| Company |
Best Cos. rank |
U.S. employees |
% minorities |
| Baptist Health South Florida |
79 |
10,641 |
74% |
| Methodist Hospital System |
8 |
10,535 |
66% |
| Four Seasons Hotels |
92 |
13,401 |
65% |
| Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants |
95 |
6,298 |
62% |
| Marriott International |
78 |
124,247 |
61% |
| Men’s Wearhouse |
71 |
16,477 |
55% |
| Qualcomm |
16 |
11,932 |
53% |
| Stew Leonard’s |
53 |
2,219 |
51% |
| Scripps Health |
59 |
10,374 |
49% |
| T-Mobile |
96 |
39,822 |
48% |
| Erickson Retirement Communities |
54 |
10,871 |
45% |
| Juniper Networks |
84 |
3,743 |
45% |
| Cisco Systems |
6 |
37,123 |
44% |
| Genentech |
7 |
10,969 |
44% |
| Whole Foods Market |
22 |
51,967 |
44% |
| CarMax |
31 |
16,107 |
44% |
| Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
67 |
5,850 |
44% |
| Camden Property Trust |
41 |
1,849 |
43% |
| FedEx |
90 |
233,457 |
43% |
| Nordstrom |
72 |
49,236 |
42% |
| Atlantic Health |
75 |
6,968 |
42% |
| Valero Energy |
93 |
16,881 |
42% |
| Aflac |
26 |
4,493 |
41% |
| PCL Construction Enterprises |
28 |
4,420 |
40% |
| Texas Instruments |
65 |
14,379 |
40% |
| TDIndustries |
37 |
1,713 |
39% |
| Milliken |
64 |
8,150 |
39% |
| Publix Super Markets |
88 |
141,314 |
39% |
| eBay |
83 |
9,089 |
38% |
| Nugget Market |
10 |
1,536 |
37% |
| Bright Horizons |
80 |
14,437 |
37% |
| Goldman Sachs |
9 |
14,088 |
36% |
| Stanley |
70 |
4,590 |
36% |
| Google |
4 |
12,580 |
35% |
| Arnold & Porter |
21 |
1,296 |
35% |
| Rackspace Hosting |
43 |
1,992 |
35% |
| Accenture |
97 |
32,318 |
35% |
| NetApp |
1 |
5,014 |
34% |
| Deloitte |
61 |
38,903 |
33% |
| Adobe Systems |
11 |
4,255 |
32% |
| Bingham McCutchen |
30 |
1,605 |
32% |
| Alston & Bird |
36 |
1,718 |
32% |
| Microsoft |
38 |
55,237 |
32% |
| Mattel |
48 |
5,552 |
32% |
| Starbucks |
24 |
146,700 |
31% |
| Intuit |
49 |
7,637 |
31% |
| SRA International |
100 |
6,266 |
31% |
| QuikTrip |
27 |
10,159 |
30% |
| Ernst & Young |
51 |
26,090 |
30% |
| KPMG |
56 |
24,442 |
29% |
| Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
85 |
3,527 |
29% |
| Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
87 |
1,609 |
29% |
| Build-A-Bear Workshop |
94 |
4,886 |
29% |
| Container Store |
32 |
3,286 |
28% |
| JM Family Enterprises |
33 |
4,577 |
28% |
| Booz Allen Hamilton |
52 |
19,243 |
28% |
| Alcon Laboratories |
74 |
7,160 |
28% |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers |
58 |
29,144 |
27% |
| Northwest Community Hospital |
77 |
3,372 |
27% |
| Boston Consulting Group |
3 |
1,680 |
26% |
| Zappos.com |
23 |
1,655 |
26% |
| Salesforce.com |
55 |
1,958 |
26% |
| Vanderbilt University |
98 |
21,041 |
26% |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG |
47 |
1,614 |
25% |
| Scottrade |
60 |
1,946 |
24% |
| National Instruments |
69 |
2,527 |
24% |
| Novo Nordisk |
57 |
3,053 |
22% |
| NuStar Energy |
44 |
1,319 |
21% |
| Shared Technologies |
18 |
1,568 |
20% |
| American Fidelity Assurance |
46 |
1,509 |
20% |
| Herman Miller |
89 |
5,646 |
20% |
| Perkins Coie |
82 |
1,696 |
19% |
| General Mills |
99 |
17,018 |
19% |
| W. L. Gore & Associates |
15 |
5,481 |
18% |
| Quicken Loans |
29 |
2,890 |
18% |
| Wegmans Food Markets |
5 |
37,195 |
17% |
| OhioHealth |
19 |
11,858 |
17% |
| CH2M HILL |
86 |
19,011 |
17% |
| SAS |
20 |
5,381 |
16% |
| S.C. Johnson & Son |
81 |
3,368 |
16% |
| MITRE |
66 |
6,420 |
15% |
| Gilbane |
91 |
2,169 |
15% |
| Devon Energy |
13 |
3,752 |
14% |
| Umpqua Bank |
34 |
1,707 |
14% |
| Kimley-Horn & Associates |
35 |
2,190 |
14% |
| EOG Resources |
40 |
1,803 |
14% |
| Burns & McDonnell |
50 |
2,840 |
13% |
| Recreational Equipment (REI) |
12 |
9,780 |
12% |
| Chesapeake Energy |
73 |
6,850 |
12% |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network |
76 |
8,897 |
11% |
| Griffin Hospital |
62 |
1,143 |
10% |
| Johnson Financial Group |
25 |
1,300 |
9% |
| Principal Financial Group |
17 |
13,343 |
8% |
| Edward Jones |
2 |
34,496 |
7% |
| Robert W. Baird |
14 |
2,184 |
6% |
| Plante & Moran |
42 |
1,558 |
6% |
| King’s Daughters Medical Cntr. |
45 |
3,041 |
2% |
| Southern Ohio Medical Center |
68 |
2,188 |
2% |
From the February 2, 2009 issue
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