“It has never been easy to find a job at an organization that values its employees, provides generous benefits, offers career advancement opportunities and gives staff the chance to produce meaningful work alongside supportive colleagues. But over the past 10 years, Forbes has made it a little bit easier for job seekers to find these top companies with the assistance of our lists of America’s Best Midsize Employers and America’s Best Large Employers. Our rankings, which identify the companies that are rated most highly by their employees, have been helping job candidates find their right-fit companies throughout the past decade—a decade that has included economic ups and downs, a global pandemic, the rise of remote work, an increased focus on sustainability and the adoption of AI tools. And this year, our 10th year producing America’s Best Employers, is no different. To create our 10th anniversary lists, Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to survey more than 217,000 employees working at companies within the U.S. that employ more than 1,000 people. The organizations were stratified so that companies with 1,000 to 5,000 employees were deemed midsize, while companies with more than 5,000 employees were considered large employers. Survey respondents (who remained anonymous so they could answer freely) were asked if they would recommend their employer to others and to rate it based on a range of criteria, including salary, work environment, training programs and opportunities to advance. Participants were also asked if they would recommend their previous employers (within the past two years) and the employers they knew through their industry experience or through friends or family who worked there. The responses were tallied and analyzed along with additional survey data from the last three years, which allowed for a robust assessment of organizations that consistently ranked well versus those that may have had just one good year. The more recent data and the evaluations from current employees were weighted more heavily than others. Ultimately, each employer was given a score, and the 1,199 organizations with the highest scores landed on one of our two final lists—498 companies on America’s Best Midsize Employers 2025, and 701 organizations on America’s Best Large Employers 2025.

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