Edited by Alan Schwarz

With U.S. unemployment rates historically low–just 3.4 percent this January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics–workers can be more selective than ever in choosing their employer. Even after the layoffs at many of the nation’s largest companies, from Microsoft and Salesforce to Disney and 3M, top talent can still find themselves with options with the help of some expert research on what U.S.-based employees say are the best companies to work for.

Forbes partnered with the market research firm Statista to compile our list of America’s Best Large Employers. The ranking is based on a survey of about 45,000 workers at American companies and institutions with 5,000 or more employees. Participants were asked if they would recommend their current employers to friends and family (on a scale of 0 to 10), and to cite any other employer they would also recommend.

Click here for the full list of America’s Best Large Employers 2023.

#1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

State: Massachusetts

Industries: Education

Employees: 15,722

Year Founded: 1861

#2 | Houston Methodist

State: Texas

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 27,947

Year Founded: 1919

#3 | Mayo Clinic

State: Minnesota

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 73,000

Year Founded: 1889

#4 | BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

State: Tennessee

Industries: Insurance

Employees: 6,000

Year Founded: 1945

#5 | H-E-B

State: Texas

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 145,000

Year Founded: 1905

#6 | University of Kentucky

State: Kentucky

Industries: Education

Employees: 12,000

Year Founded: 1865

#7 | Fidelity Investments

State: Massachusetts

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 52,000

Year Founded: 1946

#8 | Microsoft

State: Washington

Industries: IT, Internet, Software & Services

Employees: 122,000

Year Founded: 1975

#9 | In-N-Out Burger

State: California

Industries: Restaurants

Employees: 27,000

Year Founded: 1948

#10 | Cincinnati Children’s

State: Ohio

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 16,317

Year Founded: 1883

#11 | Google

State: California

Industries: IT, Internet, Software & Services

Employees: 156,500

Year Founded: 1998

#12 | Delta Air Lines

State: Georgia

Industries: Transportation and Logistics

Employees: 81,000

Year Founded: 1924

#13 | Ally Financial

State: Michigan

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 11,000

Year Founded: 1919

#14 | Northwestern Medicine

State: Illinois

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 33,700

Year Founded: 2016

#15 | Southern Company

State: Georgia

Industries: Utilities

Employees: 28,000

Year Founded: 1945

#16 | Trader Joe’s

State: California

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Year Founded: 1967

#17 | Salesforce.com

State: California

Industries: IT, Internet, Software & Services

Employees: 40,447

Year Founded: 1999

#18 | NASA

State: District of Columbia

Industries: Aerospace & Defense

Employees: 16,014

Year Founded: 1958

#19 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

State: Texas

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 18,800

Year Founded: 1943

#20 | Johns Hopkins Medicine

State: Maryland

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 27,000

Year Founded: 1889

#21 | UCLA Health

State: California

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 32,000

Year Founded: 1955

#22 | Nationwide Children’s Hospital

State: Ohio

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 13,207

Year Founded: 1892

#23 | Michelin Group

State: South Carolina

Industries: Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers)

Employees: 123,000

Year Founded: 1950

#24 | Community Health Network

State: Indiana

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 16,456

Year Founded: 1976

#25 | Costco Wholesale

State: Washington

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 202,000

Year Founded: 1983

#26 | Hilton

State: Virginia

Industries: Travel & Leisure

Employees: 360,000

Year Founded: 1919

#27 | University of Michigan

State: Michigan

Industries: Education

Employees: 52,258

Year Founded: 1817

#28 | Raymond James Financial

State: Florida

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 20,021

Year Founded: 1962

#29 | Amtrak

State: District of Columbia

Industries: Transportation and Logistics

Employees: 17,100

Year Founded: 1971

#30 | Penn Medicine

State: Pennsylvania

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 44,254

Year Founded: 1993

#31 | Stryker

State: Michigan

Industries: Health Care Equipment & Services

Employees: 25,000

Year Founded: 1941

#32 | American Express

State: New York

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 22,000

Year Founded: 1850

#33 | University of California, San Diego

State: California

Industries: Education

Employees: 37,064

Year Founded: 1960

#34 | Mutual of Omaha

State: Nebraska

Industries: Insurance

Employees: 5,800

Year Founded: 1909

#35 | Live Nation Entertainment

State: California

Industries: Travel & Leisure

Employees: 10,200

Year Founded: 2005

#36 | Apple

State: California

Industries: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Employees: 164,000

Year Founded: 1976

#37 | Cisco Systems

State: California

Industries: IT, Internet, Software & Services

Employees: 39,900

Year Founded: 1984

#38 | Fujifilm Holdings America

State: New York

Industries: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Employees: 37,022

Year Founded: 1934

#39 | Sherwin-Williams

State: Ohio

Industries: Engineering, Manufacturing

Employees: 48,068

Year Founded: 1866

#40 | Sony

Industries: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Employees: 110,000

Year Founded: 1946

#41 | Duke University Health System

State: North Carolina

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 23,462

Year Founded: 1998

#42 | United Services Automobile Association (USAA)

State: Texas

Industries: Insurance

Employees: 36,000

Year Founded: 1922

#43 | Ohio State University, Columbus

State: Ohio

Industries: Education

Employees: 45,407

Year Founded: 1870

#44 | Wegmans Food Markets

State: New York

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 52,000

Year Founded: 1916

#45 | Emory Healthcare

State: Georgia

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 24,000

Year Founded: 1905

#46 | Lockheed Martin

State: Maryland

Industries: Aerospace & Defense

Employees: 106,020

Year Founded: 1912

#47 | Brunswick

State: Illinois

Industries: Engineering, Manufacturing

Employees: 18,500

Year Founded: 1845

#48 | MUSC Health

State: South Carolina

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 25,000

Year Founded: 1824

#49 | HII

State: Virginia

Industries: Aerospace & Defense

Employees: 43,000

Year Founded: 2011

#50 | New York-Presbyterian Hospital

State: New York

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 26,500

Year Founded: 1998

#51 | Vanguard

State: Pennsylvania

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 18,800

Year Founded: 1975

#52 | Capital One

State: Virginia

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 50,767

Year Founded: 1994

#53 | Edward Jones

State: Missouri

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 50,000

Year Founded: 1922

#54 | The University of Kansas Health System

State: Kansas

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Year Founded: 1906

#55 | Intel

State: California

Industries: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Employees: 121,100

Year Founded: 1968

#56 | Charles Schwab

State: California

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 35,200

Year Founded: 1971

#57 | Marriott International

State: Maryland

Industries: Travel & Leisure

Employees: 97,000

Year Founded: 1927

#58 | Amgen

State: California

Industries: Drugs & Biotechnology

Employees: 24,000

Year Founded: 1980

#59 | Progressive

State: Ohio

Industries: Insurance

Employees: 49,000

Year Founded: 1937

#60 | Discover Financial Services

State: Illinois

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 16,700

Year Founded: 1985

#61 | Northrop Grumman

State: Virginia

Industries: Aerospace & Defense

Employees: 90,000

Year Founded: 1939

#62 | Morgan Stanley

State: New York

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 75,000

Year Founded: 1931

#63 | W. L. Gore & Associates

State: Delaware

Industries: Engineering, Manufacturing

Employees: 12,000

Year Founded: 1958

#64 | Rutgers University

State: New Jersey

Industries: Education

Employees: 24,800

Year Founded: 1766

#65 | University of Pennsylvania

State: Pennsylvania

Industries: Education

Employees: 18,000

Year Founded: 1740

#66 | BMW Group

State: New Jersey

Industries: Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers)

Employees: 120,000

Year Founded: 1916

#67 | Old Dominion Freight Line

State: North Carolina

Industries: Transportation and Logistics

Employees: 24,000

Year Founded: 1934

#68 | Legacy Health

State: Oregon

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 14,000

Year Founded: 1989

#69 | Washington University in Saint Louis

State: Missouri

Industries: Education

Employees: 8,900

Year Founded: 1853

#70 | Southwest Airlines

State: Texas

Industries: Transportation and Logistics

Employees: 64,000

Year Founded: 1967

#71 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center

State: Tennessee

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 40,000

Year Founded: 1874

#72 | Navy Federal Credit Union

State: Virginia

Industries: Banking and Financial Services

Employees: 14,700

Year Founded: 1933

#73 | American Express Global Business Travel

State: New York

Industries: Travel and Leisure

Employees: 18,000

Year Founded: 1850

#74 | General Mills

State: Minnesota

Industries: Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco

Employees: 15,000

Year Founded: 1866

#75 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

State: New York

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Year Founded: 1884

#76 | University of Washington

State: Washington

Industries: Education

Employees: 26,991

Year Founded: 1861

#77 | Dell Technologies

State: Texas

Industries: Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Technology Hardware & Equipment

Employees: 42,560

Year Founded: 1984

#78 | Hallmark Cards

State: Missouri

Industries: Packaged Goods

Employees: 20,000

Year Founded: 1910

#79 | QuikTrip

State: Oklahoma

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 24,000

Year Founded: 1958

#80 | SAP

State: Pennsylvania

Industries: IT, Internet, Software & Services

Employees: 110,000

Year Founded: 1972

#81 | University Hospitals

State: Ohio

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 30,000

Year Founded: 1866

#82 | Publix Super Markets

State: Florida

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 240,000

Year Founded: 1930

#83 | Topgolf

State: Texas

Industries: Travel & Leisure

Year Founded: 2000

#84 | Boeing

State: Illinois

Industries: Aerospace & Defense

Employees: 124,960

Year Founded: 1916

#85 | ALDI

State: Illinois

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 25,000

Year Founded: 1976

#86 | IKEA

State: Pennsylvania

Industries: Retail and Wholesale

Employees: 208,000

Year Founded: 1985

#87 | Hyatt Hotels

State: Illinois

Industries: Travel & Leisure

Employees: 44,000

Year Founded: 1957

#88 | Roche Holding

State: Indiana

Industries: Drugs & Biotechnology

Employees: 100,920

Year Founded: 1896

#89 | UNC Health Care

State: North Carolina

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 7,100

Year Founded: 1998

#90 | Purdue University

State: Indiana

Industries: Education

Year Founded: 1869

#91 | BJC HealthCare

State: Missouri

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 30,000

Year Founded: 1937

#92 | North Carolina State University, Raleigh

State: North Carolina

Industries: Education

Employees: 9,300

Year Founded: 1887

#93 | Bosch

State: Michigan

Industries: Engineering, Manufacturing

Employees: 402,600

Year Founded: 1886

#94 | Mass General Brigham

State: Massachusetts

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 74,000

Year Founded: 1994

#95 | Johns Hopkins University

State: Maryland

Industries: Education

Employees: 50,000

Year Founded: 1876

#96 | Keller Williams Realty

State: Texas

Industries: Business Services & Supplies

Employees: 194,453

Year Founded: 1983

#97 | Johnson & Johnson

State: New Jersey

Industries: Drugs & Biotechnology

Employees: 144,300

Year Founded: 1886

#98 | Cleveland Clinic

State: Ohio

Industries: Healthcare & Social

Employees: 72,500

Year Founded: 1921

#99 | Deere & Company

State: Illinois

Industries: Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers)

Employees: 75,600

Year Founded: 1837

#100 | University of Florida

State: Florida

Industries: Education

Employees: 30,682

Year Founded: 1853

Click here for the full list of America’s Best Large Employers 2023.