These Are The Top Employers In MN In Forbes Ranking

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Forbes’ 2025 ranking of America’s Best Employers By State is based on surveys of more than 169,000 employees who work for a company of at least 500 within the United States.

They were asked on a scale of zero to 10 how likely they were to recommend their current employer, and also evaluate their workplace on such things as wages, parity, work culture, and paths to professional advancement, and whether their employer takes action on serious issues, such as sexual harassment.

The survey, conducted by market research firm Statista, also asked respondents to evaluate other recent employers and organizations they knew through their industry or through family and friends who work there.

The top 60 companies in Minnesota are:

1. Costco Wholesale — Retail and Wholesale — Issaquah, Washington — Founded 1983
2. Microsoft — IT Software & Services — Redmond, Washington — Founded 1975
3. General Mills — Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1866
4. BI WORLDWIDE — Professional Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1950
5. Medica — Insurance — Minnetonka, Minnesota — Founded 1975
6. Boston Scientific — Medical Equipment & Services — Marlborough, Massachusetts — Founded 1979
7. Mayo Clinic — Healthcare & Social Services — Rochester, Minnesota — Founded 1889
8. Delta Air Lines — Transportation and Logistics — Atlanta, Georgia — Founded 1924
9. Apple — Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering — Cupertino, California — Founded 1976
10. C.H. Robinson — Business Services & Supplies — Eden Prairie, Minnesota — Founded 1905
11. Cigna — Insurance — Bloomfield, Connecticut — Founded 1792
12. Cargill — Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco — Wayzata, Minnesota — Founded 1865
13. IBM — IT Software & Services — Armonk, New York — Founded 1911
14. Kwik Trip/Kwik Star — Retail and Wholesale — La Crosse, Wisconsin — Founded 1965
15. ALDI — Retail and Wholesale — Batavia, Illinois — Founded 1976
16. Benchmark Electronics — Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering — Tempe, Arizona — Founded 1979
17. PetSmart — Retail and Wholesale — Phoenix, Arizona — Founded 1986
18. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — Insurance — Eagan, Minnesota — Founded 1933
19. HealthPartners — Healthcare & Social Services — Bloomington, Minnesota — Founded 1957
20. Daikin Industries — Engineering, Manufacturing — Waller, Texas — Founded 1924
21. Yum! Brands — Restaurants — Louisville, Kentucky — Founded 1997
22. Medtronic — Medical Equipment & Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1949
23. Presbyterian Homes and Services — Healthcare & Social Services — St. Paul, Minnesota — Founded 1955
24. Hennepin County — Government Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1852
25. IKEA — Retail and Wholesale — Conshohocken, Pennsylvania — Founded 1985
26. Deluxe — IT Software & Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1915
27. Polaris Inc. — Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers) — Medina, Minnesota — Founded 1954
28. Securian Financial Group — Banking and Financial Services — Saint Paul, Minnesota — Founded 1880
29. AT&T — Telecommunications Services, Cable Supplier — Dallas, Texas — Founded 1876
30. State of Minnesota — Government Services — Saint Paul, Minnesota — Founded 1858
31. H.B. Fuller — Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials — Vadnais Heights, Minnesota — Founded 1887
32. UCare — Healthcare & Social Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1984
33. Menards — Retail and Wholesale — Eau Claire, Wisconsin — Founded 1958
34. United Parcel Service — Transportation and Logistics — Atlanta, Georgia — Founded 1907
35. U.S. Bank — Banking and Financial Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1863
36. Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota — Healthcare & Social Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1924
37. University of Minnesota — Education — Twin Cities (Minneapolis & Saint Paul), Minnesota — Founded 1851
38. JOANN — Retail and Wholesale — Hudson, Ohio — Founded 1943
39. Federated Insurance — Insurance — Owatonna, Minnesota — Founded 1904
40. Protolabs — Engineering, Manufacturing — Maple Plain, Minnesota — Founded 1999
41. Kelly — Business Services & Supplies — Troy, Michigan — Founded 1946
42. Grace Management — Healthcare & Social Services — Maple Grove, Minnesota — Founded 1984
43. Ridgeview Medical Center — Healthcare & Social Services — Waconia, Minnesota — Founded 1963
44. Best Buy — Retail and Wholesale — Richfield, Minnesota — Founded 1966
45. Xcel Energy — Utilities — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1909
46. Hy-Vee — Retail and Wholesale — West Des Moines, Iowa — Founded 1930
47. Abbott Laboratories — Medical Equipment & Services — Chicago, Illinois — Founded 1888
48. Amazon — Retail and Wholesale — Seattle, Washington — Founded 1994
49. The Home Depot — Retail and Wholesale — Atlanta, Georgia — Founded 1978
50. Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation — Healthcare & Social Services — Center City, Minnesota — Founded 1949
51. Fairview Health Services — Healthcare & Social Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1906
52. Hennepin Healthcare — Healthcare & Social Services — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1887
53. CHS — Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco — Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota — Founded 1998
54. Famous Dave’s — Restaurants — Hopkins, Minnesota — Founded 1994
55. Essentia Health — Healthcare & Social Services — Duluth, Minnesota — Founded 2003
56. New Horizon Academy — Education — Plymouth, Minnesota — Founded 1971
57. CentraCare Health — Healthcare & Social Services — St. Cloud, Minnesota — Founded 1995
58. Hormel Foods — Retail and Wholesale — Austin, Minnesota — Founded 1891
59. Ecolab — Business Services & Supplies — Saint Paul, Minnesota — Founded 1923
60. Target — Retail and Wholesale — Minneapolis, Minnesota — Founded 1902

The rankings are based on four years of survey data. Greater weight was given to the more recent data and to the responses from current employees within the state, Forbes said. Companies that received the highest scores in each state made Forbes’ final lists.

As in other years, companies in the health care, social services and education industries dominated the list. But employers from other industries were also prominent in multiple states, including retail giant Amazon (ranked in 33 states), transportation and logistics provider United Parcel Service (ranked in 25 states) and Bank of America (ranked in 25 states), according to Forbes.

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