2006 Best Places to Work in IT

Best Places to Work in IT - Turnover Chart


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For the 13th year in a row, Computerworld conducted a survey to identify the 100 Best Places to Work for IT professionals.

Last August, Computerworld started accepting nominations from companies with a headquarters in the U.S. To qualify to complete the survey, participating companies, both public and private, had to have 2005 revenue of $250 million or greater and employ a minimum of 500 total employees and a minimum of 75 IT employees in the U.S.

In January 2006, contacts at the nominated companies received a 100-question survey asking about their organizations' average salary and bonus increases, the percentage of IT employees receiving promotions, IT staff turnover rates, training and development opportunities, and the percentage of women and minorities in IT staff and management positions. In addition, information was collected on how the organizations reward outstanding performance, how their retention programs are structured and what benefits they offer, ranging from elder and child care to flextime and tuition reimbursement for college and technology certification courses.


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Pacific Mountain North Central South Central South Atlantic Middle Atlantic New England IT Turnover
 Rank  Best Place to Work Web address Location IT employee turnover in 2005
96 Kennametal Inc. www.kennametal.com Latrobe, Pa. 0.0%
6 SAS Institute Inc. www.sas.com Cary, N.C. 1.8%
13 Securian Financial Group Inc. www.securian.com St. Paul, Minn. 2.0%
11 Mount Carmel Health System www.mountcarmelhealth.com Columbus, Ohio 2.4%
36 American Family Insurance Group www.amfam.com Madison, Wis. 2.5%
78 W.W. Grainger Inc. www.grainger.com Lake Forest, Ill. 2.7%
15 Northwestern Mutual www.nmfn.com Milwaukee 2.8%
28 The Vanguard Group Inc.   www.vanguard.com Valley Forge, Pa. 3.0%
53 L.L. Bean Inc. www.llbean.com Freeport, Maine 3.0%
84 LexisNexis Group www.lexisnexis.com Dayton, Ohio 3.0%
18 Verizon Wireless www.verizonwireless.com Bedminster, N.J. 3.4%
9 University of Pennsylvania www.upenn.edu Philadelphia 3.7%
60 Ford Motor Co. www.ford.com Dearborn, Mich. 3.7%
4 American Fidelity Assurance Co. www.afadvantage.com Oklahoma City 3.8%
14 American Century Investments www.americancentury.com Kansas City, Mo. 3.8%
20 Philip Morris USA Inc. www.philipmorrisusa.com Richmond, Va. 4.0%
27 Hess Corp. www.hess.com New York 4.0%
39 BNSF Railway Co. www.bnsf.com Fort Worth, Texas 4.0%
49 United Parcel Service of America Inc. www.ups.com Atlanta 4.0%
52 Southern California Edison www.sce.com Rosemead, Calif. 4.0%
61 National Information Solutions Cooperative Inc. www.nisc.coop Lake St. Louis, Mo. 4.0%
72 Temple University www.temple.edu Philadelphia 4.5%
76 Miami-Dade County www.miamidade.gov Miami 4.5%
12 FedEx Corp. www.fedex.com Memphis 4.7%
26 Monsanto Co. www.monsanto.com St. Louis 4.9%
63 Comerica Inc. www.comerica.com Detroit 4.9%
10 General Mills Inc. www.generalmills.com Minneapolis 5.0%
56 Northern Trust Corp. www.northerntrust.com Chicago 5.0%
59 Eastman Chemical Co. www.eastman.com Kingsport, Tenn. 5.0%
70 University of Oklahoma www.ou.edu Norman, Okla. 5.0%
75 Calence LLC www.calence.com Tempe, Ariz. 5.0%
80 The Reader's Digest Association Inc www.rd.com Pleasantville, N.Y. 5.0%
87 Honeywell International Inc. www.honeywell.com Morristown, N.J. 5.0%
45 Ernst & Young www.ey.com Lyndhurst, N.J. 5.5%
81 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. www.nationwide.com Columbus, Ohio 5.7%
95 MemorialCare Medical Centers www.memorialcare.org Long Beach, Calif. 5.7%
2 University of Miami www.miami.edu Coral Gables, Fla. 6.0%
46 Dade Behring www.dadebehring.com Deerfield, Ill. 6.1%
43 Paychex Inc. www.paychex.com Rochester, N.Y. 6.3%
79 Discovery Communications Inc. www.discovery.com Silver Spring, Md. 6.3%
3 The Capital Group Cos. www.capgroup.com Los Angeles 6.5%
69 HSBC North America Holdings Inc. www.us.hsbc.com Prospect Heights, Ill. 6.6%
23 Qualcomm Inc. www.qualcomm.com San Diego 6.8%
29 Principal Financial Group Inc. www.principal.com Des Moines 6.9%
55 Thomson West www.west.thomson.com Eagan, Minn. 6.9%
17 USAA www.usaa.com San Antonio 7.0%
42 Sutter Health www.sutterhealth.org Sacramento 7.0%
64 Sallie Mae www.salliemae.com Reston, Va. 7.0%
68 National Rural Electric Cooperative Association www.nreca.coop Arlington, Va. 7.0%
82 GMAC Insurance Holdings Inc. www.gmac123.com Winston-Salem, N.C. 7.1%
5 Grant Thornton LLP www.grantthornton.com Chicago 7.6%
93 Saint Luke's Health System Inc. www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org Kansas City, Mo. 7.6%
48 U.S. Postal Service www.usps.com Washington 7.9%
8 The Mitre Corp. www.mitre.org McLean, Va. 8.0%
19 Marriott International Inc. www.marriott.com Washington 8.0%
30 Universal Health Services Inc. www.uhsinc.com King of Prussia, Pa. 8.0%
38 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. www.novartis.com East Hanover, N.J. 8.0%
40 J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc www.jbhunt.com Lowell, Ark. 8.0%
50 Total System Services Inc. www.tsys.com Columbus, Ga. 8.0%
58 Edward D. Jones & Co. www.edwardjones.com St. Louis 8.0%
62 Allstate Insurance Co. www.allstate.com Northbrook, Ill. 8.0%
65 Quest Diagnostics Inc. www.questdiagnostics.com Lyndhurst, N.J. 8.0%
83 Aetna Inc. www.aetna.com Hartford, Conn. 8.0%
97 Charles Schwab & Co. www.schwab.com San Francisco 8.0%
1 Quicken Loans Inc. www.quickenloans.com Livonia, Mich. 8.1%
34 MasterCard International Inc. www.mastercard.com Purchase, N.Y. 8.6%
71 Antares Management Solutions Inc. www.antaressolutions.com Westlake, Ohio 8.8%
91 Nielsen Media Research Inc. www.nielsenmedia.com New York 9.0%
73 Schneider National Inc. www.schneider.com Green Bay, Wis. 9.3%
33 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. www.cme.com Chicago 9.4%
41 Publix Super Markets Inc. www.publix.com Lakeland, Fla. 9.5%
92 OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. www.oclc.org Dublin, Ohio 9.7%
16 Hilton Hotels Corp. www.hiltonworldwide.com Beverly Hills, Calif. 10.0%
32 Raytheon Co. www.raytheon.com Waltham, Mass. 10.0%
54 Discover Financial Services LLC www.discoverfinancial.com Riverwoods, Ill. 10.0%
89 Standard Pacific Corp. www.standardpacifichomes.com Irvine, Calif. 10.0%
90 Pfizer Inc www.pfizer.com New York 10.0%
7 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. www.royalcaribbean.com Miami 11.0%
24 Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. www.boozallen.com McLean, Va. 11.0%
51 Vision Service Plan www.vsp.com Rancho Cordova, Calif. 11.0%
74 State Street Corp. www.statestreet.com Boston 11.0%
77 Sharp HealthCare www.sharp.com San Diego 11.0%
31 Partners HealthCare System Inc. www.partners.org Boston 11.3%
99 J.C. Penney Co. www.jcpenney.net Plano, Texas 11.5%
67 Raymond James Financial Inc. www.raymondjames.com St. Petersburg, Fla. 11.6%
25 Aflac Inc. www.aflac.com Columbus, Ga. 11.7%
98 Fairfax County Government www.fairfaxcounty.gov Fairfax, Va. 12.0%
94 CNA Financial Corp. www.cna.com Chicago 12.1%
57 KPMG LLP www.us.kpmg.com New York 12.4%
22 Harrah's Entertainment Inc. www.harrahs.com Las Vegas 13.0%
66 PHH Mortgage Corp. www.phhmortgage.com Mt. Laurel, N.J. 13.6%
35 Cerner Corp. www.cerner.com Kansas City, Mo. 14.0%
86 Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. www.coat.com Burlington, N.J. 14.0%
21 Tellabs Inc. www.tellabs.com Naperville, Ill. 15.0%
100 Infosys Technologies Ltd. www.infosys.com Fremont, Calif. 15.4%
47 CDW Corp. www.cdw.com Vernon Hills, Ill. 16.0%
37 Ohio Savings Bank www.ohiosavings.com Cleveland 19.0%
44 Nemours www.nemours.org Jacksonville, Fla. 19.0%
85 The George Washington University www.gwu.edu Washington 19.0%
88 BAE Systems Information Technology www.baesystems.com McLean, Va. 24.3%


NA= Company doesn't track these figures. NP= Company doesn't release these figures.

Regions are as follows: New England = Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic = New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania; South Atlantic = Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands; North Central = Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri; South Central = Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas; Mountain = Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico; Pacific = Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Guam

SOURCES: Company-submitted surveys, company Web sites, Hoovers.com. Survey data was gathered in January 2006.