100 BEST COMPANIES OF U.S.A. TO WORK FOR IN 2007

Rank Company Job growth % Company size U.S. employees
1 Google 67 Medium 6,500
2 Genentech 25 Medium 9,979
3 Wegmans Food Markets 8 Large 33,737
4 Container Store 14 Medium 2,866
5 Whole Foods Market 15 Large 37,806
6 Network Appliance 33 Medium 3,553
7 S.C. Johnson & Son 0 Medium 3,400
8 Boston Consulting Grp. 15 Small 1,434
9 Methodist Hospital Sys. 5 Medium 9,424
10 W.L. Gore & Associates 9 Medium 4,945
11 Cisco Systems 3 Large 27,493
12 David Weekley Homes 19 Small 1,622
13 Nugget Market 1 Small 1,099
14 Qualcomm 17 Medium 8,860
15 American Century Invest. 1 Small 1,783
16 Starbucks Coffee 15 Large 109,873
17 Quicken Loans 19 Medium 3,512
18 Station Casinos 27 Large 13,957
19 Alston & Bird 6 Small 1,598
20 QuikTrip 0 Medium 7,833
21 Griffin Hospital 6 Small 1,098
22 Valero Energy 12 Large 18,730
23 Vision Service Plan 3 Small 1,968
24 Nordstrom 6 Large 48,374
25 Ernst & Young 6 Large 24,995
26 Arnold & Porter -8 Small 1,292
27 Recreational Equip. (REI) 16 Medium 8,522
28 Kimley-Horn & Assoc. 23 Small 2,173
29 Edward Jones 2 Large 30,326
30 Russell Investment Grp. 12 Small 1,206
31 Adobe Systems 33 Medium 3,604
32 Plante & Moran 11 Small 1,501
33 Intuit 6 Medium 6,889
34 Umpqua Bank 8 Small 1,435
35 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 7 Medium 5,256
36 Goldman Sachs 6 Large 12,542
37 Northwest Community Hospital 7 Medium 3,299
38 Robert W. Baird -2 Small 2,080
39 J.M. Smucker -4 Medium 2,853
40 Amgen 21 Large 13,554
41 JM Family Enterprises 8 Medium 4,452
42 PCL Construction 19 Medium 3,020
43 Genzyme 10 Medium 5,920
44 Yahoo 26 Medium 6,840
45 Bain & Co. 11 Small 1,370
46 First Horizon National -6 Large 12,491
47 American Fidelity Assur. -2 Small 1,358
48 SAS Institute 2 Medium 5,239
49 Nixon Peabody 2 Small 1,511
50 Microsoft 13 Large 44,298
51 Stew Leonard's 5 Small 1,899
52 OhioHealth 7 Large 10,836
53 Four Seasons Hotels 10 Large 11,584
54 Baptist Health Care 0 Medium 4,095
55 Dow Corning 8 Medium 4,052
56 Granite Construction 7 Medium 4,662
57 Publix Super Markets 6 Large 136,863
58 PricewaterhouseCoopers 8 Large 28,463
59 Pella 9 Medium 9,331
60 MITRE 3 Medium 5,759
61 SRA International 21 Medium 4,861
62 Mayo Clinic 4 Large 39,457
63 Booz Allen Hamilton 8 Large 16,691
64 Perkins Coie -1 Small 1,519
65 Alcon Laboratories 4 Medium 6,460
66 Jones Lang LaSalle 26 Medium 7,812
67 HomeBanc Mortgage -2 Small 1,312
68 Procter & Gamble 2 Large 34,142
69 Nike 5 Large 13,664
70 Paychex 9 Large 10,911
71 AstraZeneca 1 Large 12,263
72 Medtronic 8 Large 21,648
73 Aflac 7 Medium 4,326
74 American Express -4 Large 29,145
75 Quad/Graphics -1 Large 10,099
76 Deloitte & Touche USA 9 Large 34,011
77 Principal Financial Grp. 3 Large 13,075
78 Timberland 6 Small 2,016
79 TDIndustries 4 Small 1,345
80 Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Ntwrk. 12 Medium 7,838
81 Baptist Health S. Florida 4 Medium 9,446
82 CDW 8 Medium 4,293
83 EOG Resources 17 Small 1,181
84 Capital One Financial 59 Large 19,047
85 Standard Pacific 25 Medium 2,856
86 National Instruments 6 Small 2,294
87 Texas Instruments -7 Large 15,274
88 CarMax 10 Large 12,553
89 Marriott International -1 Large 124,350
90 Men's Wearhouse 4 Large 11,508
91 Memorial Health 10 Medium 4,685
92 Bright Horizons 4 Large 14,164
93 Milliken 1 Medium 9,500
94 Bingham McCutchen 4 Small 1,618
95 Vanguard 6 Large 11,410
96 IKEA North America 21 Large 11,157
97 KPMG 4 Large 21,042
98 Synovus 4 Large 12,474
99 A.G. Edwards 1 Large 15,794
100 Stanley 6 Small 2,309