100 Best Companies to Work For

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Company	Best Companies rank	Perk
Google	1	Nap pods and more.
Wegmans Food Markets	4	Coupons for Christmas.
NetApp	6	Volleyball courts.
Zappos.com	11	Hero employees.
Alston & Bird	24	Learn espanol.
Southern Ohio Medical Center	36	Veggie garden.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers	48	Mentor moms.
Autodesk	52	Girls night out.
FactSet Research Systems	75	Monthly BBQs.
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts	85	Free rooms.
GoDaddy.com	93	Pan for gold.
Schweitzer Engineering Labs	97	$80 a paycheck for education.

From the Feb. 6, 2012 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 2010 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 full-time salaried and hourly employees.

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Top 3

Company	Avg. annual pay
Southern Ohio Medical Center	$490,647
Bingham McCutchen	$228,851
Alston & Bird	$201,233

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Company	Job growth %
Zappos.com	70%
Salesforce.com	39%
Rackspace Hosting	37%

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California	18
Texas	11
New York	10

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