Forbes ranked 1,300 companies as the best employers in their state. Here are the hospitals and health systems that ranked among the top employers in their state, according to an Aug. 24 Forbes report.
Forbes partnered with Statista to survey 80,000 Americans working at businesses with more than 500 employees. The respondents rated their employers on a variety of factors, such as compensation, opportunities for advancement, safety in the workplace and openness to telecommuting.
Editor's Note: Hospitals and health systems were not listed for Idaho or Wyoming.
Alabama
1. Ascension (St. Louis)
2. Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System
3. Baptist Health (Montgomery, Ala.)
4. Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)
5. Infirmary Health (Mobile, Ala.)
6. DCH Health System (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Alaska
1. Providence Health System (Anchorage)
Arizona
1. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
2. HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
3. CommonSpirit Health (Chicago)
4. Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)
5. Banner Health (Phoenix)
Arkansas
1. St. Bernards Healthcare (Jonesboro, Ark.)
2. Baptist Health (Little Rock, Ark.)
3. Mercy (St. Louis)
California
1. UC Davis Health (Sacramento, Calif.)
2. UCLA Health (Los Angeles)
3. Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health
4. Cedars-Sinai Health System (Los Angeles)
5. John Muir Health (Walnut Creek)
6. Scripps Health (San Diego)
7. UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles
9. Kaiser Permanente (Oakland)
10. Enloe Medical Center (Chico, Calif.)
Colorado
1. UC Health (Aurora, Colo.)
2. Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora)
3. Denver Colo.) Health
4. Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.)
5. SCL Health (Broomfield, Colo.)
6. Centura Health (Englewood, Colo.)
Connecticut
1. Yale New (Conn.) Haven Health
2. Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare
Delaware
1. ChristianaCare (Newark, Del.)
2. Nemours Children's Health System (Jacksonville, Fla.)
3. Bayhealth (Dover, Del.)
Florida
1. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital
2. Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa)
3. Baptist Health Jacksonville (Fla.)
4. Jackson Health System (Miami)
5. Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital
6. BayCare (Clearwater)
7. UF Health (Jacksonville)
8. Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, Fla.)
9. Lee Memorial Health System (Fort Myers)
10. Mayo Clinic
11. Orlando (Fla.) Health
12. Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables)
13. AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs)
14. University of Miami Health System
Georgia
1. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
2. Northeast Georgia Health System (Gainesville, Ga.)
3. Emory Healthcare (Atlanta)
4. Kaiser Permanente
5. Wellstar Health System (Marietta, Ga.)
6. Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta)
7. Northside Hospital (Atlanta)
8. HCA Healthcare
9. Grady Health System (Atlanta)
10. Aveanna Healthcare (Atlanta)
11. Houston Healthcare (Warner Robins, Ga.)
Hawaii
1. Hawaii Pacific Health (Honolulu)
2. The Queen's Health Systems (Honolulu)
Illinois
1. Northwestern Medicine (Chicago)
2. SSM Health (St. Louis)
3. Northwest Community Healthcare (Arlington Heights)
4. BJC Healthcare (St. Louis)
5. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
6. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
7. Advocate Health Care (Downer's Grove)
8. NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston)
9. Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana)
10. Advocate Aurora Health (Milwaukee)
11. OSF HealthCare (Peoria, Ill.)
12. University of Chicago Medicine
Indiana
1. Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis)
2. Parkview Health (Fort Wayne)
3. Community Health Network (Indianapolis)
4. Franciscan Health (Mishawaka)
5. Community Healthcare System (Munster)
6. Deaconess Health System (Evansville)
7. Indiana University Health (Indianapolis)
8. Reid Health (Richmond)
9. Ascension
Iowa
1. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (Iowa City)
2. UnityPoint Health (West Des Moines)
3. Trinity Health (Chelsea, Mich.)
4. Mercy Medical Center (Cedar Rapids)
Kansas
1. The University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City)
2. Stormont-Vail HealthCare (Topeka)
3. Ascension
4. Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
5. AdventHealth
Kentucky
1. Baptist Health (Louisville, Ky.)
2. Norton Healthcare (Louisville, Ky.)
3. UK HealthCare (Lexington, Ky.)
4. Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center
5. King's Daughters Health (Ashland, Ky.)
6. Med Center Health (Bowling Green, Ky.)
7. KentuckyOne Health (Louisville, Ky.)
8. St. Elizabeth Healthcare (Edgewood, Ky.)
9. Owensboro (Ky.) Health
Louisiana
1. LCMC Health (New Orleans)
2. Willis-Knighton Health System (Shreveport, La.)
3. Baton Rouge General Medical Center (Baton Rouge, La.)
4. Ochsner Health System (New Orleans)
5. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (Baton Rouge, La.)
Maine
1. MaineHealth (Portland)
Maryland
1. GBMC HealthCare (Baltimore)
2. Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis, Md.)
3. Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore)
4. Kaiser Permanente
5. Adventist Healthcare (Gaithersburg, Md.)
6. University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
7. Medstar Health (Columbia, Md.)
8. LifeBridge Health (Baltimore)
9. Sheppard Pratt Health System (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
1. Boston Children's Hospital
2. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
3. Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance
4. Mass General Brighman (Boston)
5. Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital
6. Boston Medical Center
7. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
8. Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.)
9. Berkshire Health System (Pittsfield, Mass.)
10. UMass Memorial Health Care (Worchester, Mass.)
11. Beth Israel Lahey Health (Burlington, Mass.)
12. Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.)
Michigan
1. Henry Ford Health System (Detroit)
2. Holland (Mich.) Hospital
3. University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor)
4. Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
5. Trinity Health System (Livonia)
6. Munson Healthcare (Traverse, Mich.)
7. Beaumont Health (Royal Oak, Mich.)
8. Trinity Health (Chelsea)
Minnesota
1. Mayo Clinic
2. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
3. Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare (St. Paul)
4. CentraCare Health (St. Cloud)
5. North Memorial Health Care (Robbinsdale)
6. Allina Health (Minneapolis)
7. Hennepin Healthcare (Minneapolis)
8. Essentia Health (Duluth)
9. Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis)
Mississippi
1. University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
2. Baptist Memorial Health Care
3. Community Health Systems
Missouri
1. Children's Mercy Kansas City
2. CoxHealth (Springfield)
3. Saint Luke's Health System Kansas City (Mo.)
4. SSM Health (St. Louis)
5. Mercy (St. Louis)
6. BJC HealthCare (St. Louis)
7. North Kansas City(Mo.) Hospital
8. University of Missouri Health Care (Columbia)
Montana
1. Benefis Health System (Great Falls)
Nebraska
1. Boys Town National Research Hospital
2. Nebraska Medicine (Omaha)
3. Bryan Health (Lincoln)
4. CommonSpirit Health
Nevada
1. HCA Healthcare
New Hampshire
1. Elliot Health System (Manchester)
2. Dartmouth Hitchcock (Lebanon)
3. Concord Hospital
4. Catholic Medical Center (Manchester)
New Jersey
1. Inspira Health Network (Mullica Hill, N.J.)
2. Jefferson Health (Philadelphia)
3. RWJBarnabas Health (West Orange)
4. Atlantic Health System (Morristown)
5. Cooper University Health Care (Camden)
6. Virtua (Marlton)
7. University Hospital Newark (N.J.)
8. Penn Medicine (Philadelphia)
9. Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison)
New Mexico
1. Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Alburquerque)
2. Molina Healthcare (Long Beach, Calif.)
New York
1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)
2. University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center
3. The University of Vermont Health Network
4. NYU Langone Health (New York City)
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)
6. Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)
7. Erie County Medical Center (Buffalo, N.Y.)
8. Mount Sinai Health Systems (New York City)
9. Montefiore Health System (New York City)
10. Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health System
11. Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital
12. Ascension
North Carolina
1. WakeMed (Raleigh)
2. Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.)
3. Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
4. Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
5. UNC Health Care (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
6. Cone Health (Greensboro)
7. HCA Healthcare
8. Vidant Health (Greenville)
9. New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington)
North Dakota
1. Sanford Health (Fargo)
Ohio
1. Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
2. University Hospitals (Cleveland)
3. Cincinnati Children's
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Kettering Health Network (Dayton)
6. Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus)
7. Mercy Health (Cincinnati, Ohio)
8. OhioHealth (Columbus)
9. TriHealth (Cincinnati, Ohio)
10. Aultman Hospital (Canton)
11. Adena Health System (Chillicothe)
12. The Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati)
13. Akron's Children's Hospital
14. Premier Health (St. Dayton)
Oklahoma
1. Mercy
2. Integris Health (Oklahoma City)
3. Saint Francis Health System (Tulsa, Okla.)
Oregon
1. Legacy Health (Portland, Ore.)
2. Kaiser Permanente
3. Asante (Medford, Ore.)
4. Oregon Health & Science University (Portland)
Pennsylvania
1. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Penn Medicine (Philadelphia)
3. Penn State Health (Hershey, Pa.)
4. Lehigh Valley Health Network (Allentown, Pa.)
5. St. Luke's University Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.)
6. WellSpan Health (York, Pa.)
7. Jefferson Health (Philadelphia)
8. Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.)
9. Evangelical Community Hospital (Lewisburg)
10. Main Line Health (Radnor Township, Pa.)
11. Penn Highlands Healthcare (Dubois, Pa.)
12. Einstein Healthcare Network (Philadelphia)
13. UPMC (Pittsburgh)
14. Allegheny Health Network (Pittsburgh)
Rhode Island
1. Lifespan (Providence)
2. Care New England (Providence)
South Carolina
1. Atrium Health
2. MUSC Health (Charleston)
3. Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
4. Roper St. Francis (Charleston)
5. McLeod Health (Florence)
6. Prisma Health (Greenville)
7. Self Regional Healthcare (Greenwood, S.C.)
South Dakota
1. Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Tennessee
1. East Tennessee Children's Hospital (Knoxville, Tenn.)
2. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (Memphis, Tenn.)
3. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.)
4. Covenant Health (Knoxville, Tenn.)
5. Maury Regional Medical Center (Columbia)
6. University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
7. West Tennessee Healthcare (Jackson)
8. Erlanger Health System (Chattanooga)
9. HCA Healthcare
10. Baptist Memorial Health Care (Memphis, Tenn.)
Texas
1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)
2. MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
3. Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas)
4. Texas Children's Hospital (Houston)
5. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
6. JPS Health Network (Fort Worth)
7. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
8. Methodist Health System (Dallas)
9. St. David's HealthCare (Austin, Texas)
10. Houston Methodist
Utah
1. University of Utah Health Care (Salt Lake City)
2. Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City)
Vermont
1. The University of Vermont Health Network (Burlington, Vt.)
Virginia
1. VCU Health (Richmond)
2. Carilion Clinic (Roanoke)
3. Riverside Health System (Newport News)
4. University of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville, Va.)
5. Inova Health System (Falls Church, Va.)
6. Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk)
7. Bon Secours Health System (Marriottsville, Md.)
Washington
1. UW Medicine (Seattle)
2. MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.)
3. Seattle Children's
4. Virginia Mason (Seattle)
5. Providence Health Care (Renton, Wash.)
6. CHI Franciscan Health (Tacoma, Wash.)
West Virginia
1. WVU Medicine West Virginia University Health System (Morgantown)
2. CAMC Health System (Charleston, W.V.)
3. Wheeling(W.V.) Hospital
Wisconsin
1. Mayo Clinic
2. Children’s Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
3. Bellin Health (Green Bay)
4. Froedtert Health (Milwaukee)
5. ProHealth Care (Waukesha)
6. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (Madison)
7. Mercyhealth (Janesville)
8. Aurora Health Care
9. UnityPoint Health
10. Agnesian Healthcare (Fond du Lac)
11. Gundersen Health System (La Crosse)
12. SSM Health
13. Advocate Aurora Health (Milwaukee)