Wisconsin Companies Make Forbes' 500 List for Large Employers

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 -- 10:00 AM

(WMTV) The Great Resignation is upon us. That means many people are changing jobs or even careers.

What a perfect time for Forbes to release its list of the best large and midsize employers. Now, for those who are looking for a new place to work, but can’t imagine leaving the Badger State, the list has you covered.

Seven Wisconsin-based companies and one university made the Forbes’ top 500 list for large employers. For the list, researchers defined organizations with 5,000 or more workers as large. Midsize companies were those with 1,000 to 5,000 employees.

The Wisconsin companies that made the list include UW-Madison at 68, Kwik Trip/Kwik Star at 78, Schneider National at 105, Northwestern Mutual at 162, Snap-On at 201, Amcor at 268, Rockwell Automation at 310, and American Family Insurance at 385.

To make the list, Forbes teamed up with Statista to survey 60,000 Americans anonymously about their workplace. Respondents answered how likely they were to recommend working there to someone else as well as answering more specific questions, such as working conditions, development opportunities, and compensation.

Forbes explainer noted how well higher education institutions were represented near the tops of these lists. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked as the top employer in the state but was only 11th for the education sector.

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