Ranking
America's Best Employers for Women 2026
America’s Best Employers for Women 2026 is a ranking of the top 700 US companies leading the way in fostering equitable and supportive workplaces for women. Created by Statista in partnership with Forbes, the ranking is based on more than 4 million employer evaluations from over 146,000 women in the United States. It measures how well companies support women through pay equity, parental leave, career representation, family support, workplace flexibility, and protection from discrimination. The share of women in each company’s leadership positions also contributes directly to the final score.
- Compiled using responses from women employees only
- Includes a dedicated women-in-leadership index
- Published in partnership with Forbes
Ranking Details
America's Best Employers for Women 2026
The companies in the table below have been awarded the “America's Best Employers for Women 2026” award by Statista and Forbes, sorted by score, rank, and industry.
Total:
Total companies:
700 companies
101 | Experian Information Solutions | 86.36 | Business Services & Supplies |
102 | TE Connectivity | 86.34 | Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering |
103 | The Keyes Company | 86.29 | Business Services & Supplies |
104 | lululemon athletica | 86.28 | Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment |
105 | Home Instead Senior Care | 86.25 | Healthcare & Social Services |
106 | Takeda Pharmaceutical | 86.18 | Drugs & Biotechnology |
107 | H.B. Fuller | 86.18 | Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials |
108 | Lilly | 86.16 | Drugs & Biotechnology |
109 | Ronald McDonald House Charities | 86.14 | Healthcare & Social Services |
110 | Denver Health | 86.1 | Healthcare & Social Services |
111 | University of Nevada, Reno | 86.07 | Education |
113 | AHRC New York City | 85.97 | Healthcare & Social Services |
112 | Pfizer | 85.97 | Drugs & Biotechnology |
114 | The Hartford | 85.91 | Insurance |
115 | Cook Children's Health Care Systems | 85.81 | Healthcare & Social Services |
116 | Mesa Public Schools | 85.74 | Education |
117 | hoag | 85.66 | Healthcare & Social Services |
118 | Assurant | 85.65 | Insurance |
119 | Staffmark | 85.61 | Business Services & Supplies |
120 | University of Virginia Health System | 85.56 | Healthcare & Social Services |
121 | Mercy Medical Center | 85.55 | Healthcare & Social Services |
122 | Keller Williams Realty | 85.54 | Business Services & Supplies |
123 | American Express Global Business Travel | 85.51 | Business Services & Supplies |
124 | Dow | 85.45 | Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials |
125 | AMN Healthcare | 85.38 | Business Services & Supplies |
126 | University of Alabama | 85.3 | Education |
127 | Banner Bank | 85.27 | Banking and Financial Services |
128 | Reed Smith | 85.25 | Professional Services |
129 | Hyatt | 85.24 | Travel & Leisure |
130 | Tetra Tech | 85.2 | Professional Services |
131 | Nationwide Children's Hospital | 85.13 | Healthcare & Social Services |
132 | Adobe | 85.07 | IT Software & Services |
133 | Victoria’s Secret & Co. | 85.01 | Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment |
134 | Roche | 84.94 | Drugs & Biotechnology |
135 | Arcadis | 84.92 | Professional Services |
136 | Northwestern University | 84.89 | Education |
137 | Stanford University | 84.8 | Education |
138 | Georgia Southern University | 84.75 | Education |
139 | Latham & Watkins | 84.74 | Professional Services |
140 | Texas Health Resources | 84.67 | Healthcare & Social Services |
141 | Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center | 84.65 | Healthcare & Social Services |
142 | Yale University | 84.6 | Education |
143 | The Ohio State University, Columbus | 84.57 | Education |
144 | Arkansas Children's Hospital | 84.53 | Healthcare & Social Services |
145 | University of California, Berkeley | 84.49 | Education |
146 | HealthPartners | 84.44 | Healthcare & Social Services |
147 | Rutgers University | 84.4 | Education |
148 | CDM Smith | 84.39 | Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials |
149 | Penguin Random House | 84.32 | Media & Advertising |
150 | Edward Jones | 84.31 | Banking and Financial Services |
Award winning
Employer profiles
#52
Golden 1 Credit Union
Banking and Financial Services
Golden 1 Credit Union ranks #52 on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, placing seventh among the 50 companies awarded in Banking and Financial Services. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, the credit union serves more than 1.1 million members through about 2,000 employees, making it one of the largest member owned financial institutions in the state. The ranking signals a consistently strong reputation among women employees, in a sector where recognition like this is far from guaranteed.
Visit company website#59
Brentwood Union Free School District
Education
Brentwood Union Free School District ranks #59 on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, placing 10th among the 50 companies awarded in Education. Headquartered in Brentwood, New York, the K-12 public school district runs 17 schools for more than 18,000 students across Suffolk County, making it one of the largest school districts on Long Island. The ranking signals a strong reputation among women employees at a district whose day-to-day work is built around teaching and supporting thousands of students.
Visit company website#118
Assurant
Insurance
Assurant ranks #118 on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, placing 12th among the 50 companies awarded in Insurance. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company traces its roots back to 1892 and today serves more than 325 million customers worldwide through some 14,000 employees. A ranking this strong for an insurer of Assurant's size signals a workplace culture that women employees rate consistently well.
Visit company website#209
UMass Memorial Health
Healthcare & Social Services
UMass Memorial Health is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category Healthcare & Social Services. Headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, the nonprofit health system is the largest in Central Massachusetts and the clinical partner of UMass Chan Medical School, employing more than 10,000 people across its hospitals and clinics. The recognition signals a consistently strong reputation among women employees, in a workforce that is itself majority women.
Visit company website#284
Southern New Hampshire University
Education
Southern New Hampshire University is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category of Education. Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, SNHU was founded in 1932 and has grown into the largest nonprofit provider of online higher education in the United States, with more than 135,000 online students alongside its on-campus community. The recognition signals a strong reputation among women employees at an institution built around expanding access to education.
Visit company website#315
Henkel
Packaged Goods
Henkel ranks #315 on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, placing sixth among the 18 companies awarded in Packaged Goods. Regionally headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, the German consumer goods and adhesive technologies company employs more than 7,000 people across North America and owns leading brands including Persil, Dial, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. The ranking points to a consistently strong reputation among women employees at a company whose products reach millions of people every day.
Visit company website#383
Intel
Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering
Intel is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category Semiconductors, Electronics, Electrical Engineering. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company has shaped the chip industry since its founding in 1968 and today employs roughly 84,000 people worldwide. The recognition signals a workplace experience that stands out to women employees, in a sector where that kind of recognition is far from common.
Visit company website#469
Robert Half
Business Services & Supplies
Robert Half is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category Business Services & Supplies. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the staffing and consulting firm was founded in 1948 and has since grown to more than 10,000 employees across over 150 locations worldwide. The recognition signals a strong reputation among women employees at a company whose own business is built on matching people with the right workplace.
Visit company website#565
ArcBest
Transportation and Logistics
ArcBest is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category Transportation and Logistics. Headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the company traces its roots back to 1923 and today employs about 14,000 people across some 230 campuses and service centers, managing supply chains and moving freight by ground, air and ocean. The recognition highlights a strong workplace experience for women employees, standing out in an industry where this kind of recognition remains relatively rare.
Visit company website#616
1-800 Contacts
Retail and Wholesale
1-800 Contacts is recognized on America's Best Employers for Women 2026, in the category Retail and Wholesale. Headquartered in Draper, Utah, the company has been the largest seller of contact lenses in the United States since its founding in 1995, serving more than 20 million customers over nearly three decades. The recognition signals a strong reputation among women employees at a company built around fast, reliable customer service.
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THE BASICS
Key facts at a glance
Rank 1: PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) holds the top spot, climbing from rank 71 the previous year, and leads its industry as the best-rated utility employer for women.
Top 5 employers: The five highest-ranked companies for women are PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric), Johnson & Johnson, Google, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Navy Federal Credit Union.
Industry representation: IT Software & Services, Insurance, and Banking and Financial Services are the most strongly represented industries in the top 10 positions in the ranking, with two companies in each.
Newcomers: 233 companies are new to the America's Best Employers for Women ranking this year, while 32 companies have been recognized in every edition since 2018.
Data basis: The ranking is based on more than 4 million employer evaluations, drawn from surveys of more than 146,000 women in the United States over a three-year period.
Project Details
About the project
First published in 2018, America’s Best Employers for Women is now in its ninth edition. The 2026 ranking recognizes companies that are leading the way in offering women supportive and equitable workplaces.
To compile the list, our team of data analysts surveyed more than 146,000 women working in the U.S., independently and without any involvement from the employers being assessed. The anonymous survey was conducted through online access panels over a three-year period, resulting in more than 4 million employer evaluations. Only responses from women were considered.
To be eligible, companies had to employ at least 1,000 people in the United States. The ranking is open to companies from all industries except for government services.
The final list recognizes the 700 best companies for women to work for in the U.S., ranked using Statista’s scoring model. The score combines women’s evaluations of their own and other employers with an index measuring the share of women in company leadership. The results are published in partnership with Forbes.
METHODOLOGY
How we work
The methodology for America’s Best Employers for Women 2026 follows four steps: gathering feedback from women employees, analyzing survey data, verifying eligible companies, and applying the scoring model to compile the final list.
Together, these steps ensure that the ranking reflects women’s workplace experiences, employer reputation within each industry, and the representation of women in leadership.
Further details about how the ranking was created can be found in America's Best Employers for Women 2026 methodology.
01 Data collection
Survey responses were gathered from more than 146,000 women working in the United States through online access panels over a three-year period. Taking data from this period allows a robust distinction between companies that perform well consistently and those that had only a single strong year.
Participants evaluated their own employers and shared their perception of other employers in their industry, with a focus on workplace factors relevant to women’s professional experiences.
02 Data Analysis
The survey resulted in more than 4 million employer evaluations, which were reviewed and prepared for analysis. Quality checks covered factors such as interview length, response patterns, and inconsistencies to ensure that only valid feedback from eligible participants was included in the evaluation.
03 Eligibility review
Companies considered for the ranking were researched to confirm that they met the project’s eligibility requirements, including having at least 1,000 employees in the United States. Publicly available company information was reviewed to verify relevant details and ensure that each organization fit the scope of the list.
04 Scoring and ranking
The prepared data was analyzed using a scoring model tailored to the women-focused employer ranking. The ranking is calculated from three scoring components:
- Direct score: women’s evaluations of their own employer (60%)
- Indirect score: women’s perceptions of other employers in their industry (15%)
- Female leadership score: the share of women among top executives and board members (25%)
More recently collected data was also given a higher weight in the score. The 700 companies with the highest scores were included in the final ranking.
Partnership
Our media partner
Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information concerning business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, and Forbes Europe magazines as well as online at Forbes.com.
Scoring
How we identify the best employers for women
Employers are evaluated using a scoring model designed to measure how well companies support women in the workplace. The final score combines three components: a Direct Score, an Indirect Score, and a Female Leadership Score. More recent survey data is given a higher weighting in the final calculation.
Direct Score
Indirect Score
Female Leadership Score
Summary
Project snapshot
Project title
America’s Best Employers for Women 2026
Publishers
Statista, Forbes
Edition
9th edition
Published
August 4, 2026
Sample
More than 146,000 women working in the United States, resulting in more than 4 million employer evaluations, over a three year period
Scope
700 awarded companies, each with at least 1,000 employees in the United States, across all industries except government services
About Statista
Statista is one of the world's leading business data and market research companies, with more than 1,500 employees. Data is collected and analyzed according to the quality standards of commercial market research.
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Disclaimer - The rankings presented here include only institutions within the defined scope of the respective project. An institution’s inclusion in the ranking reflects positive recognition according to the applied methodology and the data available at the time of compilation. The results reflect the status at the time of data collection and are therefore time-bound. The rankings are not intended to serve as the sole basis for decision-making, and any reliance is at the user’s own risk. They should be considered alongside other sources and, where appropriate, independently verified. No representation is made, and no inference shall be drawn, regarding the quality of institutions not included in the rankings.