2005 Overall Ranking of Winners
For the 12th consecutive year, Computerworld conducted a survey to identify the 100 Best Places to Work for IT professionals.
In November 2004, Computerworld accepted nominations. To qualify to complete the company survey, participating companies, both public and private, had to have 2004 revenue of $250 million or greater and they had to employ a minimum of 500 people in the U.S. and have at least 100 IT employees in the U.S. Participants submitting nominations were asked to provide the name and contact information of an appropriate individual at their company who was familiar with or had access to employment statistics and financial data, as well as information about benefits policies and programs for the IT department and the company as a whole. Click here to view a detailed methodology.
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| National Rank | Employer | Region |
| 1 | Quicken Loans Inc. Livonia, Mich. | North Central |
| 2 | University of Miami Coral Gables, Fla. | South Atlantic |
| 3 | American Fidelity Assurance Co. Oklahoma City | South Central |
| 4 | American Century Investments Kansas City, Mo. | North Central |
| 5 | Network Appliance Inc. Sunnyvale, Calif. | Pacific |
| 6 | Qualcomm Inc. San Diego | Pacific |
| 7 | Securian Financial Group Inc. St. Paul, Minn. | North Central |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | Middle Atlantic |
| 9 | Universal Health Services Inc. King of Prussia, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
| 10 | The Mitre Corp. McLean, Va. | South Atlantic |
| 11 | Automotive Resources International Mt. Laurel, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 12 | FedEx Corp. Memphis | South Central |
| 13 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Lowell, Ark. | South Central |
| 14 | Philip Morris USA Inc. Richmond, Va. | South Atlantic |
| 15 | Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Las Vegas | Mountain |
| 16 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Miami | South Atlantic |
| 17 | USAA San Antonio | South Central |
| 18 | Grant Thornton LLP Chicago | North Central |
| 19 | Assurant Solutions Atlanta | South Atlantic |
| 20 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. East Hanover, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 21 | Health Care Service Corp. Chicago | North Central |
| 22 | United Parcel Service Inc. Atlanta | South Atlantic |
| 23 | PHH Mortgage Corp. Mt. Laurel, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 24 | SAS Institute Inc. Cary, N.C. | South Atlantic |
| 25 | Sutter Health Sacramento, Calif. | Pacific |
| 26 | Aflac Inc. Columbus, Ga. | South Atlantic |
| 27 | Marriott International Inc. Washington | South Atlantic |
| 28 | General Mills Inc. Minneapolis | North Central |
| 29 | Verizon Wireless Bedminster, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 30 | American Family Insurance Group Madison, Wis. | North Central |
| 31 | Vision Service Plan Rancho Cordova, Calif. | Pacific |
| 32 | Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, Mich. | North Central |
| 33 | Ohio Savings Bank Cleveland | North Central |
| 34 | Hilton Hotels Corp. Beverly Hills, Calif. | Pacific |
| 35 | Mount Carmel Health System Columbus, Ohio | North Central |
| 36 | Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. McLean, Va. | South Atlantic |
| 37 | Principal Financial Group Inc. Des Moines | North Central |
| 38 | Apollo Group Inc. Phoenix | Mountain |
| 39 | CDW Corporation Vernon Hills, Ill. | North Central |
| 40 | MasterCard International Inc. Purchase, N.Y. | Middle Atlantic |
| 41 | Nextel Communications Inc. Reston, Va. | South Atlantic |
| 42 | Partners HealthCare System Inc. Wellesley, Mass. | New England |
| 43 | BellSouth Corp. Atlanta | South Atlantic |
| 44 | LexisNexis Group Miamisburg, Ohio | North Central |
| 45 | National Information Solutions Cooperative Inc. Mandan, N.D. | North Central |
| 46 | Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Chicago | North Central |
| 47 | Ernst & Young Lyndhurst, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 48 | Cerner Corp. Kansas City, Mo. | North Central |
| 49 | Allstate Insurance Co. Northbrook, Ill. | North Central |
| 50 | Juniper Networks Inc. Sunnyvale, Calif. | Pacific |
| 51 | Staples Inc. Framingham, Mass. | New England |
| 52 | Paychex Inc. Rochester, N.Y. | Middle Atlantic |
| 53 | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Columbus, Ohio | North Central |
| 54 | California State Automobile Association San Francisco | Pacific |
| 55 | Discover Financial Services Inc. Riverwoods, Ill. | North Central |
| 56 | Publix Super Markets Inc. Lakeland, Fla. | South Atlantic |
| 57 | The Vanguard Group Inc. Valley Forge, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
| 58 | West, a Thomson business Eagan, Minn. | North Central |
| 59 | Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. Harrisburg, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
| 60 | Miami-Dade County Miami | South Atlantic |
| 61 | Schneider National Inc. Green Bay, Wis. | North Central |
| 62 | Caterpillar Inc. Peoria, Ill. | North Central |
| 63 | Northern Trust Corp. Chicago | North Central |
| 64 | Temple University Philadelphia | Middle Atlantic |
| 65 | U.S. Postal Service Washington | South Atlantic |
| 66 | EarthLink Inc. Atlanta | South Atlantic |
| 67 | International Truck and Engine Corp. Warrenville, Ill. | North Central |
| 68 | Quest Diagnostics Inc. Teterboro, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 69 | Comerica Inc Auburn Hills, Mich. | North Central |
| 70 | Carlson Cos. Minnetonka, Minn. | North Central |
| 71 | Corning Inc. Corning, N.Y. | Middle Atlantic |
| 72 | Eastman Chemical Co. Kingsport, Tenn. | South Central |
| 73 | Southern California Edison Co. Rosemead, Calif. | Pacific |
| 74 | National City Corp. Cleveland | North Central |
| 75 | Edward D. Jones & Co. St. Louis | North Central |
| 76 | HSBC North America Holdings Inc. Prospect Heights, Ill. | North Central |
| 77 | Science Applications International Corp. San Diego | Pacific |
| 78 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Arlington, Va. | South Atlantic |
| 79 | Acxiom Corp. Little Rock, Ark. | South Central |
| 80 | Honeywell Interntional Inc. Morristown, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 81 | DTE Energy Co. Detroit | North Central |
| 82 | DaimlerChrysler AG Auburn Hills, Mich. | North Central |
| 83 | Hewitt Associates LLC Lincolnshire, Ill. | North Central |
| 84 | Aquila Inc. Kansas City, Mo. | North Central |
| 85 | NASD Rockville, Md. | South Atlantic |
| 86 | Northrop Grumman Corp. Los Angeles | Pacific |
| 87 | CNA Financial Corp. Chicago | North Central |
| 88 | J.C. Penney Co. Plano, Texas | South Central |
| 89 | State Street Corp. Boston | New England |
| 90 | Infosys Technologies Ltd. Fremont, Calif. | Pacific |
| 91 | GMAC Insurance Holdings Inc. Winston-Salem, N.C. | South Atlantic |
| 92 | Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. Burlington, N.J. | Middle Atlantic |
| 93 | Xerox Corp. Stamford, Conn. | New England |
| 94 | Hogan & Hartson LLP Washington | South Atlantic |
| 95 | Progress Software Corp. Bedford, Mass. | New England |
| 96 | Aetna Inc. Hartford, Conn. | New England |
| 97 | Nielsen Media Research Inc. New York | Middle Atlantic |
| 98 | Nemours Jacksonville, Fla. | South Atlantic |
| 99 | Scientific-Atlanta Inc. Lawrenceville, Ga. | South Atlantic |
| 100 | Regions Financial Corp. Montgomery, Ala. | South Central |
| SOURCES: Company-submitted surveys, company Web sites, Hoovers.com | ||