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Best Employers In New Jersey: New Forbes List

A new ranking from Forbes lists the best employers in all 50 states.

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NEW JERSEY — Forbes has released a new list that identifies the best employers in New Jersey. The best employer in the Garden State is Apple, Forbes said.

Costco Wholesale and ConocoPhillips were the only companies taking the No. 1 spot in more than one state, according to Forbes. Among the companies that appear in the top 100 in many states include FedEx, which appears in 27 states, and Amazon, which appears in 23.

School districts and colleges hold the top spot in eight states. Hospitals and health care systems were the top employers in five states.

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According to Forbes, the best New Jersey employers are:

  1. Apple
  2. Microsoft
  3. Mars
  4. Cherry Hill Public Schools
  5. Barclays
  6. Hard Rock International
  7. Costco Wholesale
  8. Johnson & Johnson
  9. Princeton University
  10. Department of Transportation
  11. Michaels Stores
  12. RWJ Barnabas Health
  13. Merck & Co.
  14. Neiman Marcus Group
  15. YMCA of the USA
  16. New Jersey Manufacturers
  17. TJX Companies
  18. Whole Foods Market
  19. Penn Medicine
  20. Nordstrom
  21. Hilton
  22. Lockhead Martin
  23. Best Buy
  24. IBM
  25. Virtua
  26. Rowan University
  27. Bank of America
  28. LabCorp
  29. Bristol Myers Squibb
  30. KPMG
  31. Wawa
  32. PSE&G
  33. Sanofi
  34. PricewaterhouseCoopers
  35. Meridian Health
  36. Morgan Stanley
  37. BASF
  38. Rutgers University
  39. BlackRock
  40. Orcle
  41. Educational Testing Service
  42. Amazon
  43. Starbucks
  44. Kohl's
  45. Iron Mountain
  46. Ahold USA
  47. AutoZone
  48. Trenton Public School District
  49. FedEx
  50. New Jersey Transit
  51. Church & Dwight
  52. Comcast
  53. United Parcel Service
  54. Inspira Health Network
  55. United States Department of Defense
  56. Pfizer
  57. BAE Systems
  58. Kean University
  59. Prudential Financial
  60. Allied Universal
  61. JPMorgan Chase
  62. AMC Entertainment
  63. L'Oreal
  64. Jefferson Health
  65. Home Depot
  66. Automatic Data Processing
  67. Selective Insurance
  68. Wells Fargo
  69. Darden Restaurants
  70. MGM Resorts
  71. Allstate
  72. Dollar General
  73. TD Bank
  74. Cognizant
  75. Staples

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.

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You can read more about the methodology and see the full rankings here.

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