9 NJ Companies Ranked Among Forbes’ ‘America’s Best Large Employers’

NEW JERSEY — Workers in New Jersey are in a position to be more choosey about where they work with the historically low 3.4 percent unemployment rates, according to Forbes, which on Wednesday released its annual list of “America’s Best Large Employers.”

The business magazine partnered with the market research firm Statista to compile the ranking, based on a survey of about 45,000 workers at companies and institutions with 5,000 or more employees.

They were asked questions such as whether they would recommend their current workplace to family or friends and were also given the chance to cite other employers they would recommend. The 500 large employers on the list are those that received the most recommendations.

The New Jersey companies that made the top 100 are:

1. Rutgers University (ranked 64 overall with 24,800 employees)
2. BMW Group (ranked 66 overall with 120,000 employees)
3. America Express Global Business Travel (ranked 73 overall with 18,000 employees)
4. Johnson & Johnson (ranked 97 overall with 144,300 employees)

The New Jersey companies that made the top 200 are:

1. Merck & Co. (ranked 126 overall with 27,000 employees)
2. Prudential Financial (ranked 171 overall with 15,364 employees)
3. TD Bank (ranked 183 overall with 89,464 employees)
4. PSE&G Public Service Energy Group (ranked 198 overall with 12,600 employees)
5. Chanel (ranked 200overall with 28,500 employees)

Nationally, the Top 10 large employers on Forbes’ list are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Houston Methodist (Texas)
3. Mayo Clinic (Minnesota)
4. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
5. H-E-B (Texas)
6. University of Kentucky
7. Fidelity Investments (Massachusetts)
8. Microsoft (Washington)
9. In-N-Out Burger (California)
10. Cincinnati Children’s (Ohio)

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