2006 Best Places to Work in IT

Best Places to Work in IT - Women in IT


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


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.