100 Best Companies to Work for in America

2005

10,000+ employees

This year, in addition to the overall ranking of the "100 Best", we have clustered companies by size in order to see companies grouped with like-sized peers.

Companies with 10,000 or more employees are presented below, in rank order within their size grouping, with their overall rank posted to the left.

The List Publisher's Site: Fortune Magazine

Rank	Companies
1	Wegmans Food Markets 30128 employees www.wegmans.com Industry: Retail - Food/Grocery Ownership: Private State: New York
23	Valero Energy 15882 employees www.valero.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Gasoline/Retail Marketer Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Texas
30	Whole Foods Market 28858 employees www.wholefoodsmarket.com Industry: Retail - Food/Grocery Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Texas
31	Baptist Health South Florida 10477 employees www.baptisthealth.net Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Florida
33	Amgen 10736 employees www.amgen.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Biotechnology Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: California
35	Goldman Sachs 11503 employees www.gs.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: New York
37	American Express 43624 employees www.americanexpress.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: New York
50	Synovus 11841 employees www.synovus.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Georgia
51	Four Seasons Hotels 11882 employees www.fourseasons.com Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
54	Station Casinos 10338 employees www.stationcasinos.com Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Nevada
56	A.G. Edwards 15850 employees www.agedwards.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Investments Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Missouri
57	Microsoft 37460 employees www.microsoft.com Industry: Information Technology Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Washington
58	General Mills 19019 employees www.generalmills.com Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Minnesota
61	Principal Financial Group 12501 employees www.principal.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Iowa
63	Marriott International 124503 employees www.marriott.com Industry: Hospitality - Hotel/Resort Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: District of Columbia
66	Procter & Gamble 34162 employees www.pg.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Personal and Household goods Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Ohio
68	First Horizon National 11998 employees www.firsthorizon.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Tennessee
71	Medtronic 19294 employees www.medtronic.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Medical devices Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Minnesota
72	Vanguard Group 10231 employees www.vanguard.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Cooperative State: Pennsylvania
73	Eli Lilly 23571 employees www.lilly.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Indiana
75	Booz Allen Hamilton 14304 employees www.boozallen.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private State: Virginia
76	Pfizer 43826 employees www.pfizer.com Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: New York
80	Ernst & Young 23431 employees www.ey.com Industry: Professional Services - Consulting-Actuarial/Risk Assessment Ownership: Private State: New York
81	Mayo Clinic 36909 employees www.mayoclinic.org Industry: Health Care - Hospital Ownership: Non-profit State: Minnesota
82	PricewaterhouseCoopers 23815 employees www.pwc.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private State: New York
84	Popular 11398 employees www.bancopopular.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance Ownership: Publicy quoted/held
86	Texas Instruments 17080 employees www.ti.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production - Electronics Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Texas
87	CarMax 10222 employees www.carmax.com Industry: Retail - Specialty Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Virginia
88	Nordstrom 42869 employees www.nordstrom.com Industry: Retail Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Washington
89	MBNA 22718 employees www.mbna.com Industry: Financial Services & Insurance - Banking/Credit Services Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Delaware
90	Deloitte & Touche 29541 employees www.deloitte.com Industry: Professional Services Ownership: Private State: New York
94	Publix Super Markets 123826 employees www.publix.com Industry: Retail - Food/Grocery Ownership: Private State: Florida
96	FedEx 198652 employees www.fedex.com Industry: Transportation - Package Transport Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Tennessee
98	Bright Horizons Family Solutions 12804 employees www.brighthorizons.com Industry: Education & Training Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Massachusetts
99	Sherwin-Williams 24832 employees www.sherwin-williams.com Industry: Manufacturing & Production Ownership: Publicy quoted/held State: Ohio

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Companies with 10,000 or more employees

Companies with 2,500 - 9,999 employees

Companies with 1,000 to 2,499 employees