These Are The Best Employers For Diversity In America

Chicago-based investment company Northern Trust is the best company for diversity in the United States, according to a new set of rankings released by Forbes on Tuesday. Other companies that ranked among the top for diversity in the country include The Smithsonian Institution, which took the second spot, and in the third spot was Levy, a company that operates standalone restaurants.

To compile the rankings, Forbes worked with research firm Statista. Forbes explains that Statista surveyed 30,000 U.S. employers in August of last year, asking questions about diversity, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and disability. Statista also looked at factors like the gender split of companies' management teams and boards and the gap in diversity perceptions at a company.

Northern Trust, which earned the top spot, has a significantly higher level of top executives that are women compared to the level observed at S&P 500 companies. According to Forbes, women make up 38 percent of the company's top executives and African-Americans make up 23 percent of the company's board.

Levy, which took the third spot, has an eight-person executive team, half of whom are women.

According to Forbes, these are the top 10 companies for diversity in the U.S.:

1. Northern Trust, Chicago
2. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
3. Levy, Chicago
4. Intuit, Mountain View, California
5. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
6. Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa
7. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
8. Wegmans Food Markets, Austin, Texas
9. Keller Williams Realty, Austin, Texas
10. AbbVie, North Chicago

You can see the full list of employers that made the list here and read more via Forbes here.

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