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The Best U.S. Companies to Work for According to LinkedIn

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2 weeks ago

April 29, 2024

Bruno Venditti

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The Best U.S. Companies to Work for According to LinkedIn

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In this graphic, we list the 15 best U.S. companies to work for in 2024, according to LinkedIn data.

LinkedIn ranked companies based on eight pillars: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity, educational background, and employee presence in the country.

To be eligible, companies must have had 5,000 or more global employees, with at least 500 in the country as of December 31, 2023.

Data and Highlights

Financial institutions dominate the ranking of the best U.S. companies to work for in 2024, with JP Morgan Chase & Co. ranking first.

Rank	Company	Industry
1	JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Financial Services
2	Amazon	E-commerce
3	Wells Fargo	Financial Services
4	Deloitte	Professional Services
5	PwC	Professional Services
6	UnitedHealth Group	Healthcare
7	AT&T	Telecommunications
8	Verizon	Telecommunications
9	Moderna	Pharmaceuticals
10	Alphabet Inc.	Technology
11	General Motors	Automotive
12	Bank of America	Financial Services
13	Mastercard	Financial Services
14	Capital One	Financial Services
15	Northrop Grumman	Aerospace & Defense

J.P. Morgan has a program that offers opportunities for candidates without a university degree. In fact, in 2022, 75% of job descriptions at the bank for experienced hires did not require a college degree.

Meanwhile, Deloitte and Amazon offer a variety of free training courses, including in AI.

Moderna includes in its employee package benefits to help avoid employee burnout — from subsidized commuter expenses and pop-up daycare centers, to wellness coaches.

Mastercard offers flexible work availability, with 11.5% remote and 89% hybrid options.

It’s also interesting to note that only Amazon and Alphabet made the cut from the ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies (Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, and Tesla).

See more about the best companies to work for in this infographic, which covers a separate ranking from Glassdoor.

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Mapped: Unemployment Claims by State

This visual heatmap of unemployment claims by state highlights New York, California, and Alaska leading the country by a wide margin.

Published

2 months ago

March 25, 2024

Marcus Lu

Mapped: Weekly Unemployment Claims by State

This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources.

Unemployment claims per 100,000 people is a handy metric for gauging the health of the job market. Generally speaking, a higher number of claims suggests that more people are unemployed, which may highlight issues with the economy.

In this graphic, we’ve visualized the number of weekly initial unemployment claims per 100,000 people in the labor force across the U.S., using data from WalletHub. All figures are for the week ending Feb 26, 2024, with data being released in early March.

State	Unemployment Claims per 100,000 People in the Labor Force
New York	305
California	246
Alaska	227
New Jersey	180
Vermont	169
Connecticut	162
Pennsylvania	161
Hawaii	161
Wisconsin	145
Massachusetts	144
Nevada	142
DC	138
Washington	134
Rhode Island	133
Oregon	130
Illinois	127
Minnesota	121
Michigan	118
Idaho	117
Wyoming	112
New Hampshire	111
West Virginia	108
Iowa	106
Montana	102
Texas	100
Maine	96
Ohio	95
Colorado	86
Arkansas	86
Arizona	85
Georgia	85
Tennessee	83
Alabama	80
Missouri	79
New Mexico	77
Kansas	74
Indiana	73
Kentucky	71
North Dakota	70
South Carolina	69
Louisiana	68
Mississippi	67
Maryland	64
Oklahoma	58
North Carolina	55
Nebraska	52
Utah	52
Florida	51
Virginia	48
Delaware	42
South Dakota	28

Across the country, there are 6.1 million Americans unemployed as of end of February, resulting in a national unemployment rate of around 3.9%. Notably, this is the highest figure seen since January 2022.

States With the Largest Increases

For further context, we can examine the change in unemployment claims by state for the period of Jan 1- Feb 26, in 2024 and 2023.

States that saw the biggest rise over this period were New York, New Jersey, and Nevada. A top 10 list can be found below.

State	Change in Unemployment Claims (Jan-Feb, 2023 vs 2024)
New York	2,725%
New Jersey	2,132%
Nevada	505%
Arizona	51%
Iowa	45%
Maryland	35%
North Carolina	34%
Virginia	31%
Montana	25%
Oklahoma	24%

From a broader perspective, weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance across the U.S. have hovered around the low 200,000s in 2024. This is generally in line with figures seen prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the week of April 4, 2020, unemployment claims spiked to 6.137 million due to COVID-related lockdowns and business closures.