Best Employers In Florida: New Forbes List

SARASOTA, FL — Forbes has released a new list that identifies the best employers in Florida. Unlike Forbes’ annual list of the best employers in the country, the first-ever best employers by state feature consists of a unique list for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Still, Forbes writes that some employers took the No.1 spot on many state lists. Costco Wholesale and Google took the most No.1 spots, according to Forbes. Boeing also featured in more than one No.1 spot, Forbes writes.

Two federal government agencies, the United States Department of Defense and the Department of Veteran Affairs, ranked on a number of state lists despite not being ranked nationally by Forbes.

According to Forbes, the best Florida employers are:

1. Costco Wholesale headquartered in Issaquah, Washington
2. Microsoft headquartered in Redmond, Washington
3. Raymond James Financial headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida

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. (You can read more about the methodology via Forbes)

You can see the full list and read more about the rankings via Forbes.