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