The 26 best-paying non technical jobs in the tech industry
Source: Julie Bort
It's true the tech industry offers employees great pay and tons of perks.
But it's also true that you don't have to be a programmer or hardware engineer to enjoy such a job.
The tech industry also offers great pay, and the same perks, to people who work in non-technical roles.
To find out which non-technical jobs at which tech companies earn the most, we asked Glassdoor to sift through its database.
Glassdoor examined salary data reported over the past three years, August 2013 - August 2016, to compile this list. All of the jobs on this list received at least 20 salary reports during that time from people who self-reported base pay and other forms of compensation.
As a basis of comparison, Glassdoor says the median base pay across all tech companies for a software engineer is $97,119 with total comp including bonuses, stock at $128,000.
But some of the following job titles earn far more than that.
26. Marketing manager, Intuit: $157,480
26. Marketing manager, Intuit: $157,480
Owen Thomas, Business Insider
Company: Intuit
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $120,000
Total compensation: $157,480
About the company: Intuit is a finance software company based in Mountain View, California.
25. Marketing manager, Google: $157,480
25. Marketing manager, Google: $157,480
Business Insider / Jillian D'Onfro
Company: Google
Job: Marketing manager
Base salary: $123,749
Total compensation: $157, 480
About the company: Google is an internet search giant in Mountain View, California, that has also expanded into cloud computing, business apps and devices.
24. Marketing manager, Oracle $165,000
24. Marketing manager, Oracle $165,000
Kimberly White/Stringer/Getty Images
Company: Oracle
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $132,080
Total compensation: $165,000
About the company: Oracle is a software manufacturer based in Redwood City, California, best known for its popular database, but it also offers all kinds of other business software, as well as computer hardware.
23. Marketing manager, Microsoft: $165,100
23. Marketing manager, Microsoft: $165,100
Microsoft CEO Satya NadellaBeck Diefenbach/Reuters
Company: Microsoft
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $132,040
Total compensation: $165,100
About the company: Microsoft is a software giant based in Redmond, Washington.
22. Finance manager, Intel, 167,640
22. Finance manager, Intel, 167,640
Thomson Reuters
Company: Intel
Job: finance manager
Base salary: $121,920
Total compensation: $167,640
About the company: Intel is a computer chip manufacturing giant based in Santa Clara, California.
21. Marketing manager, Intel: $172,496
21. Marketing manager, Intel: $172,496
Thomson Reuters
Company: Intel
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $132,080
Total compensation: $172,496
About the job: Intel is a household name thanks to its powerful marketing department and that's reflected in its pay for marketing managers.
20. Marketing manager, CA Technologies, $176,784
20. Marketing manager, CA Technologies, $176,784
CA Technologies, Austin, Texas, reception areaCA/Glassdoor
Company: CA Technologies
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $150,140
Total compensation: $176,784
About the company: CA Technologies is a software maker based in New York that is best known for software that manages large networks.
19. National sales account executive, CareerBuilder: $180,000
19. National sales account executive, CareerBuilder: $180,000
CareerBuilder employeesGlassdoor/CareerBuilder
Company: CareerBuilder
Job: national sales account executive
Base salary: $105,000
Total compensation: $180,000
About the company: CareerBuilder is a job hunting/recruitment site based in Chicago.
18. Marketing manager, VMware: $183,075
18. Marketing manager, VMware: $183,075
VMware CEO Pat GelsingerThomson Reuters
Company: VMware
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $140,000
Total compensation: $183,075
About the company: VMware is a software maker in Palo Alto, California, best known for software that allows computer servers to run more efficiently, a category of software it pioneered known as "server virtualization."
17. Sales account executive, Teradata: $185,100
17. Sales account executive, Teradata: $185,100
Teradata
Company: Teradata
Job: sales account executive
Base salary: $106,000
Total compensation: $185,100
About the company: Teradata is a big data tech company in Dayton, Ohio, best known for its products that store large volumes of data, known as data warehousing.
16. Marketing manager, Symantec: $187,010
16. Marketing manager, Symantec: $187,010
AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Company: Symantec
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $157,663
Total compensation: $187,010
About the company: Symantec is a computer security software giant based in Mountain View, California.
15. Supply chain manager, Apple: $190,068
15. Supply chain manager, Apple: $190,068
Apple CEO Tim CookReuters/Beck Diefenbach
Company: Apple
Job: supply chain manager
Base salary: $121,460
Total compensation: $190,068
About the company: Apple is a computer device manufacturer based in Cupertino, California, best known for its iPhone, iPad and Macintosh computers.
14. Sales manager, Dell Technologies, $193,472
14. Sales manager, Dell Technologies, $193,472
Dell CEO Michael DellDell
Company: Dell
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $120,000
Total compensation: $193,472
About the company: Dell Technologies is a computer hardware manufacturer based in Round Rock, Texas, that began life as a PC maker but with its acquisition of storage giant EMC, has now become a major player selling data center equipment.
13. Marketing manager, Salesforce: $194,500
13. Marketing manager, Salesforce: $194,500
Thomson Reuters
Company: Salesforce
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $139,192
Total compensation: $194,500
About the company: Salesforce is a cloud software provider based in San Francisco that is best known for the software it makes that helps salespeople track customers and prospects.
12. Marketing manager, Adobe: $195,000
12. Marketing manager, Adobe: $195,000
Adobe CEO Shantanu NarayenJustin Sullivan/Getty
Company: Adobe
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $158,905
Total compensation: $195,000
About the company: Adobe is a software maker based in San Jose, California, known for its photography, design and marketing software.
11. Sales manager, Hewlett-Packard: $202,156
11. Sales manager, Hewlett-Packard: $202,156
HP employeesHP/Glassdoor
Company: Hewlett-Packard
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $122,554
Total compensation: $202,156
About the company: Hewlett-Packard is a technology manufacturer based in Palo Alto. About a year ago, it split into two companies, HP Inc. (PCs and printers) and HP Enterprise (computer servers and data center).
10. Solutions specialist, Microsoft: $215,000
10. Solutions specialist, Microsoft: $215,000
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Company: Microsoft
Job: Solutions specialist
Base salary: $116,840
Total compensation: $215,000
About the job: a solutions specialist is a non-technical role that involves sales, marketing, support. This job is about helping Microsoft customers use some of the company's lessor-known, more technical products.
9. Business development manager, Microsoft: $219,000
9. Business development manager, Microsoft: $219,000
Microsoft employeesReuters
Company: Microsoft
Job: business development manager
Base salary: $150,000
Total compensation: $219,000
About the job: a business development manager is someone who helps with the strategy and partnerships around various Microsoft products and services.
8. Sales manager, Salesforce: $223,280
8. Sales manager, Salesforce: $223,280
Salesforce CEO Marc BenioffBusiness Insider
Company: Salesforce
Job: Sales manager
Base salary: $121,920
Total compensation: $223,280
About the job: At a company that's all about tools for sales and marketing, being a sales manager is a well-paid position.
7. Marketing manager, SAP: $224,260
7. Marketing manager, SAP: $224,260
SAP CEO Bill McDermottSAP
Company: SAP
Job: marketing manager
Base salary: $170,000
Total compensation: $224,260
About the company: SAP is a software giant based in Walldorf, Germany, with US HQs in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, that's best known for its financial software.
6. Business development manager, SAP $238,760
6. Business development manager, SAP $238,760
SAP employeesGlassdoor/SAP
Company: SAP
Job: business development manager
Base salary: $162,560
Total compensation: $238,760
About the job: a business development manager at SAP leads the creation, identification, and development of business opportunities for the company.
5. Sales manager, Oracle: $247,498
5. Sales manager, Oracle: $247,498
Mark Hurd co-CEO of OracleOracle
Company: Oracle
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $120,000
Total compensation: $247,498
About the job: The Redwood City, California, based Oracle has a legendary sales force. Salespeople that can make it there, can make it anywhere.
4. Sales manager, Microsoft: $248,920
4. Sales manager, Microsoft: $248,920
Microsoft Satya Nadella Justin Sullivan/Getty
Company: Microsoft
Job: Sales manager
Base salary: $147,467
Total compensation: $248,920
About the job: Microsoft has its own massive, hard driving salesforce where the quotas are high but so is the pay.
3. Sales manager, SAP: $250,000
3. Sales manager, SAP: $250,000
Flickr/SAP Innovation Center
Company: SAP
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $142,500
Total compensation: $250,000
About the job: At SAP the deal sizes are often large and a sales manager can be paid handsomely.
2. Sales manager, Google: $251,968
2. Sales manager, Google: $251,968
Google cloud boss Diane GreeneGoogle
Company: Google
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $136,000
Total compensation: $251,968
About the job: Google has always been known as a place where the best and brightest get paid well. The sales department, which is increasingly selling enterprise cloud contracts, is no different.
1. Sales manager, Kronos: $264,160
1. Sales manager, Kronos: $264,160
KronosGlassdoor/Kronos
Company: Kronos
Job: sales manager
Base salary: $113,436
Total compensation: $264,160
About the company: Kronos is a company based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, that makes human resources systems, everything from time-stamp clocks to payroll and benefits tracking software.
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