100 Best companies
| Rank | Company | jobgrowth% | Company size | U.S. employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genentech | 20 | Midsized | 8,121 |
| 2 | Wegmans Food Markets | 7 | Large | 31,890 |
| 3 | Valero Energy | 5 | Large | 16,582 |
| 4 | Griffin Hospital | 2 | Small | 1,049 |
| 5 | W.L. Gore & Associates | 6 | Midsized | 4,537 |
| 6 | Container Store | 16 | Midsized | 2,857 |
| 7 | Vision Service Plan | -2 | Small | 1,915 |
| 8 | J.M. Smucker | -13 | Midsized | 2,930 |
| 9 | Recreational Equipment (REI) | 9 | Midsized | 7,443 |
| 10 | S.C. Johnson | 0 | Midsized | 3,404 |
| 11 | Boston Consulting Group | 17 | Small | 1,261 |
| 12 | Plante & Moran | 9 | Small | 1,356 |
| 13 | Quicken Loans | 60 | Midsized | 2,951 |
| 14 | HomeBanc Mortgage | 9 | Small | 1,342 |
| 15 | Whole Foods Market | 18 | Large | 33,248 |
| 16 | Edward Jones | 3 | Large | 29,197 |
| 17 | Republic Bancorp | -9 | Small | 1,190 |
| 18 | Baptist Health Care | 0 | Midsized | 4,003 |
| 19 | Alston & Bird | 3 | Small | 1,509 |
| 20 | Kimley-Horn & Associates | 24 | Small | 1,777 |
| 21 | QuikTrip | 6 | Midsized | 7,819 |
| 22 | American Century Investments | 0 | Small | 1,778 |
| 23 | Qualcomm | 23 | Midsized | 7,562 |
| 24 | David Weekley Homes | 18 | Small | 1,361 |
| 25 | Cisco Systems | 8 | Large | 26,644 |
| 26 | Goldman Sachs | 3 | Large | 11,836 |
| 27 | Network Appliance | 26 | Midsized | 2,712 |
| 28 | Four Seasons | -12 | Large | 10,625 |
| 29 | Starbucks | 26 | Large | 91,056 |
| 30 | SAS Institute | 1 | Midsized | 5,118 |
| 31 | Robert W. Baird | -1 | Small | 2,125 |
| 32 | Alcon Laboratories | 1 | Midsized | 6,227 |
| 33 | Nugget Markets | 10 | Small | 1,091 |
| 34 | CDW | 7 | Midsized | 3,948 |
| 35 | American Fidelity Assurance | 1 | Small | 1,385 |
| 36 | TDIndustries | -9 | Small | 1,297 |
| 37 | American Express | -3 | Large | 42,453 |
| 38 | Milliken | -3 | Midsized | 9,300 |
| 39 | Amgen | 6 | Large | 11,374 |
| 40 | JM Family Enterprises | 9 | Midsized | 4,114 |
| 41 | Timberland | -2 | Small | 1,978 |
| 42 | Microsoft | 1 | Large | 37,746 |
| 43 | Intuit | 6 | Midsized | 6,516 |
| 44 | Pella | 7 | Midsized | 8,758 |
| 45 | SRA International | 23 | Midsized | 3,986 |
| 46 | Nordstrom | 3 | Large | 45,112 |
| 47 | AFLAC | 5 | Midsized | 4,034 |
| 48 | Perkins Coie | -4 | Small | 1,553 |
| 49 | Nixon Peabody | 4 | Small | 1,563 |
| 50 | Northwest Community Hospital | 1 | Midsized | 3,089 |
| 51 | Genzyme | 9 | Midsized | 5,399 |
| 52 | Eli Lilly | -7 | Large | 21,898 |
| 53 | Hot Topic | 22 | Midsized | 8,314 |
| 54 | Arnold & Porter | -4 | Small | 1,383 |
| 55 | Station Casinos | 6 | Large | 10,967 |
| 56 | Publix Super Markets | 3 | Large | 129,412 |
| 57 | Synovus | 0 | Large | 11,860 |
| 58 | Stew Leonard's | -2 | Small | 1,819 |
| 59 | Baptist Health South Florida | 3 | Large | 10,706 |
| 60 | Vanguard Group | 8 | Large | 11,070 |
| 61 | Sherwin-Williams | 14 | Large | 27,938 |
| 62 | Memorial Health | 2 | Midsized | 4,301 |
| 63 | Russell Investment Group | 22 | Small | 1,092 |
| 64 | FedEx | 7 | Large | 212,241 |
| 65 | PCL Construction | 26 | Midsized | 2,543 |
| 66 | MITRE | 4 | Midsized | 5,575 |
| 67 | Ernst & Young | 5 | Large | 23,657 |
| 68 | Bronson Healthcare Group | 6 | Midsized | 3,396 |
| 69 | Valassis | 0 | Small | 1,803 |
| 70 | A.G. Edwards | 0 | Large | 15,708 |
| 71 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | 11 | Large | 26,392 |
| 72 | Booz Allen Hamilton | 9 | Large | 15,582 |
| 73 | Yahoo | 29 | Midsized | 5,444 |
| 74 | Standard Pacific | 22 | Small | 2,317 |
| 75 | Quad/Graphics | 1 | Large | 10,399 |
| 76 | Children's Heathcare of Atlanta | 4 | Midsized | 4,910 |
| 77 | National Instruments | 4 | Small | 2,148 |
| 78 | Methodist Hospital System | 6 | Midsized | 8,714 |
| 79 | East Penn Manufacturing | 2 | Midsized | 4,082 |
| 80 | CH2M Hill | 48 | Large | 17,770 |
| 81 | Autodesk | 5 | Small | 2,098 |
| 82 | Bingham McCutchen | 0 | Small | 1,542 |
| 83 | Texas Instruments | -6 | Large | 16,102 |
| 84 | Worthington Industries | -4 | Midsized | 6,233 |
| 85 | First Horizon National | 11 | Large | 13,228 |
| 86 | Principal Financial Group | 2 | Large | 12,723 |
| 87 | Washington Mutual | -7 | Large | 54,396 |
| 88 | Morrison & Foerster | 3 | Small | 2,145 |
| 89 | Mayo Clinic | 4 | Large | 38,085 |
| 90 | John Wiley & Sons | 1 | Small | 2,090 |
| 91 | Granite Construction | 6 | Midsized | 4,300 |
| 92 | Men's Wearhouse | 9 | Large | 10,757 |
| 93 | CarMax | 12 | Large | 11,400 |
| 94 | Bright Horizons | 8 | Large | 13,551 |
| 95 | Wm. Wrigley Jr. | -2 | Midsized | 3,372 |
| 96 | IKEA (U.S.) | 18 | Midsized | 9,499 |
| 97 | Intel | 1 | Large | 48,655 |
| 98 | General Mills | -5 | Large | 17,993 |
| 99 | Marriott International | 3 | Large | 126,704 |
| 100 | Nike | 5 | Large | 12,502 |
