Forbes’ picks for Wisconsin’s best companies to work for
Top employers across Wisconsin landed on the latest Forbes report ranking midsize and large employers for the nation’s best places to work.
The annual ranking of midsize employers is based on a survey of more than 170,000 U.S.-based workers at American companies. Organizations with 1,000 to 5,000 employees were classified as midsize employers, and companies with more than 5,000 employees were considered large.
Here’s what Wisconsin companies made Forbes’ list of best midsize and large employers:
Wisconsin’s best midsize employers, according to Forbes
● Acuity Insurance (126th place)
● Bellin Health (138)
● Johnsonville (181)
● Lands’ End (219)
● Blain’s Farm & Fleet (220)
● Winnebago County, WI (271)
● Robert W. Baird (284)
● Sentry Insurance (292)
● Marten Transport (380)
● WPS Health Solutions (381)
Wisconsin’s best large employers, according to Forbes
● Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (89)
● Kwik Trip/ Kwik Star (92)
● University of Wisconsin, Madison (113)
● Gundersen Health System (159)
● Uline (250)
● Rockwell Automation (260)
● American Family Insurance (309)
● Schreiber Foods (393)
● Schneider National (429)
● Northwestern Mutual (492)
● Kohler (497)
● Johnson Controls (558)
Top 5 midsize employers in U.S., according to Forbes
1. California State University, Los Angeles (California)
2. Edgewell Personal Care (Connecticut)
3. Alzheimer’s Association (Illinois)
4. Businessolver (Iowa)
5. Jupiter Medical Center (Florida)
Top 5 large employers in U.S., according to Forbes
1. Novo Nordisk (New Jersey)
2. Garmin (Kansas)
3. Cook Children’s Health Care System (Texas)
4. Children’s Hospital Colorado (Colorado)
5. Delta Air Lines (Georgia)
Methodology
Employees were asked to rate their employer and say if they would recommend their employer to others. Current employees, employees who had worked for the company within the past two years, and individuals familiar with the company responded to the survey. Greater weight was given to evaluations from current employees and former employees.
The report included data from the past three years, with recent data weighted more heavily, to better classify companies that have been rated well over time.