If you're lucky enough to score a crazy-high-paying internship at Facebook, you no longer get to complain about broke college student woes. In perhaps typical Silicon Valley fashion, the tech behemoth offers its interns a handsome median pay rate of $8,000 per month. It's enough to make any working stiff long to attempt the plot of The Internship — taking an internship as a grown-up at a tech company because the opportunity (and apparently the pay!) is so tremendous.
While Facebook tops the Glassdoor list of highest-paying internships in America [1], it's far from the only company to offer swanky pay and helpful perks. Both Apple and Yelp, for example, offer a median monthly pay of $6,400, while interns at other companies like Deutsche Bank and Adobe have mentioned the hands-on experience and access to senior employees as major highlights.
As Glassdoor points out, "The median annual salary for a full-time US worker is currently $51,350. However, if interns at these companies worked a full 12 months, their salaries would range from about $96,000 at Facebook (No. 1) to about $55,000 at Bank of America (No. 25), much higher than what the average full-time American worker earns." Keep scrolling to see the list of America's highest-paying internships and feel that slow, familiar burn of envy.
The 25 Highest-Paying Internships in America For 2017
- Facebook [2]
Median Monthly Pay: $8,000 - Microsoft [3]
Median Monthly Pay: $7,100 - ExxonMobil [4]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,507 - Salesforce [5]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,450 - Amazon [6]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,400 - Apple [7]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,400 - Bloomberg, L.P. [8]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,400 - Yelp [9]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,400 - Yahoo [10]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,080 - VMware [11]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,080 - Google [12]
Median Monthly Pay: $6,000 - NVIDIA [13]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,770 - Intuit [14]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,440 - Juniper Networks [15]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,440 - Workday [16]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,440 - BlackRock [17]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,400 - Adobe [18]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,120 - MathWorks [19]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,120 - Qualcomm [20]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,040 - Capital One [21]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,000 - Chevron [22]
Median Monthly Pay: $5,000 - Accenture [23]
Median Monthly Pay: $4,960 - Deutsche Bank [24]
Median Monthly Pay: $4,640 - AIG [25]
Median Monthly Pay: $4,616 - Bank of America [26]
Median Monthly Pay: $4,570