12 Dow 30 Companies With Above-Average Salaries

12 Dow 30 Companies With Above-Average Salaries

Of 23 Dow 30 companies whose payrolls were analyzed by MyLogIQ and curated by the Wall Street Journal, 15 posted median incomes above the $57,617 median U.S. income reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2016.

Twelve reported figures that place their employees in the nation's "upper income" bracket, according to a range defined by Pew Research Center.

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM): $161,562

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX): $137,849

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS): $135,165

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ): $126,623

Boeing Co (NYSE:BA): $111,204

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC): $102,100

Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV): $99,004

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE): $89,206

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK): $82,173

DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP): $78,835

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM): $77,799

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX): $72,433

Many of the firms with median salaries qualifying as "middle" or "lower income" support hourly employees in customer service or skilled trade positions:

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ): $66,000

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT): $65,770

UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH): $58,378

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE): $57,211

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP): $56,873

3M Co (NYSE:MMM): $55,683

IBM (NYSE:IBM): $54,491

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO): $47,312

Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD): $21,095

Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT): $19,177

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD): $7,017

The breakdown of the Dow 30 fairly represents broader trends, particularly cross-industry comparisons. Retailers and food service companies tend to report lower salaries than do energy, financial or tech companies.

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