America’s Most Admired Workplaces 2025

What's even better than landing your dream job at a company you admire? Finding out that the company's culture lives up to your expectations.

That's why Newsweek and Plant-A Insights are partnering to rate America's Most Admired Workplaces 2025 for the first time. This list highlights companies that employees respect and job searchers want to work for. From fostering innovation and professional growth to championing work-life balance, these organizations set the standard for what it means to be an admired employer.

We are proud to recognize 400 companies across dozens of industries, from software and aerospace to finance and health care. The list is based on a survey of more than 250,000 U.S. employees and over 1.5 million collected company reviews in the last two years. It also considers factors like corporate culture, work-life balance and career opportunities.

More than 168,000 of the interviewed employees answered, "For which employer would you love to work?" Those companies that were chosen by their current employees were given points toward the "inspirational factor" while companies that were chosen by workers outside of the organization were given points toward the "aspirational factor." The final rating combines inspirational and aspirational factors and overall company performance. Some notable names include Barnes & Noble, Citi and ESPN.

We hope this list helps you find companies that you admire, whether you're job searching, shopping or looking for some inspiration.

Large-Size Companies

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Company Profile

★★★★½3MConglomerates5000+Large-size company10b+1902Minnesota★★★★AccentureTechnology Services5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1989Virginia★★★★★Acco BrandsCommercial Printing5000+Large-size company1b to 10bIllinois★★★★½AdobeSoftware & Internet Services5000+Large-size company10b+1982California★★★★½AdventHealthHealth Care Providers5000+Large-size company100m to 1b1973Florida★★★★½AECOMCommercial & Industrial Engineering5000+Large-size company10b+1916Texas★★★★AetnaInsurance Services5000+Large-size company20m to 100m1853Connecticut★★★★Alaska AirFreight Transportation5000+Large-size company5b to 10bWashington★★★★★Alex LeeFood & Beverage Retail5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1931North Carolina★★★★Allied UniversalSecurity & Alarm Services5000+Large-size company10b+1957California★★★★AllstateInsurance Services5000+Large-size company10b+2013Georgia★★★★★AmazonGeneral Retail5000+Large-size company10b+Washington★★★★American AirlinesProfessional Services5000+Large-size company10b+Texas★★★★★AppleConsumer Products5000+Large-size company10b+1976California★★★★★Apple Leisure GroupHotels, Resorts, Casinos & Cruise Lines5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1970Pennsylvania★★★★AramarkCommercial Products & Office Supplies5000+Large-size company10b+1939Pennsylvania★★★★Ascension TexasHealth Care Providers5000+Large-size companyTexas★★★★Atrium HealthHealth Care Services5000+Large-size company5m to 20mNorth CarolinaVisit Profile★★★★½AutoZoneSpecialty Retail5000+Large-size company10b+1979Tennessee★★★★½B. BraunHealth Care Products5000+Large-size company1b to 5bPennsylvania★★★★½BAE Systems, Inc.Aerospace & Defense5000+Large-size company10b+1999Virginia★★★★½Bank of AmericaBanks5000+Large-size company10b+North Carolina★★★★½Baptist HealthHealth Care Services5000+Large-size company1b to 5b1921Arkansas★★★★½Bass Pro ShopsSpecialty Retail5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1972Missouri★★★★½Bath & Body WorksConsumer Products5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1990Ohio★★★★½BayerPharmaceuticals5000+Large-size company10b+1863California★★★★½Berkshire HathawayConglomerates5000+Large-size company10b+1839Nebraska★★★★Best BuySpecialty Retail5000+Large-size company10b+1966Minnesota★★★★½BoeingAerospace & Defense5000+Large-size company10b+1916Washington★★★★½Cabela'sSpecialty Retail5000+Large-size company1b to 5bNebraska★★★★Capital OneInvestment Management & Financial Advisory5000+Large-size company10b+1994Virginia★★★★½ChevronOil & Gas Refining, Storage & Transportation5000+Large-size company5b to 10b1879California★★★★½ChewySpecialty Retail5000+Large-size company11bFlorida★★★★Chick-fil-A, Inc.Restaurants5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1946Georgia★★★★½Chipotle Mexican GrillRestaurants5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1993California★★★★CignaInsurance Services5000+Large-size company10b+1982Connecticut★★★★★CiscoSoftware & Internet Services5000+Large-size company10b+California★★★★½CitiBanks5000+Large-size company10b+1812New York★★★★ComcastEntertainment5000+Large-size company10b+1963Pennsylvania★★★★★CostcoGeneral Retail5000+Large-size company10b+Washington★★★★CVS HealthDrug & Medical Retail5000+Large-size company10b+1963Rhode Island★★★★★D.L. Rogers Corp.Restaurants5000+Large-size company100m to 1b1976Texas★★★★★D.R. HortonResidential Construction5000+Large-size company10b+1978Texas★★★★★Daimler Trucks North AmericaProfessional Services5000+Large-size company1b to 5bOregon★★★★½DanaAuto Parts5000+Large-size company10b+1904Ohio★★★★Darden RestaurantsRestaurants5000+Large-size company1b to 10b1968Florida★★★★DaVitaHealth Care Services5000+Large-size company10b+1994Colorado★★★★½Dell TechnologiesConsumer Products5000+Large-size company10b+1984Texas★★★★½DeloitteProfessional Services5000+Large-size company10b+New York★★★★★DeltaFreight Transportation5000+Large-size company10b+1928Georgia

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METHODOLOGY

For the Overall Company Performance, we interviewed over 250,000 employees in the United States through a large-scale comprehensive online survey to review employers in detail (across eight categories and around 60 dedicated questions) and collected over 1.5 million comprehensive company reviews over the last two years. The sample was designed to be demographically representative, aligning with U.S. Census Data. Participants were recruited through multiple online access panels and interviewed anonymously to ensure impartial feedback about employers. Companies across78 individual sectors (PrivCo industries) were included. The study also encompassed the assessment of publicly accessible data through an extensive research program to identify and document more than 15 different Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These KPIs include metrics such as reviews and insights gathered from online platforms and social media.

More than 168,000 of the interviewed employees also answered: For which employer would you love to work?

Interviewed employees could choose their current employer (Inspirational Factor) and companies they admire and would love to work for in the future (Aspirational Factor).

The ranking is based on three dimensions:

1. Inspirational Factor

2. Aspirational Factor

3. Overall Company Performance

All companies went through thorough applied media monitoring, wereviewed all published press of the past 24 months (08/12/2022 – 08/13/2024) of all recognized companies to identify potential legal disputes around the workplace.

We calculated an individual company score based on our proprietary scoring model. The overall score for each companyincludes all three dimensions and more than 18 million data points.

The best 400 companies were awarded as America's Most Admired Workplaces!

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The desk research was kindly supported by Onclusive, the leading media monitoring partner with its world-class sentiment technology and PrivCo, a service that tracks private company financial information in a proprietary database.

Plant-A Insights Group has a strict no-pay-to-play policy. All awards are based on independent research and unbiased data analysis.

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