100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: Edward Jones snapshot

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100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

29. Edward Jones

What makes it so great?
Brokerage firm, organized as a partnership, has more U.S. offices (8,955) than Starbucks has cafés. In 2006 the number of limited partnerships was expanded from 4,535 to nearly 12,000, more than a third of employees.

Headquarters: St. Louis

Top 3 (of 8,955) U.S. locations: St. Louis , Tempe , Columbia

2005 revenue ($ millions): 3,190

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Employees
U.S. employees	30,326
Employees outside U.S.	2,037

Jobs
New jobs (1 year)	330
% job growth (1 year)	2
% voluntary turnover	14
Applicants	458,169

Pay	Average annual pay
Most common job (salaried): Senior Programmer Analyst	$75,616
Most common job (hourly): Branch Office Administrator	$31,078

Benefits
Job sharing program?	Yes
Professional training (hrs./yr.)	103
Paid sabbaticals?	Yes
100% health care coverage	No

Diversity
% minorities	9%
% women	66%
Has nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation?	Yes

From the January 22, 2007 issue

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. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.

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