To compare the best-paying employers across states, Money used figures compiled by the AFL-CIO for companies in the Russell 3000 stock market index.
Here are the 14 healthcare companies that made the list, ranked by median salary:
1. California: Geron Corp. ($500,250)
2. Massachusetts: Infinity Pharmaceuticals ($495,513)
3. Michigan: Esperion Therapeutics ($409,294)
4. New York: Intra-Cellular Therapies ($354,916)
5. Utah: Lipocine ($299,612)
6. Colorado: Clovis Oncology ($256,903)
7. Delaware: Incyte Corp. ($253,015)
8. Nebraska: National Research Corp. ($235,765)
9. Indiana: Endocyte ($233,042)
10. Pennsylvania: Spark Therapeutics ($202,884)
11. North Carolina: Chimerix ($192,567)
12. Arizona: Accelerate Diagnostics ($164,738)
13. Iowa: NewLink Genetics Corp. ($117,468)
14. Kentucky: Humana ($57,385)
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