Where the $100K+ U.S. Jobs Are — May 2026

We pulled active U.S. listings from across our inventory of 3.5M+ jobs and zeroed in on the segment that matters most to professionals: roles paying $100K+ on average. Pharma, healthcare systems, government, and HR consulting lead the high-paying large-volume employers. By function, IT, Consulting, and Engineering still own the highest pay bands.

Top high-paying large employers

The five large-volume employers (900+ active U.S. roles) with the highest average disclosed maximum salary. These are the firms combining real hiring scale with white-collar pay levels:

Behavioral Health Practice Services tops the list because most of its postings are licensed-physician and clinical-director roles — a useful reminder that "highest average" can reflect role-mix more than typical compensation. AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson sit at ~$110-120K average max across thousands of varied openings, a cleaner read on broad-based white-collar pay.

Top functions by average pay

The functions where average mid-salary sits in the upper-middle professional band and above ($70K+):

Three functions sit cleanly above $100K average midpoint: Information Technology ($110K), Consulting ($104K), and Engineering ($103K). These are the categories that consistently attract the most competitive candidate pools and where salary transparency is most often expected.

White-collar industries with the most hiring

Industries with strong professional-pay characteristics and active hiring across multiple employers right now:

Pharmaceuticals stands out: 14 distinct companies hiring across 1,441 active U.S. roles — concentrated but consistently paying at professional levels. Computer Software and IT Services together account for 122 distinct companies hiring right now, even though per-employer role counts are lower than legacy sectors — the tech market favors smaller, more frequent hiring across more firms.

What this means for your search

• If you're targeting $100K+ roles: focus your search on Information Technology, Consulting, or Engineering functions. These three functions average above $100K and have broad employer diversity.
• If pharma is in your background: AbbVie and J&J are both in active large-scale hiring at $109-120K average max ranges. The sector has the most concentrated white-collar hiring scale in the dataset.
• If you're location-flexible: see our city-by-city engineering salary breakdown for where the highest-paying tech roles are being posted.
• If you care about pay transparency: see our salary transparency report — only 2.4% of U.S. listings publish a range, and most of the big-brand employers in this article disclose zero.

A note on the broader hiring pool

For completeness: our inventory also reflects significant volume in franchise, retail, and service-sector hiring (with single employers posting tens of thousands of customer-service and delivery roles). We've intentionally focused this snapshot on the professional / $100K+ segment most relevant to TBJB's audience. The full inventory is available in the main job search.