These are the best employers in the Milwaukee area, according to Forbes

Advocate Aurora Health is rated the best Milwaukee-area employer to work for, according to Forbes’ 2024 best employers ranking.

Advocate Aurora Health ranked 11th out of the 75 Wisconsin companies on the Forbes list.

The rankings, conducted with the market research firm Statista, compiled the list of 1,294 organizations after surveying more than 160,000 employees working for U.S. companies. Only companies with at least 500 employees were eligible for the list, and the survey data collected over three years was then put into a scoring system. Greater weight was given to the more recent data and the responses from current employees in the state.

Here are the best companies to work for in the Milwaukee area and Wisconsin, according to Forbes.

What are the best employers in Milwaukee?

Thirteen companies that made the list were headquartered in Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin:

1. Advocate Aurora Health (ranks No. 11 overall of 75 Wisconsin companies on the list)

2. Children’s Wisconsin (ranks No. 17)

3. Harley-Davidson (ranks No. 19)

4. Northwestern Mutual (ranks No. 24)

5. Rockwell Automation (ranks No. 32)

6. Medical College of Wisconsin (ranks No. 42)

7. Kohl’s (ranks No. 48)

8. WEC Energy Group (ranks No. 49)

9. Briggs & Stratton (ranks No. 52)

10. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (ranks No. 55)

11. City of Milwaukee (ranks No. 58)

12. Fiserv (ranks No. 64)

13. Milwaukee Tool (ranks No. 67)

What are the best employers in Wisconsin?

1. Costco Wholesale (headquartered in Issaquah, Washington)

2. Kwik Trip, Kwik Star (headquartered in La Crosse)

3. Procter & Gamble (headquartered in Cincinnati)

4. Acuity Insurance (headquartered in Sheboygan)

5. Bank of America (headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.)

6. University of Wisconsin-Madison (headquartered in Madison)

7. Kimberly-Clark (headquartered in Irving, Texas)

8. Mayo Clinic (headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota)

9. Emplify Health (headquartered in Green Bay)

10. UnitedHealth Group (headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota)

Other Wisconsin-based companies on the list

Other notable additions to the list include Culver’s franchising system, or the fast food chain Culver’s, which is headquartered in Prairie du Sac and came in 12th place statewide.

Pleasant Prairie-based Uline, the national shipping company, was ranked 16th-best employer in Wisconsin, followed by Dodgeville-based clothing company Lands’ End at 25th place.

UW campuses were not the only public entities to make the list. The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the Sheboygan Area School District and the State of Wisconsin were all named among the best employers.

Emily Barnes of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle contributed to this story.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Advocate Aurora Health leads Forbes’ best employers list in Milwaukee