40 CT Employers Make Forbes’ ‘America’s Best’ List: See Them All Here

CONNECTICUT — Forty companies doing business in Connecticut made Forbes’ new inventory of “America’s Best Employers By State.”

The global COVID-19 pandemic caused big shifts in the workplace, Forbes noted with the release of the list Wednesday. More employees are working remotely, and their priorities have changed.

As a result, Forbes said in a news story revealing the ranking, “employers have had to motivate talent, combat burnout and ensure the well-being and safety of their workers, while pursuing profits amid a sensitive political landscape that spurred new levels of corporate activism — not to mention a growing divide in what people want from institutions and companies.”

Forbes partnered with the market research firm Statista to compile the list, based on an anonymous survey of 70,000 Americans working for businesses that employ at least 500 people. The final list ranks 1,382 employers receiving the most recommendations. Read more about the methodology.

In Connecticut, Pfizer, with 29,000 employees, topped the list. Rounding out the top five were The Hartford, with 18,100 employees; Marriott International with 97,000 employees;Yale University with 15,243 employees; and Lockheed Martin with 106,020 employees.

Other companies on the list are:

6. Boehringer Ingelheim
7. Prudential Financial
8. Fairfield Public Schools
9. University of Connecticut
10. Yale New Haven Health
11. Hartford HealthCare
12. IBM
13. Raytheon Technologies
14. World Wrestling Entertainment
15. Mohegan
16. Hilton
17. Lowe's
18. General Dynamics
19. Cigna
20. City of Stamford
21. United States Postal Service
22. The Home Depot
23. United States Department of Defense
24. State of Connecticut
25. Kohl's
26. UnitedHealth Group
27. Henkel
28. Target
29. All Star Transportation
30. CareCentrix
31. Blue Buffalo
32. Bank of America
31. Comcast
34. Webster Bank
35. Daymon
36. Eversource Energgy
37. Avangrid
38. United Parcel Service
39. Macy's
40. Big Y World Class Market

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Forbes also ranks the best employers nationally, but said its state rankings are intended to show how companies are perceived in different parts of the country.

Of the 1,382 employers ranked, 246 were ranked in more than one state. The U.S. Department of State, for example, was ranked in 31 states. Home Depot and Target were each ranked in 29 states.

The employers making the list universally value fair pay, safe working conditions and an inclusive work culture, Forbes said. This year, the survey questions addressed remote work benefits, the wage gap for women, and initiatives around diversity, equity and inclusion — themes that emerged as a result of the pandemic and growing political polarization, Forbes said.