These Are The Best Employers For Women In NYC

NEW YORK, NY – Of the nation's 300 best companies for women, almost 10 percent are in New York City.

A ranking put together by Forbes identified 29 city-based companies as being outstanding for their female employees. Its conclusions were based on surveys of thousands of workers and focused on things like parental leave and pay equity.

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Here are the 29 companies that made the cut:

#16 New Avon - Packaged Goods, New York, New York
#22 The Estée Lauder Companies - Packaged Goods, New York, New York
#23 H&M Clothing - Shoes, Sports Equipment, New York, New York
#24 New York University - Education, New York, New York
#58 Penguin Random House - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#69 DeloitteProfessional Services - New York, New York
#81 PricewaterhouseCoopers - Professional Services, New York, New York
#96 Condé Nast - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#123 TIAA - Banking and Financial Services, New York, New York
#130 IPG Mediabrands - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#136 Scholastic -Media & AdvertisingNew York, New York6,500
#147 Barnes & Noble - Retail and Wholesale, New York, New York
#153 Thomson Reuters - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#160 New York Life - Insurance, New York, New York
#164 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Education, New York, New York
#168 Foot Locker - Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment, New York, New York
#183 JetBlue Airways - Transportation and Logistics, Long Island City, New York
#187 PVH (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein) - Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment, New York, New York
#192 JPMorgan Chase - Banking and Financial Services, New York, New York
#206 Nielsen - Professional Services, New York, New York
#207 NBCUniversal Media - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#211 Bloomberg - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#239 McKinsey & Company - Professional Services, New York, New York
#241 Pearson - Media & Advertising, New York, New York
#262 Pfizer - Drugs & Biotechnology, New York, New York
#267 Ernst & Young - Professional Services, New York, New York
#276 Tapestry - Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment, New York, New York
#290 Travelers - Insurance, New York, New York
#295 BuzzFeed - Media & Advertising, New York, New York

The No. 1 company on Forbes’ list was Iowa-based Principal Financial Group. According to Forbes, 59 percent of the company’s employees are women and it offers benefits like flexible work schedules and onsite child care. Principal Financial Group also helps women move up in the corporate world, Forbes says.

Forbes used market research firm Statista to come up with the list. According to Forbes, Statista surveyed 40,000 Americans, including 25,000 women, working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. The surveys were anonymous.

Respondents rated companies on criteria like working conditions and diversity and were asked whether they’d recommend their employers to others. Statista looked for potential gender gaps in the responses, and women were also asked to rate employers on factors like parental leave and pay equity, according to Forbes.

Read Forbes’ full report about the list here and click here to view Forbes’ ranking of all 300 employers.