| Rank |
Company |
Job
growth |
U.S.
employees |
| 1 |
NetApp |
12% |
5,014 |
| 2 |
Edward Jones |
9% |
34,496 |
| 3 |
Boston Consulting Group |
10% |
1,680 |
| 4 |
Google |
40% |
12,580 |
| 5 |
Wegmans Food Markets |
6% |
37,195 |
| 6 |
Cisco Systems |
7% |
37,123 |
| 7 |
Genentech |
5% |
10,969 |
| 8 |
Methodist Hospital System |
1% |
10,535 |
| 9 |
Goldman Sachs |
2% |
14,088 |
| 10 |
Nugget Market |
22% |
1,536 |
| 11 |
Adobe Systems |
9% |
4,255 |
| 12 |
Recreational Equipment (REI) |
11% |
9,780 |
| 13 |
Devon Energy |
11% |
3,752 |
| 14 |
Robert W. Baird |
4% |
2,184 |
| 15 |
W. L. Gore & Associates |
5% |
5,481 |
| 16 |
Qualcomm |
19% |
11,932 |
| 17 |
Principal Financial Group |
-1% |
13,343 |
| 18 |
Shared Technologies |
12% |
1,568 |
| 19 |
OhioHealth |
7% |
11,858 |
| 20 |
SAS |
5% |
5,381 |
| 21 |
Arnold & Porter |
3% |
1,296 |
| 22 |
Whole Foods Market |
22% |
51,967 |
| 23 |
Zappos.com |
39% |
1,655 |
| 24 |
Starbucks |
-6% |
146,700 |
| 25 |
Johnson Financial Group |
4% |
1,300 |
| 26 |
Aflac |
1% |
4,493 |
| 27 |
QuikTrip |
33% |
10,159 |
| 28 |
PCL Construction Enterprises |
24% |
4,420 |
| 29 |
Quicken Loans |
-41% |
2,890 |
| 30 |
Bingham McCutchen |
-2% |
1,605 |
| 31 |
CarMax |
14% |
16,107 |
| 32 |
Container Store |
4% |
3,286 |
| 33 |
JM Family Enterprises |
-1% |
4,577 |
| 34 |
Umpqua Bank |
-4% |
1,707 |
| 35 |
Kimley-Horn & Associates |
-8% |
2,190 |
| 36 |
Alston & Bird |
7% |
1,718 |
| 37 |
TDIndustries |
7% |
1,713 |
| 38 |
Microsoft |
15% |
55,237 |
| 39 |
Paychex |
5% |
12,207 |
| 40 |
EOG Resources |
30% |
1,803 |
| 41 |
Camden Property Trust |
-1% |
1,849 |
| 42 |
Plante & Moran |
4% |
1,558 |
| 43 |
Rackspace Hosting |
59% |
1,992 |
| 44 |
NuStar Energy |
23% |
1,319 |
| 45 |
King's Daughters Medical Cntr. |
4% |
3,041 |
| 46 |
American Fidelity Assurance |
10% |
1,509 |
| 47 |
DreamWorks Animation SKG |
18% |
1,614 |
| 48 |
Mattel |
N.A.% |
5,552 |
| 49 |
Intuit |
0% |
7,637 |
| 50 |
Burns & McDonnell |
16% |
2,840 |
| 51 |
Ernst & Young |
0% |
26,090 |
| 52 |
Booz Allen Hamilton |
9% |
19,243 |
| 53 |
Stew Leonard's |
-2% |
2,219 |
| 54 |
Erickson Retirement Communities |
18% |
10,871 |
| 55 |
Salesforce.com |
24% |
1,958 |
| 56 |
KPMG |
7% |
24,442 |
| 57 |
Novo Nordisk |
11% |
3,053 |
| 58 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
-2% |
29,144 |
| 59 |
Scripps Health |
6% |
10,374 |
| 60 |
Scottrade |
25% |
1,946 |
| 61 |
Deloitte |
7% |
38,903 |
| 62 |
Griffin Hospital |
-2% |
1,143 |
| 63 |
Mayo Clinic |
3% |
41,955 |
| 64 |
Milliken |
-6% |
8,150 |
| 65 |
Texas Instruments |
-4% |
14,379 |
| 66 |
MITRE |
6% |
6,420 |
| 67 |
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta |
8% |
5,850 |
| 68 |
Southern Ohio Medical Center |
4% |
2,188 |
| 69 |
National Instruments |
8% |
2,527 |
| 70 |
Stanley |
65% |
4,590 |
| 71 |
Men's Wearhouse |
-1% |
16,477 |
| 72 |
Nordstrom |
-8% |
49,236 |
| 73 |
Chesapeake Energy |
23% |
6,850 |
| 74 |
Alcon Laboratories |
5% |
7,160 |
| 75 |
Atlantic Health |
2% |
6,968 |
| 76 |
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network |
6% |
8,897 |
| 77 |
Northwest Community Hospital |
-3% |
3,372 |
| 78 |
Marriott International |
2% |
124,247 |
| 79 |
Baptist Health South Florida |
9% |
10,641 |
| 80 |
Bright Horizons |
-1% |
14,437 |
| 81 |
S.C. Johnson & Son |
-1% |
3,368 |
| 82 |
Perkins Coie |
3% |
1,696 |
| 83 |
eBay |
9% |
9,089 |
| 84 |
Juniper Networks |
15% |
3,743 |
| 85 |
Arkansas Children's Hospital |
6% |
3,527 |
| 86 |
CH2M HILL |
14% |
19,011 |
| 87 |
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
8% |
1,609 |
| 88 |
Publix Super Markets |
3% |
141,314 |
| 89 |
Herman Miller |
-7% |
5,646 |
| 90 |
FedEx |
-1% |
233,457 |
| 91 |
Gilbane |
12% |
2,169 |
| 92 |
Four Seasons Hotels |
4% |
13,401 |
| 93 |
Valero Energy |
-4% |
16,881 |
| 94 |
Build-A-Bear Workshop |
2% |
4,886 |
| 95 |
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants |
4% |
6,298 |
| 96 |
T-Mobile |
12% |
39,822 |
| 97 |
Accenture |
7% |
32,318 |
| 98 |
Vanderbilt University |
5% |
21,041 |
| 99 |
General Mills |
-1% |
17,018 |
| 100 |
SRA International |
21% |
6,266 |
|
From the February 2, 2009 issue | |
