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FORTUNE 500 best companies to work for
These 27 companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2011 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.
Company Fortune
500 rank
2011 Best to
Work For rank
Avg. annual pay in
most common job (professional)
Microsoft 38 72 $120,657
Goldman Sachs Group 54 23 $160,000
Intel 56 51 $106,430
Cisco Systems 62 20 $131,716
American Express 91 49 $112,802
Google 92 4 N.A.
Publix Super Markets 102 86 $73,300
Aflac 125 57 $59,873
United Services Automobile Assn. 145 17 $92,583
General Mills 166 58 $47,453
Marriott International 210 71 $64,750
Qualcomm 222 33 $134,211
Starbucks 229 98 $50,673
Devon Energy 231 41 $172,575
Nordstrom 254 74 $49,500
Chesapeake Energy 263 32 $114,084
Whole Foods Market 273 24 $72,372
CarMax 311 81 $65,541
Stryker 323 68 $74,343
W.W. Grainger 328 100 $73,446
Darden Restaurants 332 97 $59,982
EOG Resources 377 66 $158,008
Mattel 392 69 N.A.
CH2M Hill 422 90 $129,986
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding 438 85 $112,728
J.M. Smucker 482 93 $51,075
NuStar Energy 497 30 $97,097
Issue date: May 23, 2011
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Rank # of Fortune 500 Companies
New York 57
California 53
Texas 51
Company Rank
Microsoft 38
Goldman Sachs 54
Intel 56
Company 2010 $ (millions)
Exxon Mobil $30,460.0
AT&T $19,864.0
Chevron $19,024.0
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