Top Large Employers

Large employers

The Globe invited 1,160 employers to participate in its third annual Top Places to Work. Of those, 236 went all the way through the process, allowing us to conduct a confidential survey of their workers. Research partner WorkplaceDynamics of Exton, Pa., specialists in employee engagement and retention, contacted more than 133,000 employees at those companies and received completed surveys from 82,000 individuals. Each was asked to grade their organization's performance according to 23 distinct statements, ranging from "I believe this organization is going in the right direction" to "It's easy to tell my boss the truth." More on methodology.

Rank	Company	Description	Ownership	Mass. locations	Mass. employees	US employees	US headquarters	Global revenue (last fiscal year)
1	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Human services	Private	1	1,600	19,000	Watertown	$850 million
2	MITRE Corp.	Research	Not-for-profit	1	1,876	7,200	Bedford, MA & McLean, VA	$1.263 billion
3	Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Co.	Pharmaceuticals	Private	1	1,079	1,265	Cambridge	N/A
4	Lowell General Hospital	Community hospital	Non-profit	1	1,872	1,872	Lowell	$233 million
5	Winchester Hospital	Community hospital	Non-profit	23	2,700	2,700	Winchester	$280 million
6	South Shore Hospital	Community hospital	Non-profit	1	3,700	3,700	South Weymouth	$420 million
7	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Health insurance	Non-profit	2	1,150	1,200	Wellesley	$2.7 billion
8	Herb Chambers Cos.	Auto dealer network	Private	39	1,700	1,810	Somerville	$1.461 billion
9	Comcast	Cable and communications	Public	25	4,400	100,000	Philadelphia, PA	$35.8 billion
10	Roche Bros. Supermarkets	Food retail	Private	18	4,200	4,200	Wellesely Hills	$600 million
11	Eastern Bank Corp.	Commercial bank	Cooperative/Mutual	105	1,717	1,731	Boston	$337 million
12	Children's Hospital Boston	Children's hospital	Non-profit	5	8,978	8,978	Boston	$1.287 billion
13	VA Boston Healthcare System	Health care services	Government	9	4,000	4,000	Boston	N/A
14	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	Public	2	1,138	1,400	Cambridge	$102 million
15	Hallmark Health System	Health care services	Non-profit	9	2,850	3,150	Medford	$308 million
16	Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates	Health care	Non-profit	21	4,125	4,125	Newton	$1.251 billion
17	Massachusetts General Hospital	Health care	Parent company	9	23,000	23,000	Boston	$2.6 billion
18	Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Health care	Non-profit	1	3,044	3,100	Newton	$407 million
19	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Cancer research and treatment	Non-profit	14	3,900	4,000	Boston	$807.8 million
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA	Health insurance	Non-profit	5	3,605	3,605	Boston	$6.7 billion
21	Benchmark Senior Living	Senior living	Private	22	1,030	3,500	Wellesley	$16.5 million
22	EMC Corp.	Data management	Public	19	8,731	20,200	Hopkinton	$14 billion
23	Hanover Insurance Group	Insurance	Public	6	1,825	4,200	Worcester	$2.8 billion
24	Hanscom Air Force Base	Government	Government	1	2,757	4,979	Bedford	N/A
25	Partners HealthCare	Healthcare system	Non-profit	10	3,926	3926	Boston	N/A