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100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR

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And the winners are...

Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 150,000 jobs ready to be filled -- these employers offer dream workplaces. Meet this year's top 100, network with the winners on LinkedIn, and more. More

SAS Boston Consulting Group Wegmans Food Markets Google NetApp • See the top 100

Zappos.com Camden Property Trust Nugget Market REI Dreamworks

• 'I work for a Best Company!'
• Botox? Wine bars? 13 unusual perks
• 15 firms with no layoffs - ever!

They're hiring!

These 25 Best Companies to Work For have at least 700 openings each, totaling nearly 137,000 jobs. What are they looking for? More

• 8 wacky jobs: 'Duck Guy' to veggie coach
• Top 10 for job growth
• Most diverse employers

25 top-paying companies

Salesforce.com senior account execs take home an average $318,323 total comp annually. Who else offers big paychecks? More

Video: See the best employers in action

Google recruits for Android

Whole Foods' hiring recipe

A refined job at NuStar

Container Store: Our hiring secret

Container Store: We're growing

In employees' words

Check out our data visualization to see the most popular words workers used when praising their companies, and drill down to see a sampling of their comments. More

Best employers in your state

California is home to the most companies on this year's list. See the top employers near you (including interactive maps). More

• California	• New York
• Texas	• See the rest

Great benefits: Health care

14 companies on this year's list pay 100% of their employees' health-care premiums. More

• Child care

• Telecommuting

• Sabbaticals

• Work-life balance

Interactives

Perk finder

Select benefits you want and see instantly which Best Companies offer them. More

• Quiz: Which great employer has a bar at every office?

Stories

Undercover employee

A day on the job at three best companies.  More

• Lessons from tracking the '100 Best'

Quick Vote

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• Yes, I'm ready for a better job.
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• No, I'm happy where I am.

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  Container Store's hiring secret
  CEO Kip Tindell says he looks for confident team players to join his company, no. 21 on Fortune's Best Companies to Work For. Watch

Top 3

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  GROWTH
• HOW STATES
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Company	Avg. annual pay
Salesforce.com	$318,323
Bingham McCutchen	$219,888
Alston & Bird	$182,681

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How we pick the 100 Best

To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortunepartners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. More

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