This Fort Worth company ranks No. 5 on Forbes list of best employers in Texas
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.
Houston Methodist - 32,058 employees
Humana - 67,600 employees
H-E-B Grocery Company - 154,000 employees
Toyota North America - 59,000 employees
Cook Children’s Health Care System - 9,000 employees
Bechtel - 50,000 employees
Progressive - 61,400 employees
NASA - 18,671 employees
IKEA - 208,000 employees
Intel - 124,800 employees
MD Anderson Cancer Center - 24,498 employees
Chevron - 19,975 employees
Conroe Independent School District - 8,918 employees
Costco Wholesale - 208,000 employees
IBM - 282,200 employees
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic - 5,500 employees
Google - 190,711 employees
PNC Financial Services - 56,411 employees
Allegis Group - 20,000 employees
Cardinal Health - 30,500 employees
ADT Security Systems - 14,300 employees
Bank of America - 166,140 employees
Citigroup - 240,000 employees
Houston Community College - 5,200 employees
Marriott International - 117,000 employees
Alvin Independent School District - 3,473 employees
Verizon Communications - 93,806 employees
Microsoft - 221,000 employees
Capital One - 51,987 employees
Apple - 161,000 employees
Caterpillar - 113,000 employees
Foundever - 17,590 employees
Chick-fil-A - 140,000 employees
Cisco Systems - 80,000 employees
U.S. Department of Agriculture - 100,000 employees
Frost Bank - 5,495 employees
Tractor Supply - 50,000 employees
Labcorp - 59,630 employees
Memorial Hermann Health System - 30,000 employees
Baylor Scott & White Health - 49,000 employees
TELUS International - 75,000 employees
General Dynamics - 93,744 employees
McKesson - 35,000 employees
Austin Community College District - 5,000 employees
Texas Health Resources - 27,000 employees
Barnes & Noble - 11,850 employees
JPMorgan Chase - 186,751 employees
AdventHealth - 92,000 employees
DHL - 58,000 employees
American International Group - 8,064 employees
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - 400,000 employees
General Motors - 91,000 employees
USAA - 37,000 employees
Applied Materials - 34,000 employees
CDW - 11,700 employees
Mesquite Independent School District - 5,152 employees
Bath & Body Works - 57,200 employees
UTMB Health - 12,000 employees
University of Texas, Austin - 21,000 employees
Booz Allen Hamilton - 31,100 employees
Occidental Petroleum - 11,678 employees
Kelly Services - 7,000 employees
Johnson & Johnson - 152,700 employees
Siemens USA - 42,000 employees
Baylor College of Medicine - 7,927 employees
Honeywell - 97,000 employees
Emerson - 86,700 employees
Schlumberger - 99,000 employees
United Rentals - 20,400 employees
Dell Technologies - 133,000 employees
Raytheon Technologies - 182,000 employees
Ryder System - 39,900 employees
Dollar General - 163,000 employees
SAIC - 24,000 employees
Kroger - 465,000 employees
Tesla - 127,855 employees
Southwest Airlines - 71,000 employees
ADT - 17,000 employees
Accenture - 721,000 employees
Ford Motor Company - 183,000 employees
Spectrum - 93,700 employees
Valero Energy - 9,800 employees
Bank of America - 210,000 employees
Staples - 40,000 employees
FedEx - 530,000 employees
KBR - 28,000 employees
ExxonMobil - 62,000 employees
NRG Energy - 6,100 employees
In-N-Out Burger - 30,000 employees
Johnson Controls - 100,000 employees
BAE Systems USA - 34,800 employees
DaVita - 70,000 employees
Wipro - 231,671 employees
Macy’s - 88,857 employees
US Foods - 29,000 employees
HP Inc. - 58,000 employees
L3Harris Technologies - 47,000 employees
Alcon - 24,389 employees
RTX- 129,499
UMC Health System- 4,900
GM Financial- 9,000
This story was originally published August 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM.