Twelve healthcare companies were named in Forbes' "America's best large employers" list for 2021, including three orthopedic device manufacturers:
Forbes teamed with market research firm Statista to survey Americans working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Participants were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family and to nominate organizations other than their own. The final list ranks 500 large employers that received the most recommendations.
Twelve medical device companies that made the list, their U.S. headquarters and their rankings:
No. 84 — Johnson & Johnson (New Brunswick, N.J.)
No. 105 — Steris (Mentor, Ohio)
No. 135 — Philips (Cambridge, Mass.)
No. 196 — Boston Scientific (Marlborough, Mass.)
No. 242 — Stryker (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
No. 279 — Edwards LifeScience (Irvine, Calif.)
No. 283 — Abbott Laboratories (Chicago)
No. 389 — Quest Diagnostics (Secaucus, N.J.)
No. 440 — Medline Industries (Northfield, Ill.)
No. 466 — Mettler-Toledo International (Columbus, Ohio)
No. 489 — Hill-Rom Holdings (Chicago)
No. 499 — Essilor of America (Dallas)