Best Employers In Maryland: Forbes List For 2019

MARYLAND — Forbes has released a new list that identifies the best employers in Maryland. Unlike Forbes’ annual list of the best employers in the country, the business magazine's first best employers by state feature consists of a unique list for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In Maryland, several school districts and colleges, along with health systems, led local employers on the list.

Still, Forbes writes that some employers took the No. 1 spot on many state lists. Costco Wholesale and Google took the most No. 1 spots, according to Forbes. Boeing also featured in more than one No. 1 spot, Forbes writes.

Two federal government agencies, the United States Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs, ranked on a number of state lists despite not being ranked nationally by Forbes.

According to Forbes, the best Maryland employers, number of employees nationally, and their headquarters are:

1. Department of Commerce, 46,608, Washington, District of Columbia
2. Kaiser Permanente, 217,173, Oakland, California
3. Howard County Public Schools, NA, Ellicott City, Maryland
4. The Community College of Baltimore County, NA, Baltimore, Maryland
5. Nordstrom, 72,500, Seattle, Washington
6. NASA, 17,324, Washington, District of Columbia
7. Best Buy, 125,000, Richfield, Minnesota
8. Amtrak, 19,600, Washington, District of Columbia
9. Medstar Health, 31,198, Columbia, Maryland
10. Marriott International, 133,238, Bethesda, Maryland
11. T Rowe Price, 6,700, Baltimore, Maryland
12. L Brands, 88,000, Columbus, Ohio
13. United States Department of Defense, 2,870,000, Arlington County, Virginia
14. IBM, 366,000, Armonk, New York
15. Hilton, 163,000, McLean, Virginia
16. Becton Dickinson, 28,734, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
17. Johns Hopkins University, 10,861, Baltimore, Maryland
18. American Airlines Group, 126,600, Fort Worth, Texas
19. Department of Health and Human Services, 91,565, Washington, District of Columbia
20. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 6,200, Baltimore, Maryland
21. Home Depot, 413,000, Atlanta, Georgia
22. Trader Joe's, NA, Monrovia, California
23. Navy Federal Credit Union, 17,000, Vienna, Virginia
24. Montgomery County Public Schools, 23,347, Rockville, Maryland
25. FedEx, 425,000, Memphis, Tennessee
26. Baltimore County, NA, Baltimore, Maryland
27. Exelon, 33,400, Chicago, Illinois
28. Meritus Health, NA, Hagerstown, Maryland
29. Johns Hopkins Medicine, 40,000, Baltimore, Maryland
30. Northrop Grumman, 70,000, Falls Church, Virginia
31. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 7,401, Baltimore, Maryland
32. Peninsula Regional Medical Center, 3,300, Salisbury, Maryland
33. Mercy Medical Center, NA, Baltimore, Maryland
34. United States Postal Service (USPS), 634,447, Washington, District of Columbia
35. DynCorp, 13,200, McLean, Virginia
36. SAIC, 15,000, McLean, Virginia
37. Westat, 1,900, Rockville, Maryland
38. Anne Arundel County Public Schools, 6,826, Annapolis, Maryland
39. Cigna, 46,000, Bloomfield, Connecticut
40. University of Maryland Medical Center, 27,712, Baltimore, Maryland
41. Lockheed Martin, 105,000, Bethesda, Maryland
42. Discovery, 7,000, Silver Spring, Maryland
43. BAE Systems, 29,100, Arlington, Washington
44. Food Lion, 63,000, Salisbury, North Carolina
45. T.G.I. Friday's, 74,000, Dallas, Texas
46. ASR Group, 5,000, West Palm Beach, Florida
47. Forever 21, 35,000, Los Angeles, California
48. Booz Allen Hamilton, 24,225, McLean, Virginia
49. Allstate, 42,460, Dallas, Texas
50. Johnson & Johnson, 134,000, New Brunswick, New Jersey
51. GBMC HealthCare, 3,900, Baltimore, Maryland
52. Ahold USA, 372,000, Quincy, Massachusetts
53. Albertsons, 280,000, Boise, Idaho
54. Social Security Administration, 60,000, Baltimore, Maryland
55. UnitedHealth Group, 260,000, Minnetonka, Minnesota
56. Wawa, 30,000, Wawa, Pennsylvania
57. Leidos, 31,000, Reston, Virginia
58. Harford County Public Schools, 7,000, Bel Air, Maryland
59. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 3,778, Rockville, Maryland
60. Gap, 135,000, San Francisco, California
61. Kohl's, 137,000, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
62. State Farm, 65,000, Bloomington, Illinois
63. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
64. Panera Bread, 100,000, St Louis, Missouri
65. Whole Foods Market, 86,000, Austin, Texas
66. Baltimore County Public Schools, NA, Towson, Maryland
67. Amazon, 563,100, Seattle, Washington
68. Verizon Communications, 155,400, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Forbes said it worked with Statista to come up with the rankings. An anonymous survey consisting of 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 500 employees was used to come up with the rankings. (You can read more about the methodology via Forbes)

You can see the full list and read more about the rankings via Forbes.