13 of the best, highest-paying healthcare companies in America

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It might not be hard to find a high-paying job in healthcare — the industry dominates lists of best-paying careers — but finding a healthcare company that pays well and emphasizes employees' happiness is a tall order.

Business Insider teamed up with PayScale, a compensation software and data company, to find the best all-around healthcare companies that pay employees the most. 

To create the list, PayScale ranked companies on the 2015 Fortune 500 list against its salary and survey database, homing in on six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, ability to telecommute, high job meaning, experienced median pay (for employees with at least five years of experience), and whether a company pays above or below market price for their employees. Read a detailed breakdown of the methodology here.

Most of the companies can be found on our ranking of the 50 best companies to work for in America, but we also included couple of great-paying companies that just missed the top-50. 

Here are the best, highest-paying healthcare companies to work for in America:

13. St. Jude Medical

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Headquarters: St. Paul, Minnesota

Experienced median pay: $85,700

High job satisfaction: 74% of employees

At the medical-devices manufacturing company, employees are encouraged to take advantage of the LiveWell Program, which lets them get on-site health screenings and free health assessments. PayScale notes that 85% of St. Jude Medical employees felt that their job provided high meaning — one of the best scores for a company ranked in the top 50 list.

12. Biogen

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Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Experienced median pay: $93,400

High job satisfaction: 70% of employees

At Biogen, employees feel like they're making a difference, with 91% reporting high job meaning, according to PayScale. The biotechnology company, which develops therapies for neurological and autoimmune diseases, emphasizes giving back to its communities, and every year the company dedicates a "Care Deeply Volunteer Day," where thousands of employees participate in local community-service projects.

11. Abbott Laboratories

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Headquarters: Abbott Park, Illinois

Experienced median pay: $93,500

High job satisfaction: 73% of employees

Healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories offers an extensive list of benefits that help keep job satisfaction high. In addition to a number of health and wellness-related programs, the company offers tuition assistance, three weeks of paid vacation for new hires, paternity leave, and an assistance program for mothers to help ease the transition back to work.

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