These Are The Top PA Employers, Forbes Says In New Ranking

PENNSYLVANIA — The best employer in Pennsylvania is Hershey-based Milton Hershey School, according to a new Forbes ranking released Thursday.

Forbes’ 2025 ranking of America’s Best Employers By State is based on surveys of more 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 43 companies in Pennsylvania are:

1. Milton Hershey School — Education, Hershey, founded in 1909
2. St. Luke's University Health Network — Healthcare & Social Services, Bethlehem, founded in 1872
3. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Healthcare & Social Services, Philadelphia, founded in 1855
4. IKEA — Retail and Wholesale, Conshohocken, founded in 1985
5. University of Pennsylvania — Education, Philadelphia, founded in 1740
6. Penn Medicine — Healthcare & Social Services, Philadelphia, founded in 1993
7. Comcast — Media & Advertising, Philadelphia, founded in 1963
8. Dick's Sporting Goods — Retail and Wholesale, Coraopolis, founded in 1948
9. Main Line Health — Healthcare & Social Services, Radnor Township, founded in 1985
10. Erie Insurance — Insurance, Erie, founded in 1925
11. Presbyterian SeniorCare — Healthcare & Social Services, Oakmont, founded in 1980
12. Lehigh Valley Health Network — Healthcare & Social Services, Allentown, founded in 1989
13. Carnegie Mellon University — Education, Pittsburgh, founded in 1900
14. GSK — Drugs & Biotechnology, Philadelphia, founded in 2000
15. Penn State Health — Healthcare & Social Services, Hershey, founded in 1967
16. US Steel — Engineering, Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, founded in 1901
17. Sheetz — Retail and Wholesale, Altoona, founded in 1952
18. PNC Financial Services — Banking and Financial Services, Pittsburgh, founded in 1845
19. Hershey Entertainment and Resorts — Travel & Leisure, Hershey, founded in 1927
20. Temple Health — Healthcare & Social Services, Philadelphia, founded in 1892
21. The Hershey Company — Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco, Derry, founded in 1894
22. WellSpan Health — Healthcare & Social Services, York, founded in 1880
23. The Nutrition Group — Business Services & Supplies, Irwin, founded in 1975
24. Redner's Markets — Retail and Wholesale, Reading, founded in 1970
25. Guthrie — Healthcare & Social Services, Sayre, founded in 1910
26. Vanguard — Banking and Financial Services, Malvern, founded in 1975
27. Wawa — Retail and Wholesale, Wawa, founded in 1964
28. Penske Logistics — Transportation and Logistics, Reading, founded in 1969
29. Power Home Remodeling — Professional Services, Chester, founded in 1992
30. East Penn Manufacturing — Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Lyon Station, founded in 1946
31. Bimbo Bakeries — Food, Soft Beverages, Alcohol & Tobacco, Horsham, founded in 1945
32. United Refining — Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials, Warren, founded in 1902
33. Evangelical Community Hospital — Healthcare & Social Services, Lewisburg, founded in 1926
34. Pep Boys — Retail and Wholesale, Philadelphia, founded in 1921
35. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — Government Services, Harrisburg, founded in 1787
36. North Penn School District — Education, Lansdale, founded in 1956
37. Alcoa — Engineering, Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, founded in 1888
38. Air Products & Chemicals — Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials, Allentown, founded in 1940
39. Day & Zimmermann — Professional Services, Philadelphia, founded in 1930
40. Duquesne University — Education, Pittsburgh, founded in 1878
41. Allegheny Health Network — Healthcare & Social Services, Pittsburgh, founded in 2013
42. University of Pittsburgh — Education, Pittsburgh, founded in 1787
43. SAP — IT Software & Services, Newtown Square, founded in 1972

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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