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The 25 highest paying internships in the US in 2017

Tech and banking internships took most of the top spots on Glassdoor's 2017 list.

Find out which company pays its interns the most.

Summer internships may seem like lowly gigs, but interns can make a ton of money.

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It all just depends on the industry, company, and role.

To figure out where interns make the most cash, career site Glassdoor put together a report on US-based internships that pay the most.

In order to make the list, the company needs at least 25 US-based interns needed to report their salaries, and salary tiebreakers are determined by whichever company has more reviews.

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Here are the companies that snagged the top spots, along with some reviews from the interns themselves and the median monthly pay they reported on Glassdoor:

25. Bank of America

Median monthly pay: $4,570

Bank of America, a banking and financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, was first founded as the Bank of Italy in 1904.

"Good corporate culture, good intern pay, great training, great coworkers. Possibility for full time employment once the internship is over." — Former summer credit analyst intern

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24. AIG

Median monthly pay: $4,616

Insurance corporation American International Group was first founded in 1919.

"The people there are really nice and eager to help me with all my questions. Got to learn a lot of different line of business and models they use." — Former summer analyst intern

23. Deutsche Bank

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Median monthly pay: $4,640

The global banking service Deutsche Bank is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

"There were a number of fun networking activities for summer analysts, including opportunities to meet senior employees in various divisions. The pay was good, too." — Former summer analyst intern

22. Accenture

Median monthly pay: $4,960

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Global consulting and professional services company Accenture is based in Dublin, Ireland.

"Awesome work environment, complex problems to solve, traveling, work with amazing people." — Former management consulting analyst intern

21. Chevron

Median monthly pay: $5,000

Chevron is an energy company that is one of the successor organizations of Standard Oil.

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"As an intern you are given hands-on real problems and can really dig into and learn what you are doing. They never have you doing administrative tasks, you are treated like a true employee and not an intern. The company culture is great, mostly everyone really does follow the Chevron Way which creates a good work environment." — Former environmental specialist intern

20. Capital One

Median monthly pay: $5,000

Based in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Capital One is a bank holding company.

"Great work-life balance and culture. The people I worked with legitimately wanted to help customers — it wasn't just an empty saying. Promotions also come quickly on average." — Former business analyst intern

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19. Qualcomm

Median monthly pay: $5,040

This telecommunications equipment company is based in San Diego, California.

"You get to work on interesting projects. Great teamwork, side projects, hackathons. Meaningful projects that will impact the company.” — Former intern

18. MathWorks

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Median monthly pay: $5,120

Based in Natick, Massachusetts, MathWorks is a mathematical computing software company.

"Amazing workplace and wide range of career options." — Former web developer intern

17. Adobe

Median monthly pay: $5,120

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Adobe is a software company based in San Jose, California.

"Lots of benefits, great employee perks and events, including a chance to have a meeting with the CEO. Became a full member of a team for three months." — Former computer scientist intern

16. BlackRock

Median monthly pay: $5,400

Founded in 1988, BlackRock is a global investment management company.

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"Huge company with lots of opportunities. Respected and dominant in the industry." — Former summer associate intern

15. Workday

Median monthly pay: $5,440

Founded in 2005, Workday is a cloud-based financial services vendor based in Pleasanton, California.

"Interns got to design and build their own project. Treated like a full time employee, and everyone was always willing to explain the code base / language to us. Workday is a super collaborative and supportive environment." — Current software applications engineer intern

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14. Juniper Networks

Median monthly pay: $5,440

Juniper Networks is a networking product vendor based in Sunnyvale, California.

"Excellent internship program, awesome work culture for interns, friendly HR team, visibility to higher executives during internship." —Former infrastructure engineer intern

13. Intuit

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Median monthly pay: $5,440

Intuit is a finance software company based in Mountain View, California.

"Amazing people and culture. Happy and relaxed doing the best work of their lives. Great benefits, bleeding edge tech, meaningful work and delighted customers." — Former intern

12. Nvidia

Median monthly pay: $5,770

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Nvidia is a Santa Clara, California-based technology company.

"State-of-the-art technologies. Interns are given real projects, i.e. you are given tasks which otherwise would be assigned to full times. Extreme flexibility in choosing/changing tasks/projects. Smart (even legendarily) people; you sometimes meet and work with people whose books you read in the grad school." — Former systems software engineer

11. Google

Median monthly pay: $6,000

Google, an American tech company, was first founded in 1996.

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"Great management who is always in constant contact and able to assist with any situation." — Former street view operator intern

10. VMware

Median monthly pay: $6,080

A subsidiary of Dell, VMware is based in Palo Alto, California.

"First of all, the salary package they offered me as an intern was above my expectations. The project I worked on had a very small-company feel, partly since we were working on a pre-1.0 product (which was very cool), and also because my manager did an excellent job of keeping the distractions from senior management to a minimum." — Former PhD intern

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9. Yahoo

Median monthly pay: $6,080

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Yahoo was founded in 1994.

"Great people, great pay, great perks, and an overall great learning opportunity." — Former ad operations intern

8. Yelp

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Median monthly pay: $6,400

The crowd-sourced business review platform is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2004.

"Unparalleled experience. The community manager is basically your mentor. Knowledge is unlimited in this job and can open many doors if taken seriously." — Former marketing intern

7. Bloomberg L.P.

Median monthly pay: $6,400

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Bloomberg L.P. is a financial software, data, and media company based in Manhattan.

"Phenomenal company culture which makes employees excited about coming to work everyday. Great benefits and access to cultural institutions. Beautiful office space in a great part of Manhattan — free food, drinks, etc." — Former intern

6. Apple

Median monthly pay: $6,400

The Cupertino, California-based tech company was first founded in 1976.

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"Very innovative culture, supportive teammates and management; it's run like a series of small startups instead of global company, makes it very easy to take ownership of work." — Former hardware engineering intern

5. Amazon

Median monthly pay: $6,400

This online retailer based in Seattle was first founded in 1994.

Great supervisor, great benefits, great location, great work experience. I learned a ton in this position that I believe will serve me well in future endeavors." — Former human resources intern

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4. Salesforce

Median monthly pay: $6,450

Salesforce is based in San Francisco, California and primarily deals with cloud computing technology.

"Salesforce truly does a great job of making you feel like a part of the team, they have been very helpful throughout my career." — Former client service intern

3. ExxonMobil

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Median monthly pay: $6,507

The Irving, Texas-based oil and gas company was founded in 1999.

"Great place to start and develop a career. There is a major focus on professional development and management takes your interests very seriously." — Former software development intern

2. Microsoft

Median monthly pay: $7,100

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Microsoft is an American tech company based in Redmond, Washington.

"Meaningful intern projects. Great diversity of teams: Microsoft has their hands on absolutely everything, so you get to talk to a lot of very smart and interesting people. Probably has the best intern benefits out there. Intern events are amazing. I've had great mentors. It's a great time to join Microsoft in the midst of its reinvention." — Former software engineer intern

1. Facebook

Median monthly pay: $8,000

Facebook is a social media platform that was first founded at Harvard College in 2004.

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"Amazing perks (free food, snacks, transportation, housing, own bedroom and bathroom!), as well as completely paid for intern events on the weekends." — Former software engineer intern

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