the market of operating systems and office suites. The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune, MSN and the Windows Phone OS. On May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications for $8.5 billion.

Often criticized for its monopolistic behavior Microsoft is still a desirable brand to work for. It is sure to jazz your resume up if not your bank accounts.

10. Amazon

Average yearly salary: $92,613

Amazon the largest online retail company of the world which has also forayed into production of consumer products such as the kindle e-book reader is also a major provider of cloud computing services.

Amazon employs 65600 people. The company was created in 1994 by Jeff Bezos. The company has separate retail websites for United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and China, with international shipping to certain other countries for some of its products. It is also expected to launch its websites in Poland, Netherlands and Sweden.

To run an operation that spreads across the globe, they require some serious talent. Amazon depends largely on its engineers to keep its site up and running without glitches. Every single minute is important. What better way to keep talent from going elsewhere that paying them a bomb?