100 Best Companies to Work For
FORTUNE's annual ranking of companies that rate high with employees
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1 Genentech 20 Midsized 8,121
2 Wegmans Food Markets 7 Large 31,890
3 Valero Energy 5 Large 16,582
4 Griffin Hospital 2 Small 1,049
5 W.L. Gore & Associates 6 Midsized 4,537
6 Container Store 16 Midsized 2,857
7 Vision Service Plan -2 Small 1,915
8 J.M. Smucker -13 Midsized 2,930
9 Recreational Equipment (REI) 9 Midsized 7,443
10 S.C. Johnson 0 Midsized 3,404
11 Boston Consulting Group 17 Small 1,261
12 Plante & Moran 9 Small 1,356
13 Quicken Loans 60 Midsized 2,951
14 HomeBanc Mortgage 9 Small 1,342
15 Whole Foods Market 18 Large 33,248
16 Edward Jones 3 Large 29,197
17 Republic Bancorp -9 Small 1,190
18 Baptist Health Care 0 Midsized 4,003
19 Alston & Bird 3 Small 1,509
20 Kimley-Horn & Associates 24 Small 1,777
21 QuikTrip 6 Midsized 7,819
22 American Century Investments 0 Small 1,778
23 Qualcomm 23 Midsized 7,562
24 David Weekley Homes 18 Small 1,361
25 Cisco Systems 8 Large 26,644
26 Goldman Sachs 3 Large 11,836
27 Network Appliance 26 Midsized 2,712
28 Four Seasons -12 Large 10,625
29 Starbucks 26 Large 91,056
30 SAS Institute 1 Midsized 5,118
31 Robert W. Baird -1 Small 2,125
32 Alcon Laboratories 1 Midsized 6,227
33 Nugget Markets 10 Small 1,091
34 CDW 7 Midsized 3,948
35 American Fidelity Assurance 1 Small 1,385
36 TDIndustries -9 Small 1,297
37 American Express -3 Large 42,453
38 Milliken -3 Midsized 9,300
39 Amgen 6 Large 11,374
40 JM Family Enterprises 9 Midsized 4,114
41 Timberland -2 Small 1,978
42 Microsoft 1 Large 37,746
43 Intuit 6 Midsized 6,516
44 Pella 7 Midsized 8,758
45 SRA International 23 Midsized 3,986
46 Nordstrom 3 Large 45,112
47 AFLAC 5 Midsized 4,034
48 Perkins Coie -4 Small 1,553
49 Nixon Peabody 4 Small 1,563
50 Northwest Community Hospital 1 Midsized 3,089
51 Genzyme 9 Midsized 5,399
52 Eli Lilly -7 Large 21,898
53 Hot Topic 22 Midsized 8,314
54 Arnold & Porter -4 Small 1,383
55 Station Casinos 6 Large 10,967
56 Publix Super Markets 3 Large 129,412
57 Synovus 0 Large 11,860
58 Stew Leonard's -2 Small 1,819
59 Baptist Health South Florida 3 Large 10,706
60 Vanguard Group 8 Large 11,070
61 Sherwin-Williams 14 Large 27,938
62 Memorial Health 2 Midsized 4,301
63 Russell Investment Group 22 Small 1,092
64 FedEx 7 Large 212,241
65 PCL Construction 26 Midsized 2,543
66 MITRE 4 Midsized 5,575
67 Ernst & Young 5 Large 23,657
68 Bronson Healthcare Group 6 Midsized 3,396
69 Valassis 0 Small 1,803
70 A.G. Edwards 0 Large 15,708
71 PricewaterhouseCoopers 11 Large 26,392
72 Booz Allen Hamilton 9 Large 15,582
73 Yahoo 29 Midsized 5,444
74 Standard Pacific 22 Small 2,317
75 Quad/Graphics 1 Large 10,399
76 Children's Heathcare of Atlanta 4 Midsized 4,910
77 National Instruments 4 Small 2,148
78 Methodist Hospital System 6 Midsized 8,714
79 East Penn Manufacturing 2 Midsized 4,082
80 CH2M Hill 48 Large 17,770
81 Autodesk 5 Small 2,098
82 Bingham McCutchen 0 Small 1,542
83 Texas Instruments -6 Large 16,102
84 Worthington Industries -4 Midsized 6,233
85 First Horizon National 11 Large 13,228
86 Principal Financial Group 2 Large 12,723
87 Washington Mutual -7 Large 54,396
88 Morrison & Foerster 3 Small 2,145
89 Mayo Clinic 4 Large 38,085
90 John Wiley & Sons 1 Small 2,090
91 Granite Construction 6 Midsized 4,300
92 Men's Wearhouse 9 Large 10,757
93 CarMax 12 Large 11,400
94 Bright Horizons 8 Large 13,551
95 Wm. Wrigley Jr. -2 Midsized 3,372
96 IKEA (U.S.) 18 Midsized 9,499
97 Intel 1 Large 48,655
98 General Mills -5 Large 17,993
99 Marriott International 3 Large 126,704
100 Nike 5 Large 12,502
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.
Russell Investment Group $574,373
Morrison & Foerster $182,905
Bingham McCutchen $173,391
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Best companies by state
These states are headquarters for the highest number of America's Top Employers.
California 16
Texas 10
Washington 7
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Job growth
Quicken Loans added 1,093 jobs last year, making it the fastest-growing of our Best Companies.
Quicken Loans 60
CH2M Hill 48
Yahoo 29
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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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