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This Fort Worth company ranks No. 5 on Forbes list of best employers in Texas

Medical Director of Pediatric Surgery Jose L. Iglesias and pediatric surgeon Marty Knott shake hands after a press conference at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The pair and a large team of medical professionals successfully completed the first separation of conjoined twins, Amie and Jamie, for the first time in the hospital’s history.
Medical Director of Pediatric Surgery Jose L. Iglesias and pediatric surgeon Marty Knott shake hands after a press conference at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The pair and a large team of medical professionals successfully completed the first separation of conjoined twins, Amie and Jamie, for the first time in the hospital’s history. mcook@star-telegram.com

Cooks Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth was determined by Forbes as the No. 5 best employer in Texas.

Forbes compiled a list that includes every state and answers the question, “Which organizations are doing what it takes to retain their employees and keep them satisfied?”

They compiled their data with Statista by surveying 160,000 employees from all 50 states and Washington D.C. in companies with at least 500 members.

Cooks Children’s is a non-profit organization with over 60 primary, specialty and urgent care offices throughout the state. “At Cook Children’s, we believe that childhood should be simple. But when things get complicated, we also believe that every child has the right to the very best care possible,” a statement on its website says.

They were also ranked No. 90 on Forbes 2024 list of best employers for women.

The only other company on the Texas list with headquarters in Fort Worth is No. 101, GM Financial. It was founded in 1992 and now has 9,000 employees.

Forbes’ top employers in Texas

The full Texas list of best employers is as follows.

  1. Houston Methodist - 32,058 employees

  2. Humana - 67,600 employees

  3. H-E-B Grocery Company - 154,000 employees

  4. Toyota North America - 59,000 employees

  5. Cook Children’s Health Care System - 9,000 employees

  6. Bechtel - 50,000 employees

  7. Progressive - 61,400 employees

  8. NASA - 18,671 employees

  9. IKEA - 208,000 employees

  10. Intel - 124,800 employees

  11. MD Anderson Cancer Center - 24,498 employees

  12. Chevron - 19,975 employees

  13. Conroe Independent School District - 8,918 employees

  14. Costco Wholesale - 208,000 employees

  15. IBM - 282,200 employees

  16. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic - 5,500 employees

  17. Google - 190,711 employees

  18. PNC Financial Services - 56,411 employees

  19. Allegis Group - 20,000 employees

  20. Cardinal Health - 30,500 employees

  21. ADT Security Systems - 14,300 employees

  22. Bank of America - 166,140 employees

  23. Citigroup - 240,000 employees

  24. Houston Community College - 5,200 employees

  25. Marriott International - 117,000 employees

  26. Alvin Independent School District - 3,473 employees

  27. Verizon Communications - 93,806 employees

  28. Microsoft - 221,000 employees

  29. Capital One - 51,987 employees

  30. Apple - 161,000 employees

  31. Caterpillar - 113,000 employees

  32. Foundever - 17,590 employees

  33. Chick-fil-A - 140,000 employees

  34. Cisco Systems - 80,000 employees

  35. U.S. Department of Agriculture - 100,000 employees

  36. Frost Bank - 5,495 employees

  37. Tractor Supply - 50,000 employees

  38. Labcorp - 59,630 employees

  39. Memorial Hermann Health System - 30,000 employees

  40. Baylor Scott & White Health - 49,000 employees

  41. TELUS International - 75,000 employees

  42. General Dynamics - 93,744 employees

  43. McKesson - 35,000 employees

  44. Austin Community College District - 5,000 employees

  45. Texas Health Resources - 27,000 employees

  46. Barnes & Noble - 11,850 employees

  47. JPMorgan Chase - 186,751 employees

  48. AdventHealth - 92,000 employees

  49. DHL - 58,000 employees

  50. American International Group - 8,064 employees

  51. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - 400,000 employees

  52. General Motors - 91,000 employees

  53. USAA - 37,000 employees

  54. Applied Materials - 34,000 employees

  55. CDW - 11,700 employees

  56. Mesquite Independent School District - 5,152 employees

  57. Bath & Body Works - 57,200 employees

  58. UTMB Health - 12,000 employees

  59. University of Texas, Austin - 21,000 employees

  60. Booz Allen Hamilton - 31,100 employees

  61. Occidental Petroleum - 11,678 employees

  62. Kelly Services - 7,000 employees

  63. Johnson & Johnson - 152,700 employees

  64. Siemens USA - 42,000 employees

  65. Baylor College of Medicine - 7,927 employees

  66. Honeywell - 97,000 employees

  67. Emerson - 86,700 employees

  68. Schlumberger - 99,000 employees

  69. United Rentals - 20,400 employees

  70. Dell Technologies - 133,000 employees

  71. Raytheon Technologies - 182,000 employees

  72. Ryder System - 39,900 employees

  73. Dollar General - 163,000 employees

  74. SAIC - 24,000 employees

  75. Kroger - 465,000 employees

  76. Tesla - 127,855 employees

  77. Southwest Airlines - 71,000 employees

  78. ADT - 17,000 employees

  79. Accenture - 721,000 employees

  80. Ford Motor Company - 183,000 employees

  81. Spectrum - 93,700 employees

  82. Valero Energy - 9,800 employees

  83. Bank of America - 210,000 employees

  84. Staples - 40,000 employees

  85. FedEx - 530,000 employees

  86. KBR - 28,000 employees

  87. ExxonMobil - 62,000 employees

  88. NRG Energy - 6,100 employees

  89. In-N-Out Burger - 30,000 employees

  90. Johnson Controls - 100,000 employees

  91. BAE Systems USA - 34,800 employees

  92. DaVita - 70,000 employees

  93. Wipro - 231,671 employees

  94. Macy’s - 88,857 employees

  95. US Foods - 29,000 employees

  96. HP Inc. - 58,000 employees

  97. L3Harris Technologies - 47,000 employees

  98. Alcon - 24,389 employees

  99. RTX- 129,499

  100. UMC Health System- 4,900

  101. GM Financial- 9,000

This story was originally published August 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM.

Ella Gonzales
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Ella Gonzales is a service journalism reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is part of a team of local journalists who answer reader questions and write about life in North Texas. Ella mainly writes about local restaurants and where to find good deals around town.
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