The 50 Best U.S. Companies With The Most Satisfied Workers, 2018?

Interestingly, the best U.S. company with the most satisfied workers for 2018 is a company that employs thousands of Americans but is headquartered in France. Tire manufacturer Michelin Group claimed the number-one spot on Forbes magazine’s 2018 list of America’s Best Employers.

The grocery chain Trader Joe’s was named the second best place to work, followed by Google, Principal Financial Group, and Costco Wholesale.

The list is based on employee-submitted reviews, magazine surveyed 30,000 American’s working for companies with 1,000+ employees. Respondents were asked to rate on a scale of zero to 10 how likely they would recommend their employer to others.

The 50 best U.S. companies with the most satisfied workers, 2018?

1. Michelin Group, Automotive, Greenville, South Carolina
2. Trader Joe’s, Monrovia, California
3. Google, Mountain View, California
4. Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa
5. Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, Washington
6. Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. NRG Energy, Princeton, New Jersey
8. Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, New York
9. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10. Navy Federal Credit Union, Vienna, Virginia

11. United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, Texas
12. Jack Henry & Associates, Monett, Missouri
13. Southwest Airlines, Dallas, Texas
14. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
15. Stanford University, Stanford, California
16. Lululemon, Athletica, Vancouver
17. Southern Company, Atlanta, Georgia
18. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
19. SAP, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
20. Mastercard, Purchase, New York

21. VMware, Palo Alto, California
22. Genentech, San Francisco, California
23. World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia
24. HDR, Omaha, Nebraska
25. Microsoft, Redmond, Washington
26. REI, Kent, Washington
27. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
28. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
29. Howard County Public Schools, Ellicott City, Maryland
30. John Hancock Financial, Boston, Massachusetts

31. Facebook, Menlo Park, California
32. Salesforce.com, San Francisco, California
33. JetBlue Airways, Long Island City, New York
34. Boscov’s, Reading, Pennsylvania
35. University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah
36. VSP Global, Rancho Cordova, California
37. Garmin, Olathe, Kansas
38. Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Florida
39. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
40. The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

41. Ingersoll Rand, Davidson, North Carolina
42. Sheetz, Altoona, Pennsylvania
43. Consumers Energy, Jackson, Michigan
44. Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California
45. Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland
46. OSF HealthCare, Peoria, Illinois
47. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina
48. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
49. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, California
50. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, New York