In 2008, the average Google employee received a bonus of $210,000

According to the survey, Google employees received an average of $209,624 in dividends in 2008, beating other IT giants such as Microsoft, Apple, Intel and IBM.

Some companies have relatively similar average employee dividend amounts:

* Companies paying dividends of just over $30,000 per person include: IBM, Yahoo, Amazon and Dell

* Companies paying dividends of $64,000 per person: Oracle and Intel.

* Companies paying dividends of $120,000 per person: Adobe and Cisco