The best company you can work for in each state

The best company you can work for in each state The best company you can work for in each state Do you ever wonder how your employer ranks compared to others in the state or even the country?Do you want to know what the top companies around the country all have in common?Do you wonder if you would do better in your career if only you were at a different company?What employer you work for can have a drastic impact not only on your career but also the quality of your life. How many times have you gone home and felt as if your work is sucking the life out of you? Turns out, going to work shouldn’t feel like you are marking time.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!  There are employers that could reduce the stress of going to work, whether it is because of how well they compensate you for your time, how much upward mobility can you expect, how much stability and job  security  they provide, or how inclusive and diverse of a work environment they foster.HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE BEST COMPANIES: Companies in the Healthcare  business  are the most common employers on our list â€" 11 out of 50. This industry isn’t going anywhere, and it is only growing, thanks to the high longevity rate. They also pay their employees higher salaries and sizable bonusesstates Energy companies tend to be one of the most stable employers. 8 out of the 50 companies are in the Energy sector Banking corporations and other financial institutions that have been around for a while provide good pay and stability Generally, the older the company, the more stable your job is going to be Corporations like Walmart, Home Depot, General Motors may have a bad rap as not being worker friendly, but they rank as the  best places to work  for in their home states. A NOTE ON METHODOLOGYIn order to come up with a ranking, we took a series of steps to systematically match what employers provide and what employees seek. The more matches the better the ranking.We ranked each company on the scores for each of the following major characteristics: Salary/Pay, Company’s financial health, and Diversity. We averaged the three rankings into an overall company score. We also compared jobs with the same titles across companies to determine how a particular company fared.You can take a more detailed look at our Methodology that helped us determine the rankings.BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR IN EACH STATE State Company Alabama Alabama Power Alaska State of Alaska Arizona Cable ONE Arkansas Walmart California Chevron Colorado Great-West Financial Connecticut Frontier Communications Delaware AstraZeneca Florida NextEra Energy Georgia The Home Depot Hawaii The Queen’s Medical Center Idaho Micron Technology Illinois Baker  McKenzie Indiana Eli Lilly and Company Iowa idX Kansas Spirit AeroSystems Kentucky Lexmark Louisiana Entergy Maine WEX Maryland Legg Mason Massachusetts Bain Company Michigan General Motors Minnesota TCF Bank Mississippi University of Mississippi Medical Center Missouri Monsanto Montana Billings Clinic Nebraska Berkshire Hathaway Nevada Southwest Gas Holdings Inc New Hampshire Planet Fitness New Jersey PTC Therapeutics New Mexico ARA New York Goldman Sachs North Carolina Albemarle North Dakota Altru Health System Ohio Teradata Oklahoma Devon Energy Oregon Schnitzer Steel Pennsylvania UPMC Rhode Island CVS Health South Carolina Domtar South Dakota Highmark Tennessee Unum Texas Exxon Mobil Utah Myriad Genetics Vermont SAC Virginia ManTech International Washington Microsoft West Virginia Allegheny Insurance Services Wisconsin Lands’ End Wyoming Galen LLC This article originally appeared on Zippia.  You might also enjoy… New neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happy Strangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds 10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity The worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs 10 habits of mentally strong people