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100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

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Rank | Company | Job growth % | Company size | U.S. employees
1 | Google | 67 | Medium | 6,500
2 | Genentech | 25 | Medium | 9,979
3 | Wegmans Food Markets | 8 | Large | 33,737
4 | Container Store | 14 | Medium | 2,866
5 | Whole Foods Market | 15 | Large | 37,806
6 | Network Appliance | 33 | Medium | 3,553
7 | S.C. Johnson & Son | 0 | Medium | 3,400
8 | Boston Consulting Grp. | 15 | Small | 1,434
9 | Methodist Hospital Sys. | 5 | Medium | 9,424
10 | W.L. Gore & Associates | 9 | Medium | 4,945
11 | Cisco Systems | 3 | Large | 27,493
12 | David Weekley Homes | 19 | Small | 1,622
13 | Nugget Market | 1 | Small | 1,099
14 | Qualcomm | 17 | Medium | 8,860
15 | American Century Invest. | 1 | Small | 1,783
16 | Starbucks Coffee | 15 | Large | 109,873
17 | Quicken Loans | 19 | Medium | 3,512
18 | Station Casinos | 27 | Large | 13,957
19 | Alston & Bird | 6 | Small | 1,598
20 | QuikTrip | 0 | Medium | 7,833
21 | Griffin Hospital | 6 | Small | 1,098
22 | Valero Energy | 12 | Large | 18,730
23 | Vision Service Plan | 3 | Small | 1,968
24 | Nordstrom | 6 | Large | 48,374
25 | Ernst & Young | 6 | Large | 24,995
26 | Arnold & Porter | -8 | Small | 1,292
27 | Recreational Equip. (REI) | 16 | Medium | 8,522
28 | Kimley-Horn & Assoc. | 23 | Small | 2,173
29 | Edward Jones | 2 | Large | 30,326
30 | Russell Investment Grp. | 12 | Small | 1,206
31 | Adobe Systems | 33 | Medium | 3,604
32 | Plante & Moran | 11 | Small | 1,501
33 | Intuit | 6 | Medium | 6,889
34 | Umpqua Bank | 8 | Small | 1,435
35 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | 7 | Medium | 5,256
36 | Goldman Sachs | 6 | Large | 12,542
37 | Northwest Community Hospital | 7 | Medium | 3,299
38 | Robert W. Baird | -2 | Small | 2,080
39 | J.M. Smucker | -4 | Medium | 2,853
40 | Amgen | 21 | Large | 13,554
41 | JM Family Enterprises | 8 | Medium | 4,452
42 | PCL Construction | 19 | Medium | 3,020
43 | Genzyme | 10 | Medium | 5,920
44 | Yahoo | 26 | Medium | 6,840
45 | Bain & Co. | 11 | Small | 1,370
46 | First Horizon National | -6 | Large | 12,491
47 | American Fidelity Assur. | -2 | Small | 1,358
48 | SAS Institute | 2 | Medium | 5,239
49 | Nixon Peabody | 2 | Small | 1,511
50 | Microsoft | 13 | Large | 44,298
51 | Stew Leonard's | 5 | Small | 1,899
52 | OhioHealth | 7 | Large | 10,836
53 | Four Seasons Hotels | 10 | Large | 11,584
54 | Baptist Health Care | 0 | Medium | 4,095
55 | Dow Corning | 8 | Medium | 4,052
56 | Granite Construction | 7 | Medium | 4,662
57 | Publix Super Markets | 6 | Large | 136,863
58 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | 8 | Large | 28,463
59 | Pella | 9 | Medium | 9,331
60 | MITRE | 3 | Medium | 5,759
61 | SRA International | 21 | Medium | 4,861
62 | Mayo Clinic | 4 | Large | 39,457
63 | Booz Allen Hamilton | 8 | Large | 16,691
64 | Perkins Coie | -1 | Small | 1,519
65 | Alcon Laboratories | 4 | Medium | 6,460
66 | Jones Lang LaSalle | 26 | Medium | 7,812
67 | HomeBanc Mortgage | -2 | Small | 1,312
68 | Procter & Gamble | 2 | Large | 34,142
69 | Nike | 5 | Large | 13,664
70 | Paychex | 9 | Large | 10,911
71 | AstraZeneca | 1 | Large | 12,263
72 | Medtronic | 8 | Large | 21,648
73 | Aflac | 7 | Medium | 4,326
74 | American Express | -4 | Large | 29,145
75 | Quad/Graphics | -1 | Large | 10,099
76 | Deloitte & Touche USA | 9 | Large | 34,011
77 | Principal Financial Grp. | 3 | Large | 13,075
78 | Timberland | 6 | Small | 2,016
79 | TDIndustries | 4 | Small | 1,345
80 | Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. | 12 | Medium | 7,838
81 | Baptist Health S. Florida | 4 | Medium | 9,446
82 | CDW | 8 | Medium | 4,293
83 | EOG Resources | 17 | Small | 1,181
84 | Capital One Financial | 59 | Large | 19,047
85 | Standard Pacific | 25 | Medium | 2,856
86 | National Instruments | 6 | Small | 2,294
87 | Texas Instruments | -7 | Large | 15,274
88 | CarMax | 10 | Large | 12,553
89 | Marriott International | -1 | Large | 124,350
90 | Men's Wearhouse | 4 | Large | 11,508
91 | Memorial Health | 10 | Medium | 4,685
92 | Bright Horizons | 4 | Large | 14,164
93 | Milliken | 1 | Medium | 9,500
94 | Bingham McCutchen | 4 | Small | 1,618
95 | Vanguard | 6 | Large | 11,410
96 | IKEA North America | 21 | Large | 11,157
97 | KPMG | 4 | Large | 21,042
98 | Synovus | 4 | Large | 12,474
99 | A.G. Edwards | 1 | Large | 15,794
100 | Stanley | 6 | Small | 2,309

From the January 22, 2007 issue

Notes:

N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.

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Highest pay
Salaried employees at these Best Companies enjoy the highest average compensation.

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Nixon Peabody | $181,099
Bingham McCutchen | $180,050
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Best companies by state
These states are headquarters for the highest number of America's Top Employers.

State | No. of top employers
California | 13
Texas | 11
New York | 9
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Job growth
Google added 2,229 jobs last year, making it the fastest-growing of our Best Companies.

Company | % job growth
Google | 67
Capital One Financial | 59
Adobe Systems | 33
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Best benefits
These companies have the best benefit options.

Child care: | Men's Wearhouse
Telecommuting: | Cisco Systems
Work-life balance: | Recreational Equipment (REI)
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How we pick the 100 best
To choose the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we partner with Great Place to Work® Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. More than 105,000 employees from 446 companies responded to a 57-question survey. (more)

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