33 IL Companies Make 2018 List Of Best Midsize Employers: Forbes

CHICAGO, IL — Book publisher Penguin Random House is the best midsize employer for 2018 in America, according to Forbes’ annual rankings of best employers in the country. The shoe and clothing company New Balance, along with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, L.L. Bean and TripAdvisor all made the top 10.

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Forbes’ rankings were released on Tuesday and include 500 companies that have at least 1,000 employees. On the list are 33 companies that are based in Illinois. The highest ranked Illinois company on the list is Navigant Consulting (No. 16), which is headquartered in Chicago.

Here are all the Illinois companies that made the list:

• Navigant Consulting (No. 16), Chicago
• Hub Group (No. 22), Oak Brook
• Leica Microsystems (No. 41), Buffalo Grove
• DSM (No. 76), Elgin
• Rush Health (N0. 79), Chicago
• Mead Johnson Nutrition (No. 88), Glenview
• Crowe Horwath (No. 90), Chicago
• COUNTRY Financial (No. 104), Bloomington
• MB Financial (No. 127), Chicago
• Ingredion (No. 141), Westchester
• Zebra Technologies (No. 145), Lincolnshire
• Paylocity (No. 146), Arlington Heights
• CIBC Bank USA (No. 149), Chicago
• McMaster-Carr (No. 155), Elmhurst
• Brunswick (No. 168), Lake Forest
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (No. 178), Carbondale
• Astellas Pharma (No. 191), Chicago
• CCC Information Services (No. 263), Chicago
• Guaranteed Rate (No. 287), Chicago
• MillerCoors (No. 294), Chicago
• True Value (No. 311), Chicago
• AAR (No. 316), Wood Dale
• First Midwest Bank (No. 334), Itasca
• Empire Today (No. 346), Northlake
• Beam Suntory (No. 348), Chicago
• Edelman (No. 352), Chicago
• Sargent & Lundy (No. 362), Chicago
• S&C Electric (No. 370), Chicago
• Coyote Logistics (No. 389), Chicago
• Option Care Enterprises (No, 397), Buffalo Grove
• Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (No. 441), Plaza
• Riverside Healthcare (No. 490), Kankakee
• Morningstar (No. 494), Chicago

Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile the list. Statista surveyed 30,000 people, asking respondents to rate how likely they’d be to recommend their employer to others, Forbes explains. Respondents were also asked to nominate organizations outside of their own, according to Forbes.

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