The 15 companies with the most $100,000 job opportunities in New York right now
If you want to live comfortably in the Big City, you're going to need a big paycheck.
According to a report from SmartAsset, workers need to make $164,614 a year in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment in New York. Real-estate website Zillow estimates that it costs between $1.7 million and $1 million to buy a home in Manhattan and that the median rental price is $3,450.
Fortunately, New York offers some of the highest-paying jobs in the country. Job site Ladders analyzed thousands of opportunities across the United States and found that New York had the second highest number of six-figure jobs.
Ladders further analyzed its database in order to compile a list of companies with the most openings New York and surrounding areas that pay over $100,000 and found that 15 companies stand out. But just because these companies are hiring in New York doesn't mean they are headquartered there. Several international companies seem to be offering high salaries for people who can work from new New York.
Here are the employers with the most six-figure opportunities in the City That Never Sleeps.
15. Bank of America
Jobs available: 97
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina
14. Morgan Stanley
Jobs available: 101
Headquarters: New York, New York
13. New York Life Insurance
Jobs available: 113
Headquarters: New York, New York
12. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jobs available: 116
Headquarters: Tarrytown, New York
11. New York Presbyterian Hospital
Jobs available: 117
Headquarters: New York, New York
10. Pfizer
Jobs available: 127
Headquarters: New York, New York
9. Rutgers
Jobs available: 134
Headquarters: New Brunswick, New Jersey
8. Bloomberg
Jobs available: 140
Headquarters: New York, New York
7. Celgene
Jobs available: 151
Headquarters: Summit, New Jersey
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jobs available: 153
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
4. J.P. Morgan Chase (tie)
Jobs available: 184
Headquarters: New York, New York
4. Prudential Financial (tie)
Jobs available: 184
Headquarters: Newark, New Jersey
3. Deloitte Digital
Jobs available: 201
Headquarters: New York, New York
2. Goldman Sachs
Jobs available: 210
Headquarters: New York, New York
1. KPMG
Jobs available: 431
Headquarters: Amstelveen, Netherlands
Three of the "big four" auditors — KPMG, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers — made it onto the Ladders' list of employers with the most six-figure opportunities in New York. KPMG topped the list with an estimated 431 current openings.
Overall, finance companies dominated the list with companies like Goldman Sacks, Preudential and J.P Morgan Chase recruiting for more than 100 open six-figure positions.
Pharmaceutical companies Celgene, Pfizer and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals also cracked the top 15.
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