NoVA Company Tops Fortune's Best To Work For List Again

The business magazine Fortune, in partnership with analytics firm Great Place to Work, has released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States. Virginia had six of the best companies to work for in the nation, according to Fortune.

McLean-based Hilton took home the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, with Ultimate Software and Wegmans Food Markets rounding out the top three.

Hilton is the first non-tech company to take first place on the list for two years straight. Last year, the company's parental leave policy was changed, giving mothers 12 weeks, while fathers and adoptive parents get four weeks. This year, the company is continuing to implement an employee stock purchase program for all ranks of employment.

Here are the companies from Virginia on the list:

1. Hilton: McLean, Virginia

• Industry: Hospitality
• Rank last year: 1
• Employees: 62,000
• Percentage of women: 53.3 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 69.3 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $9,452 billion

19. Navy Federal Credit Union: Vienna, Virginia

• Industry: Financial services and insurance
• Rank last year: 29
• Employees: 18,648
• Percentage of women: 66.5 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 41.9 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $7.972 billion

20. CarMax: Richmond, Virginia

• Industry: Retail
• Rank last year: 33
• Employees: 26,041
• Percentage of women: 25 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 49.4 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $19.146 billion

24. Capital One Financial: McLean, Virginia

• Industry: Financial services and insurance
• Rank last year: 39
• Employees: 44,000
• Percentage of women: 52.6 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 48.6 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $33.766 billion

92. Custom Ink: Fairfax, Virginia

• Industry: Retail
• Rank last year: 86
• Employees: 1,665
• Percentage of women: 55.3 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 26.7 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $373 million

98. Mars: McLean, Virginia

• Industry: Manufacturing and production
• Rank last year: 98
• Employees: 14,490
• Percentage of women: 35.3 percent
• Percentage of minorities: 26.7 percent
• Revenue in 2019: $37 billion

To be considered for the list, companies submitted an application detailing over 200 data points describing their HR programs and practices. Great Place to Work, an analytics firm that has partnered with Fortune to create the list for the past 23 years, then conducted an anonymous survey of each company's workforce.

In total, 85 percent of the evaluation was based on what employees reported in the survey about “their experiences of trust and reaching their full human potential as part of their organization,” according to a methodology section for the rankings on Fortune’s website.

Companies need to employ at least 1,000 U.S. employees to be considered for the list, and government agencies aren’t eligible.

You can read the full methodology here.

Here are the top 10 companies to work for in the United States in 2020, according to Fortune:

1. Hilton
2. Ultimate Software
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Cisco
5. Workday
6. Salesforce
7. Edward Jones
8. Stryker
9. American Express
10. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

The full list of companies on the 2020 list is available on Fortune.