Forbes Lists Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UAMS, Bentonville School District, St. Bernards Healthcare Among Best Employers

Forbes has released another of its ubiquitous ranking lists, this time ranking the best employers by state after surveying 70,000 Americans who worked at businesses with at least 500 employees. Beyond basic considerations, such as fair pay, safe working conditions, and an inclusive culture, were issues that of increasing importance to employees in recent years, such as remote-work benefits; the male-female wage gap and workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion. Of the 1,382 employers that made it on the final list, 25 are from Arkansas, a solid showing relative to Arkansas’s population. 

All of Arkansas’s top five best employers were either health care or education institutions. The Arkansas Children’s Hospital came in at no. 1, followed by UAMS, the Bentonville School District, St. Bernards Healthcare and Arkansas Tech university. Throughout the list, health care and education were the most common industries, with food, retail and logistics claiming many of the remaining spots. The full list is as follows:

1. Arkansas Children’s Hospital
2. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
3. Bentonville School District
4. St. Bernards Healthcare
5. Arkansas Tech University
6. Simmons Food
7. Entergy
8. Washington Regional Medical Center
9. University of Central Arkansas
10. Starbucks
11. Georgia-Pacific
12. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
13. Arvest Bank
14. J.B. Hunt Transport Services
15. Baptist Health
16. Harps Food Stores
17. Springdale Public Schools
18. Hilton Hotels & Resorts
19. Mercy
20. CommonSpirit Health
21. Amazon
22. University of Arkansas
23. AT&T
24. FedEx
25. Pace Industries

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