LinkedIn Top Companies is a ranking of the 50 companies that are investing in their talent and helping people build careers that will set them up for long-term success.
The world of work continues to transform in front of our eyes. As professionals moved jobs at unprecedented rates in 2021, companies have had to step up to attract and retain talent — from offering more opportunities to get promoted and gain new skills to increasing flexibility. These changes have put employees and job seekers in the driver’s seat, igniting them to rethink what they expect out of an employer today.
Our 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies list is the 6th annual ranking of the 50 best workplaces to grow your career, all based on unique LinkedIn data. These are the companies that are offering stability in our ever-changing world of work — the ones that are not only attracting workers, but retaining them.
To put together this year’s rankings, we looked at LinkedIn data across seven pillars, each revealing an important element of career progression: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity and spread of educational backgrounds. You can learn more about our methodology at the bottom of this article.
This list is meant to be a resource for you, guiding professionals at every stage — whether that means a career pivot, jumping back into the workforce after a hiatus or investing in new skills. At each company, you’ll find insights around which roles and skills are in demand, top locations and much more. You can also explore open jobs (many of which are remote positions) and people you may know at the company. If a company catches your eye, follow their company page and/or turn on job alerts to stay on top of future opportunities.
Here are this year’s 50 #LinkedInTopCompanies in the U.S.
Amazon is the parent company of Whole Foods Market, Zappos, Twitch, PillPack and others.
Global headcount: 1,600,000 (with 1,100,000 in the U.S.) | Top U.S. locations: Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, New York City | Most notable skills: Warehouse Operations, Data Entry, AWS Lambda | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Fulfillment Associate, Warehouse Associate | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Program and Project Management | What you should know: Even as the country’s second-largest private employer, Amazon continues to compete in recruiting and retaining top talent amid a competitive labor market. The company recently announced that it’s doubling its maximum base salary for corporate and tech workers, and it raised average wages for warehouse workers late last year, increasing pay for more than half a million of its employees. But the e-commerce giant is going beyond compensation, too: investing $1.2 billion over the next three years to expand its education and skills training initiatives. Amazon now pays 100% of college tuition for frontline employees as part of its Career Choice program, in addition to covering high school diploma programs, GEDs and English proficiency certifications for employees.
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Alphabet is the parent company of Google, YouTube, Fitbit, Waymo, Verily and others.
Global headcount: 156,000 | Top U.S. locations: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Seattle | Most notable skills: Video Editing and Production, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), C++ | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Program Manager, Product Manager | Largest job function: Engineering, Information Technology, Program and Project Management | What you should know: It’s been a big year for Alphabet: The company onboarded nearly 6,500 employees last quarter and saw significant growth across Google’s Cloud service and YouTube (whose revenues are now growing at a faster rate than Netflix). For those interested in flexibility, the tech giant has a robust offering. In addition to adopting a hybrid work model, Alphabet offers four ‘work from anywhere’ weeks per year, sabbaticals for long-term employees and ‘no meeting’ days, the company told LinkedIn. But Alphabet has also worked to maintain a collaborative culture and support career growth while working remotely. Employees can take advantage of resource groups like Women@Google, as well as its Googler-to-Googler training, which lets its workers get first-hand knowledge across different fields from other employees.
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Wells Fargo is the parent company of Wells Fargo Private Bank and others.
Global headcount: 247,800 (with 208,700 in the U.S.) | Top U.S. locations: Charlotte, N.C., San Francisco Bay Area, Minneapolis | Most notable skills: Risk Management, NMLS Licensed, Lines of Credit | Most common job titles: Personal Banker, Bank Teller, Analytics Consultant | Largest job functions: Finance, Information Technology, Engineering | What you should know: Wells Fargo is doubling down on cloud computing — and looking to hire thousands in software engineering and tech roles this year. But it also has plenty of opportunities for those looking for non-technical positions, such as strategy and planning and communications. And for career starters, over 2,000 of its more than 8,000 open positions are at the entry and associate level. For those currently working at the bank, Wells Fargo recently pledged $300 million towards training, career development, early talent programs and tuition reimbursement.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is the parent company of J.P. Morgan, Chase, WePay, Washington Mutual and others.
Global headcount: 271,000 (with 170,000 in the U.S.) | Top U.S. locations: New York City; Columbus, Ohio; Chicago | Most notable skills: Retail Banking, Alteryx, Series 6 | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Associate Banker, Relationship Banker | Largest job functions: Finance, Engineering, Information Technology | What you should know: JPMorgan Chase saw record profits in 2021 — and the company is using that gain to pump up workers’ paychecks. Junior bankers saw their baseline pay increase twice over the last year. “We want to be very, very competitive on pay,” CEO Jamie Dimon said in the company’s first earnings call of the year. In addition to raising compensation, the bank is prioritizing “tapping into talent pools that have been historically left behind,” according to Brian Lamb, JPMorgan Chase’s head of diversity, equity and inclusion. The bank recently created a talent pipeline for candidates with autism and eliminated questions about criminal records from job applications.
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Walmart is the parent company of Bonobos, Sam’s Club and others.
Global headcount: 2,300,000 (with 1,600,000 in the U.S.) | Top U.S. locations: Fayetteville, Ark.; Dallas; Atlanta | Most notable skills: Stocking, Retail, Data Sharing | Most common job titles: Cashier, Salesperson, Pharmacy Technician | Largest job functions: Sales, Operations, Support | What you should know: The country’s largest private employer announced in March that it plans to hire more than 50,000 workers across the U.S. by the end of April — and many of those roles don’t require a college degree, Walmart told LinkedIn. The company says it’s placing a “premium” on the kinds of skills and knowledge that can “only be obtained through work.” For current associates who want to pursue higher education, their ‘Live Better U’ program covers up to 100% of the cost of college tuition and books at select universities. Walmart is also raising base pay for about 565,000 workers after doing the same for 425,000 employees last February.
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IBM is the parent company of Red Hat, SoftLayer and others.
Global headcount: 250,000 | Top U.S. locations: New York City; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; San Francisco Bay Area | Most notable skills: Kubernetes, Openshift, Hybrid Cloud | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Project Manager, Data Scientist | Largest job functions: Engineering, Information Technology, Sales | What you should know: The perennial IT giant has re-upped its benefits offerings amid the Great Reshuffle, IBM told LinkedIn. Among the new initiatives are increased paid time off, more promotion and pay reviews, backup dependent care, virtual tutoring and ‘compassionate leave’ for parents who experience stillbirth or miscarriage. As the company moves forward with a hybrid working model that allows employees to decide how often they want to be onsite, IBM has also transformed its onboarding process with “a focus on empathy and engagement” to help remote new hires feel more connected.
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