Do You Work For One Of The Best Employers In Michigan?
What do you do? Who do you work for? And are they on the list of The Best Employers In Michigan? The folks at Forbes came up with a list.
Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to pinpoint the organizations liked best by employees in our first-ever ranking of America’s best employers by state. The ranking is divided into 51 lists: one for each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. (Forbes)
The Michigan jobs range in variety, with everything from the auto industry to statewide health systems.
Three mid-Michigan based companies made the top 40: Auto-Owners Insurance (13), Consumers Energy (17), and Michigan State University (32). (WILX)
Here's the top 40 for Michigan. Is your company on here? (Source: Forbes)
Rank | Company | Employees | Headquarters | CEO | Year Founded |
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1 | University of Michigan Health System | 26,000 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D. | |
2 | Grand Valley State University | Allendale, Michigan | Thomas J. Haas | 1960 | |
3 | Microsoft | 131,000 | Redmond, Washington | Satya Nadella | 1985 |
4 | Ford Motor | 199,000 | Dearborn, Michigan | Jim Hackett | 1903 |
5 | FedEx | 227,000 | Memphis, Tennessee | Frederick W. Smith | 1987 |
6 | Darden Restaurants | 180,000 | Orlando, Florida | Eugene I. Lee, Jr. | 1968 |
7 | Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, Michigan | Wright Lassiter III | ||
8 | Pfizer | 92,400 | New York, New York | Ian C. Read | 1849 |
9 | Arconic | 43,000 | New York, New York | Charles P. Blankenschip | 2016 |
10 | Kellogg | 34,000 | Battle Creek, Michigan | Steven A. Cahillane | 1906 |
11 | General Motors | 173,000 | Detroit, Michigan | Mary T. Barra | 1908 |
12 | Auto-Owners Insurance | 4,763 | Lansing, Michigan | Jeffres S. tagsold | |
13 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | 237,150 | Auburn Hills, Michigan | Michael Manley | 2014 |
14 | Buffalo Wild Wings | 2,400 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Sally J. Smith | 1982 |
15 | Lowe's | 300,000 | Mooresville, North Carolina | Marvin Ellison | 1946 |
16 | Gentex | 5,481 | Zeeland, Michigan | Steve Downing | |
17 | Consumers Energy | 7,500 | Jackson, Michigan | Patricia K. Poppe | |
18 | United States Postal Service (USPS) | Washington, District of Columbia | Megan Brennan | ||
19 | DTE Energy | 10,600 | Detroit, Michigan | Gerard M. Anderson | 1995 |
20 | Bronson Healthcare | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Frank J. Sardone | ||
21 | Utica Community Schools | Sterling Heights, Michigan | Dr. Christine Johns | ||
22 | Beaumont Health | Royal Oak, Michigan | John T. Fox | ||
23 | Steelcase | 10,000 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Jim Keane | |
24 | Western Michigan University | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Edward Montgomery | 1903 | |
25 | TJX Companies | 235,000 | Framingham, Massachusetts | Ernie Herrman | |
26 | BASF | 122,404 | Florham Park, New Jersey | Martin Brudermüller | 1865 |
27 | Quicken Loans | 17,000 | Detroit, Michigan | Jay Farner | 1985 |
28 | The Auto Club Group | Dearborn, Michigan | Joseph Richardson | ||
29 | YMCA of the USA | 20,000 | Chicago, Illinois | Kevin Washington | |
30 | Denso | 19,204 | Southfield, Michigan | Koji Arima | 1949 |
31 | Honda Motor | 215,638 | Torrance, California | Takahiro Hachigo | 1948 |
32 | Michigan State University | 12,871 | East Lansing, Michigan | John Engler | 1855 |
33 | Domino's Pizza | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Richard Allison | 1960 | |
34 | Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan | 5,001 | Detroit, Michigan | Daniel J. Loepp | |
35 | Bank of America | 204,000 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Brian Moynihan | 1904 |
36 | Gordon Food Service | 19,000 | Wyoming, Michigan | Rich Wolowski | |
37 | SpartanNash | Grand Rapids, Michigan | David Staples | ||
38 | Checkers Drive-In Restaurants | Tampa, Florida | Enrique silva | ||
39 | Meijer | 80,000 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Rick Keyes |