large employee pay is driven significantly by revenue per employee + margins (or significant money pumped into it for whatever other reason, ie crypto at least

large employee pay is driven significantly by revenue per employee + margins (or significant money pumped into it for whatever other reason, ie crypto at least some time ago) imo. FANG, VC-backed startups, and fintech have them, there are others as well, although you need to look at what the specific companies do in addition to overall industry trends. one that seems like it would fit high revenue per employee + margins is oil and gas for example. specializing helps (ie data science, DevSecOps, etc) on the engineering side you can also take home millions as an employee if you're in like the top 1% of salespeople and at a company with a good product/commission plan in likely any industry, although it's not for most people and if you fail you will probably make less than the pre-career transition.