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The second annual list of the best employers in America by PayScale and Business Insider evaluates companies by both pay and happiness.
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For the second year, New Jersey biotechnology company Celgene Corporation topped the list as the Best Employer in America. In fact, many of the best companies are in the health-care industry.
The tech industry was booming last year, with typical top companies such as Google and Yahoo taking the second and eighth spots, respectively. This year, however, tech companies took a noticeable tumble: Google dropped to No. 8 this year, Yahoo fell to No. 17, and Microsoft, which ranked No. 14 last year, fell off the map.
In creating this list, companies in the Fortune 500 were ranked using PayScale's salary and survey database. Final scores were determined by multiplying six criteria: high job satisfaction, low job stress, high work-schedule flexibility, high job meaning, experienced median pay, and salary delta (that is, how the median pay compares to other companies in the same industry). Since we think that pay is one of the most important factors, we double-weighted pay in our calculations. Read the full methodology here.
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50. Pacific Life
Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., this insurance company has 2,700 employees.
Employees report high rates of work schedule flexibility (87%) and job satisfaction (60%).
Median pay is $91,000 after five years and very high compared to industry peers.
This ranking of Fortune 500 companies was created by Business Insider using data gathered and crunched by PayScale. Read the full methodology here. Find out how your salary stacks up on PayScale.
49. Exxon Mobil Corporation
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, this oil and gas company has 75,000 employees. While it claims No. 49 on our list, Exxon Mobil is No. 2 on the 2013 Fortune 500 list.
Employees report high rates of job satisfaction (77%) and work-schedule flexibility (73%).
Median pay is $104,000 after five years and very high compared to industry peers.
This ranking of Fortune 500 companies was created by Business Insider using data gathered and crunched by PayScale. Read the full methodology here. Find out how your salary stacks up on PayScale.
48. Medtronic Inc.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, this medical-device company has 45,000 employees.
Employees report high rates of job meaning (91%) and work-schedule flexibility (81%).
Median pay is $88,500 after five years and high compared to industry peers.
This ranking of Fortune 500 companies was created by Business Insider using data gathered and crunched by PayScale. Read the full methodology here. Find out how your salary stacks up on PayScale.
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