Which OH companies are the best large employers in America? Check out this list by Forbes

If you work for a large organization in America, you may often wonder how your workplace stacks up against other large employers in the country. But wonder no more because Forbes did the work for you. The magazine released a list of the best large employers in America.

Here’s how Forbes ranked America’s best large employers

In the 2025 list, Forbes ranked 701 large organizations. According to Forbes, the rankings are based on survey response data from over 217,000 employees working at companies that employ more than 5,000 people.

Surveys had a variety of questions, mostly pertaining to salary, work environment, training programs and opportunities to advance. However, the surveys also asked if the employee would recommend the company to others and gave opportunities for employees to rate the employer on certain criteria or scenarios.

Then each company was given a score based on the results of the survey and finally, ranked with other companies that received high scores.

Here are the top large employers in Ohio

From healthcare employers to insurance companies, education organizations and more, Ohio employers are proving to be some of the best in the country.

In fact, several Ohio employers are in Forbes’s top 50, including Cincinnati Children’s (ranked 30 out of 701), which is a nonprofit academic healthcare organization established in 1883.

At number 31 is Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, which was founded in 1892; ranked 44 out of 701 is Ohio-based company Proctor & Gamble; and rounding out the top 50 at number 49 is Progressive.

Other Ohio companies on the list:

• Ranked 87: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

• 121: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

• 138: Ohio State University, Columbus

• 161: University Hospitals

• 171: Huntington National Bank

• 180: Akron Children’s Hospital

• 231: CrossCountry Mortgage

• 234: Bath & Body Works

• 238: Nationwide Mutual Insurance

• 255: Kent State University, Kent Campus

• 272: American Electric Power

• 282: Cardinal Health

• 283: FirstEnergy

• 313: Safelite AutoGlass

• 348: R+L Carriers

• 377: Owens Corning

• 420: Victoria’s Secret

• 444: Sherwin-Williams

• 450: Great American Insurance

• 451: Cintas

• 481: Bread Financial

• 513: Baker Concrete Construction

• 515: Dayton Freight Lines

• 533: Eaton

• 560: Air Transport Services Group

• 571: Davey Tree Expert

• 599: Designer Brands

• 602: JM Smucker

• 641: CBIZ

• 670: Ensemble Health Partners

• 692: Cleveland-Cliffs

What do you think of the list by Forbes? Let me know in the comments or email me at cmadden@mcclatchy.com.

Chelsea Madden

The Telegraph

Chelsea is a service journalism reporter who began working for McClatchy in 2022. She was born and raised in Middle Georgia and lives in Forsyth. She attended Wesleyan College for undergrad and a few years after that, went to SCAD for an MFA in writing. Outside of work, Chelsea likes to watch Netflix, read books in the thriller genre and chase her toddler around.