2020 Top Employer Listing

Respondents were allowed to choose up to 3 companies

Sample Size: 14,498

Rank Company Votes

1 Local Hospital 3,004

2 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 1,836

3 Mayo Clinic 1,296

4 Walt Disney Company 1,174

5 Google 1,081

6 FBI 973

7 Amazon 970

8 Apple, Incorporated 959

9 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 906

10 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 888

11 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 828

12 Microsoft 697

13 Netflix 657

14 U.S. State Department 608

15 Nike 509

16 Local Police Department 505

17 Health Care Service Corp. 484

18 BuzzFeed 458

19 Universal Studios 421

20 SpaceX 417

21 National Basketball Association 388

22 National Football League 363

23 National Security Agency (NSA) 359

24 DreamWorks Animation SKG 338

25 U.S. Air Force 333

26 The New York Times 320

27 Teach For America 301

28 Chick-fil-A 296

29 Tesla Motors 289

30 Lockheed Martin 287

31 Boeing 285

32 U.S. Army 282

33 Major League Baseball 278

34 Atlantic Health Systems 276

35 Kaiser Permanente 276

36 SONY 270

37 Instagram 256

38 Blue Cross and Blue Shield 248

39 CNN 248

40 Meridian Health 244

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41 Lululemon 243

42 Spotify 243

43 UnitedHealth Group 235

44 Starbucks 233

45 Local Fire Department 224

46 American Airlines 223

47 U.S. Navy 199

48 Adobe Systems 193

49 3M 189

50 CHG Healthcare Services 187

51 Major League Soccer 184

52 Delta Air Lines 182

53 Boston Scientific 172

54 Bank of America 166

55 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 161

56 LinkedIn 160

57 L'Oreal 154

58 Abercrombie & Fitch / Hollister 153

59 WellStar Health System 148

60 Southern Ohio Medical Center 145

61 Marriott International 141

62 Mercedes Benz USA 136

63 Samsung 130

64 Bethesda Softworks 128

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65 LG Corporation 127

66 Airbnb 126

67 Build-A-Bear Workshop 122

68 Forbes 120

69 E.L.F. (Eyes Lips Face) 119

70 JPMorgan Chase 119

71 Intel 115

72 Johnson & Johnson 114

73 Scripps Health 113

74 Coca-Cola Company 112

75 Ohio Health 110

76 Whole Foods Market 104

77 U.S. Marine Corps 103

78 Memorial Sloan Kettering 102

79 Abbott 98

80 Hilton Hotels & Resorts 97

81 Medtronic 95

82 IBM Corp. 94

83 Merck & Co. 94

84 World Wide Technology, Inc. 92

85 Nordstrom 91

86 Hershey's 85

87 Dell 84

88 General Electric (GE) 83

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89 Target Corp. 81

90 Facebook 80

91 CVS Caremark 78

92 Goldman Sachs 76

93 John Deere 76

94 Aeropostale 75

95 Porsche 75

96 Genentech 74

97 Huffington Post 73

98 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 73

99 Bayer 72

100 Ford Motor Co. 72

101 Pfizer 71

102 Deloitte 70

103 Northrop Grumman Corp. 68

104 Wells Fargo & Co. 68

105 National Hockey League 67

106 Bright Horizons Family Solutions 66

107 Exxon Mobil 66

108 Politico 66

109 Southwest Airlines 66

110 Aetna 65

111 Discovery Communications 65

112 Thermo Fisher Scientific 65

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113 AT&T 64

114 Berkshire Hathaway 64

115 Mattel 64

116 Walgreens 64

117 Autodesk, Inc. 63

118 Snapchat 60

119 Dow Chemical 59

120 Four Seasons Hotels 58

121 Research in Motion (RIM) 57

122 U.S. Census Bureau 57

123 Procter & Gamble 56

124 Under Armour 54

125 Costco Wholesale 53

126 Metlife 53

127 Cisco Systems 51

128 Time Warner 50

129 Toyota 50

130 Duke Energy 49

131 Estee Lauder Cosmetics 48

132 Hasbro 48

133 Lyft 48

134 Publix Super Markets 48

135 U.S. Coast Guard 45

136 Recreational Equipment (REI) 44

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137 Twitter Inc. 44

138 American Express 43

139 JCPenney 43

140 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 43

141 Chevron Corporation 42

142 Pandora Radio 42

143 Arnold & Porter LLP 41

144 Fitbit 41

145 McDonald's 41

146 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) 41

147 Roche Diagnostics Corporation 41

148 The Everett Clinic 41

149 Bitmoji 38

150 Capital One 38

151 USAA 38

152 KPMG 37

153 Kroger 37

154 PepsiCo 37

155 Siemens 37

156 State Farm 37

157 Eli Lilly and Company 36

158 Ernst & Young (EY) 36

159 Home Depot 36

160 Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide 36

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161 MasterCard Worldwide 35

162 Takeda Oncology 35

163 Balfour Beatty Construction 34

164 Intercontinental Hotels Group 34

165 Texas Instruments 34

166 Accenture 33

167 Fidelity Investments 33

168 New York Life 33

169 Allstate Insurance Company 32

170 Prudential Financial 32

171 UPS 32

172 Cigna 31

173 Wyndham Hotel Group 31

174 Honda 30

175 A.J. O'Connor Associates 29

176 Uber 29

177 Cox Communications 28

178 FedEx 28

179 Ikea Holding U.S. 28

180 Red Bull 28

181 Aflac 26

182 Booz Allen Hamilton 24

183 Mars, Inc. 24

184 Virgin Airlines 24

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185 Automatic Data Processing (ADP) 23

186 Cummins 23

187 Devon Energy 22

188 eBay 22

189 Edward Jones 22

190 Hewlett-Packard 22

191 NuStar Energy 22

192 Verizon Communications 22

193 General Mills 21

194 MGM Mirage 21

195 Oracle 21

196 National Instruments 20

197 S.C. Johnson & Son 20

198 United Water 20

199 Taco Bell 18

200 Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants 17

201 Pratt & Whitney 17

202 Chesapeake Energy 16

203 Chrysler Group 16

204 Kraft Foods 16

205 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15

206 Hyatt Regency 15

207 Kellogg Company 15

208 T-Mobile 15

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209 Wendy's 15

210 Fujitsu 14

211 Ozy Media 14

212 Salesforce.com 14

213 The Odyssey Online 13

214 Wegmans Food Markets 13

215 Viacom 12

216 Zappos.com 12

217 Arby's 11

218 ConocoPhillips 11

219 Deutsche Bank 11

220 Hyundai Corporation 11

221 Koch Industries 11

222 Virgin Voyages 11

223 Citigroup 10

224 Georgia Pacific 10

225 Xerox Corp. 10

226 GPS Hospitality 9

227 Travelers Insurance 9

228 Brasfield & Gorrie 8

229 QuickTrip 8

230 Sprint 8

231 The Container Store 7

232 Campbell Soup Company 6

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233 Expedia 6

234 CBRE Group Inc. 5

235 Hitachi Data Systems 5

236 Global Payments 4

237 WorldPay 4

238 EquiFax 3

239 HSBC – North America 3

240 Express Scripts 2

241 HTC 2

242 TIAA 2

243 WestRock 2

244 BNY Mellon 1

245 InComm 1

246 N3 0

247 Veritiv 0

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