For its analysis, Money examined median pay that publicly traded companies reported in annual government filings.
Here are the 12 healthcare companies that are the highest-paying employers in their state, listed in alphabetical order:
1. Accelerate Diagnostics, highest paying employer in Arizona
Median salary: $194,343
2. Assembly Biosciences, highest paying employer in Indiana
Median salary: $276,726
3. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, highest paying employer in North Carolina
Median salary: $205,224
4. Celgene, highest paying employer in New Jersey
Median salary: $263,237
5. Corcept Therapeutics, highest paying employer in California
Median salary: $681,316
6. Esperion Therapeutics, highest paying employer in Michigan
Median salary: $601,841
7. Humana, highest paying employer in Kentucky
Median salary: $70,498
8. Incyte, highest paying employer in Delaware
Median salary: $228,006
9. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, highest paying employer in Pennsylvania
Median salary: $804,000
10. National Health Investors, highest paying employer in Tennessee
Median salary: $209,777
11. SAGE Therapeutics, highest paying employer in Massachusetts
Median salary: $589,166
12. Seattle Genetics, highest paying employer in Washington state
Median salary: $198,658
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