2002 100 Best Companies to Work for in America
Great Place to Work(r) Institute produces the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" lists. The lists are co-authored by Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz.
| Rank | Companies |
| 1 | Edward Jones |
| 2 | Container Store |
| 3 | SAS Institute |
| 4 | TDIndustries |
| 5 | Synovus Financial |
| 6 | Xilinx |
| 7 | Plante & Moran |
| 8 | QUALCOMM |
| 9 | Alston & Bird |
| 10 | Baptist Health Care |
| 11 | Frank Russell |
| 12 | Hypertherm |
| 13 | CDW Computer Centers |
| 14 | Fenwick & West |
| 15 | Cisco Systems |
| 16 | Graniterock |
| 17 | Beck Group |
| 18 | East Alabama Medical Center |
| 19 | Goldman Sachs |
| 20 | J.M. Family Enterprises |
| 21 | International Data Group |
| 22 | Stew Leonard's |
| 23 | American Century Investments |
| 24 | J.M. Smucker |
| 25 | Vision Service Plan |
| 26 | MBNA |
| 27 | Adobe Systems |
| 28 | Microsoft |
| 29 | Valassis Communications |
| 30 | Duncan Aviation |
| 31 | Agilent Technologies |
| 32 | Capital One Financial |
| 33 | AFLAC |
| 34 | W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 35 | Deloitte & Touche |
| 36 | Third Federal Savings and Loan |
| 37 | SRA International |
| 38 | VHA |
| 39 | Pella Corporation |
| 40 | MITRE |
| 41 | Patagonia |
| 42 | Paychex |
| 43 | Griffin Hospital |
| 44 | SEI Investments |
| 45 | Intuit |
| 46 | Charles Schwab |
| 47 | Alcon Laboratories |
| 48 | Whole Foods Market |
| 49 | Intel Corporation |
| 50 | Sun Microsystems |
| 51 | David Weekley Homes |
| 52 | Arbitron |
| 53 | Lands' End |
| 54 | McCutchen |
| 55 | Continental Airlines |
| 56 | LensCrafters |
| 57 | Pfizer |
| 58 | Starbucks |
| 59 | Genentech |
| 60 | Bright Horizons |
| 61 | Four Seasons Hotels |
| 62 | REI |
| 63 | Kingston Technology |
| 64 | American Cast Iron Pipe Company |
| 65 | Timberland |
| 66 | First Tennessee Bank |
| 67 | A.G. Edwards & Sons |
| 68 | Wegmans Food Markets |
| 69 | Barton Protective Services |
| 70 | MFS Investment Management |
| 71 | National Instruments |
| 72 | Acxiom |
| 73 | Medtronic |
| 74 | Harley-Davidson |
| 75 | Stratus Technologies |
| 76 | Ukrop's Super Markets |
| 77 | ACUITY |
| 78 | Brobeck |
| 79 | Fannie Mae |
| 80 | Guidant |
| 81 | Carlson |
| 82 | Merck |
| 83 | Publix Super Markets |
| 84 | Nordstrom |
| 85 | Federal Express |
| 86 | St. Luke's |
| 87 | Ernst & Young |
| 88 | Vanguard Group |
| 89 | Discovery Communications |
| 90 | Marriott International |
| 91 | American Express |
| 92 | Kimberly-Clark |
| 93 | Eli Lilly |
| 94 | Wal-Mart Stores |
| 95 | Texas Instruments |
| 96 | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco |
| 97 | Procter & Gamble Company |
| 98 | Johnson & Johnson |
| 99 | Worthington Industries |
| 100 | Men's Wearhouse |