What makes them so great to work for? Compensation? Respect? Innovation?

Google (GOOG), Costco (COST), Marathon Petroleum (MPC). The Container Store (TCS). L.L. Bean. These are America’s five best employers. Statista and Forbes have performed an extensive survey to discover America’s 500 best employers. It’s not a surprise at all that Google is ranked first, but did you expect the Fire Department of the City of New York to be ranked in the top 20?

The 500 Best Employers in the U.S. 2015 were chosen across 25 industries based on an independent survey by Statista. 20,000 American employees working for large firms or institutions have been asked if they would recommend their employer, or any other employers in their industry, to a potential employee.

More information and the complete list of the 500 best American employers can be found on Forbes.comor in the print issue, available from April 13, 2015.

You will find more statistics at Statista