Company
|
Best Cos. rank
|
U.S. employees
|
% women
|
Bright Horizons
|
80
|
14,437
|
96%
|
Build-A-Bear Workshop
|
94
|
4,886
|
86%
|
Northwest Community Hospital
|
77
|
3,372
|
83%
|
Childrenís Healthcare of Atlanta
|
67
|
5,850
|
82%
|
Southern Ohio Medical Center
|
68
|
2,188
|
82%
|
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network
|
76
|
8,897
|
81%
|
Arkansas Childrenís Hospital
|
85
|
3,527
|
81%
|
OhioHealth
|
19
|
11,858
|
78%
|
Scripps Health
|
59
|
10,374
|
78%
|
Griffin Hospital
|
62
|
1,143
|
78%
|
Atlantic Health
|
75
|
6,968
|
77%
|
Umpqua Bank
|
34
|
1,707
|
76%
|
Kingís Daughters Medical Cntr.
|
45
|
3,041
|
76%
|
Erickson Retirement Communities
|
54
|
10,871
|
76%
|
Methodist Hospital System
|
8
|
10,535
|
75%
|
Baptist Health South Florida
|
79
|
10,641
|
75%
|
Nordstrom
|
72
|
49,236
|
72%
|
Johnson Financial Group
|
25
|
1,300
|
71%
|
Mayo Clinic
|
63
|
41,955
|
71%
|
Aflac
|
26
|
4,493
|
67%
|
American Fidelity Assurance
|
46
|
1,509
|
67%
|
Vanderbilt University
|
98
|
21,041
|
67%
|
Principal Financial Group
|
17
|
13,343
|
66%
|
Starbucks
|
24
|
146,700
|
66%
|
Container Store
|
32
|
3,286
|
66%
|
Edward Jones
|
2
|
34,496
|
65%
|
Bingham McCutchen
|
30
|
1,605
|
63%
|
Paychex
|
39
|
12,207
|
62%
|
Mattel
|
48
|
5,552
|
60%
|
Zappos.com
|
23
|
1,655
|
59%
|
Alston & Bird
|
36
|
1,718
|
59%
|
Perkins Coie
|
82
|
1,696
|
59%
|
Arnold & Porter
|
21
|
1,296
|
56%
|
Plante & Moran
|
42
|
1,558
|
55%
|
Novo Nordisk
|
57
|
3,053
|
55%
|
Marriott International
|
78
|
124,247
|
55%
|
Wegmans Food Markets
|
5
|
37,195
|
54%
|
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
|
87
|
1,609
|
54%
|
Genentech
|
7
|
10,969
|
51%
|
Camden Property Trust
|
41
|
1,849
|
50%
|
Menís Wearhouse
|
71
|
16,477
|
50%
|
Ernst & Young
|
51
|
26,090
|
49%
|
KPMG
|
56
|
24,442
|
49%
|
Publix Super Markets
|
88
|
141,314
|
49%
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
|
58
|
29,144
|
48%
|
Alcon Laboratories
|
74
|
7,160
|
48%
|
T-Mobile
|
96
|
39,822
|
48%
|
Boston Consulting Group
|
3
|
1,680
|
47%
|
SAS
|
20
|
5,381
|
45%
|
Deloitte
|
61
|
38,903
|
45%
|
Stanley
|
70
|
4,590
|
45%
|
Four Seasons Hotels
|
92
|
13,401
|
45%
|
Nugget Market
|
10
|
1,536
|
44%
|
Robert W. Baird
|
14
|
2,184
|
44%
|
Whole Foods Market
|
22
|
51,967
|
44%
|
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
|
95
|
6,298
|
44%
|
Quicken Loans
|
29
|
2,890
|
43%
|
Intuit
|
49
|
7,637
|
43%
|
Stew Leonardís
|
53
|
2,219
|
43%
|
eBay
|
83
|
9,089
|
42%
|
Recreational Equipment (REI)
|
12
|
9,780
|
41%
|
JM Family Enterprises
|
33
|
4,577
|
41%
|
W. L. Gore & Associates
|
15
|
5,481
|
40%
|
Herman Miller
|
89
|
5,646
|
40%
|
Accenture
|
97
|
32,318
|
40%
|
General Mills
|
99
|
17,018
|
40%
|
SRA International
|
100
|
6,266
|
40%
|
EOG Resources
|
40
|
1,803
|
39%
|
S.C. Johnson & Son
|
81
|
3,368
|
39%
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
52
|
19,243
|
38%
|
Milliken
|
64
|
8,150
|
38%
|
Valero Energy
|
93
|
16,881
|
38%
|
Goldman Sachs
|
9
|
14,088
|
37%
|
QuikTrip
|
27
|
10,159
|
37%
|
Adobe Systems
|
11
|
4,255
|
35%
|
Scottrade
|
60
|
1,946
|
34%
|
Google
|
4
|
12,580
|
33%
|
Kimley-Horn & Associates
|
35
|
2,190
|
33%
|
Salesforce.com
|
55
|
1,958
|
33%
|
Devon Energy
|
13
|
3,752
|
32%
|
MITRE
|
66
|
6,420
|
31%
|
DreamWorks Animation SKG
|
47
|
1,614
|
29%
|
FedEx
|
90
|
233,457
|
28%
|
National Instruments
|
69
|
2,527
|
27%
|
Cisco Systems
|
6
|
37,123
|
26%
|
Shared Technologies
|
18
|
1,568
|
26%
|
CH2M HILL
|
86
|
19,011
|
26%
|
Gilbane
|
91
|
2,169
|
26%
|
Qualcomm
|
16
|
11,932
|
25%
|
Microsoft
|
38
|
55,237
|
25%
|
NetApp
|
1
|
5,014
|
24%
|
CarMax
|
31
|
16,107
|
24%
|
Burns & McDonnell
|
50
|
2,840
|
23%
|
Texas Instruments
|
65
|
14,379
|
23%
|
Chesapeake Energy
|
73
|
6,850
|
23%
|
Rackspace Hosting
|
43
|
1,992
|
22%
|
Juniper Networks
|
84
|
3,743
|
22%
|
NuStar Energy
|
44
|
1,319
|
19%
|
PCL Construction Enterprises
|
28
|
4,420
|
10%
|
TDIndustries
|
37
|
1,713
|
9%
|
From the February 2, 2009 issue
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