100 Best Companies to Work For: Job Growth

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FORTUNE's annual ranking of companies that rate high with employees

Rank	Company	% job growth	U.S. employees
Top Ten by % job growth
1	Quicken Loans	60	2,951
2	CH2M Hill	48	17,770
3	Yahoo	29	5,444
4	PCL Construction	26	2,543
5	Network Appliance	26	2,712
6	Starbucks	26	91,056
7	Kimley-Horn & Associates	24	1,777
8	SRA International	23	3,986
9	Qualcomm	23	7,562
10	Russell Investment Group	22	1,092
Top Ten by number of new jobs
Rank	Company	New employees	U.S. employees
1	FedEx	8,246	212,241
2	CH2M Hill	5,533	17,770
3	Whole Foods Market	4,579	33,248
4	Starbucks	3,067	91,056
5	Marriott International	2,941	126,704
6	Sherwin-Williams	2,586	27,938
7	PricewaterhouseCoopers	2,583	26,392
8	Cisco Systems	2,029	26,644
9	Publix Super Markets	1,987	129,412
10	Qualcomm	1,386	7,562

Notes:

N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees. Revenues are for 2004 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.

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Highest pay

Salaried employees at these Best Companies enjoy the highest average compensation.

Company	Average annual pay*
Russell Investment Group	$574,373
Morrison & Foerster	$182,905
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Best companies by state

These states are headquarters for the highest number of America's Top Employers.

State	No. of top employers
California	16
Texas	10
Washington	7
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Best benefits

These companies have the best benefit options.

Child care:	SAS Institute
Telecommuting:	Republic Bancorp
Work-life balance:	American Century Investments
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How we pick the 100 best

To choose the 100 Best Companies to Work for, we rely on two things: our evaluation of the policies and culture of each company and the opinions of the company's own employees. (more)

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