| Rank |
Company |
Best Cos. rank |
U.S. employees |
| 1 |
Edward Jones |
2 |
34,496 |
| 2 |
Google |
4 |
12,580 |
| 3 |
Wegmans Food Markets |
5 |
37,195 |
| 4 |
Cisco Systems |
6 |
37,123 |
| 5 |
Genentech |
7 |
10,969 |
| 6 |
Methodist Hospital System |
8 |
10,535 |
| 7 |
Goldman Sachs |
9 |
14,088 |
| 8 |
Qualcomm |
16 |
11,932 |
| 9 |
Principal Financial Group |
17 |
13,343 |
| 10 |
OhioHealth |
19 |
11,858 |
| 11 |
Whole Foods Market |
22 |
51,967 |
| 12 |
Starbucks |
24 |
146,700 |
| 13 |
QuikTrip |
27 |
10,159 |
| 14 |
CarMax |
31 |
16,107 |
| 15 |
Microsoft |
38 |
55,237 |
| 16 |
Paychex |
39 |
12,207 |
| 17 |
Ernst & Young |
51 |
26,090 |
| 18 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
52 |
19,243 |
| 19 |
Erickson Retirement Communities |
54 |
10,871 |
| 20 |
KPMG |
56 |
24,442 |
| 21 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
58 |
29,144 |
| 22 |
Scripps Health |
59 |
10,374 |
| 23 |
Deloitte |
61 |
38,903 |
| 24 |
Mayo Clinic |
63 |
41,955 |
| 25 |
Texas Instruments |
65 |
14,379 |
| 26 |
Men’s Wearhouse |
71 |
16,477 |
| 27 |
Nordstrom |
72 |
49,236 |
| 28 |
Marriott International |
78 |
124,247 |
| 29 |
Baptist Health South Florida |
79 |
10,641 |
| 30 |
Bright Horizons |
80 |
14,437 |
| 31 |
CH2M HILL |
86 |
19,011 |
| 32 |
Publix Super Markets |
88 |
141,314 |
| 33 |
FedEx |
90 |
233,457 |
| 34 |
Four Seasons Hotels |
92 |
13,401 |
| 35 |
Valero Energy |
93 |
16,881 |
| 36 |
T-Mobile |
96 |
39,822 |
| 37 |
Accenture |
97 |
32,318 |
| 38 |
Vanderbilt University |
98 |
21,041 |
| 39 |
General Mills |
99 |
17,018 |
From the February 2, 2009 issue
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