2005 Winners Ranked Within the North Central Region
| Rank In This Category | Employer | National Rank | Region |
| 1 | Quicken Loans Inc. Livonia, Mich. | 1 | North Central |
| 2 | American Century Investments Kansas City, Mo. | 4 | North Central |
| 3 | Securian Financial Group Inc. St. Paul, Minn. | 7 | North Central |
| 4 | Grant Thornton LLP Chicago | 18 | North Central |
| 5 | Health Care Service Corp. Chicago | 21 | North Central |
| 6 | General Mills Inc. Minneapolis | 28 | North Central |
| 7 | American Family Insurance Group Madison, Wis. | 30 | North Central |
| 8 | Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, Mich. | 32 | North Central |
| 9 | Ohio Savings Bank Cleveland | 33 | North Central |
| 10 | Mount Carmel Health System Columbus, Ohio | 35 | North Central |
| 11 | Principal Financial Group Inc. Des Moines | 37 | North Central |
| 12 | CDW Corporation Vernon Hills, Ill. | 39 | North Central |
| 13 | LexisNexis Group Miamisburg, Ohio | 44 | North Central |
| 14 | National Information Solutions Cooperative Inc. Mandan, N.D. | 45 | North Central |
| 15 | Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Chicago | 46 | North Central |
| 16 | Cerner Corp. Kansas City, Mo. | 48 | North Central |
| 17 | Allstate Insurance Co. Northbrook, Ill. | 49 | North Central |
| 18 | Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Columbus, Ohio | 53 | North Central |
| 19 | Discover Financial Services Inc. Riverwoods, Ill. | 55 | North Central |
| 20 | West, a Thomson business Eagan, Minn. | 58 | North Central |
| 21 | Schneider National Inc. Green Bay, Wis. | 61 | North Central |
| 22 | Caterpillar Inc. Peoria, Ill. | 62 | North Central |
| 23 | Northern Trust Corp. Chicago | 63 | North Central |
| 24 | International Truck and Engine Corp. Warrenville, Ill. | 67 | North Central |
| 25 | Comerica Inc Auburn Hills, Mich. | 69 | North Central |
| 26 | Carlson Cos. Minnetonka, Minn. | 70 | North Central |
| 27 | National City Corp. Cleveland | 74 | North Central |
| 28 | Edward D. Jones & Co. St. Louis | 75 | North Central |
| 29 | HSBC North America Holdings Inc. Prospect Heights, Ill. | 76 | North Central |
| 30 | DTE Energy Co. Detroit | 81 | North Central |
| 31 | DaimlerChrysler AG Auburn Hills, Mich. | 82 | North Central |
| 32 | Hewitt Associates LLC Lincolnshire, Ill. | 83 | North Central |
| 33 | Aquila Inc. Kansas City, Mo. | 84 | North Central |
| 34 | CNA Financial Corp. Chicago | 87 | North Central |
SOURCES: Company-submitted surveys, company Web sites, Hoovers.com | |||