Workplace review site Comparably just published its annual ranking of places with the best compensation, and Adobe ranked number one on the list focused on companies with over 500 employees, or large companies.
"Being paid fairly has always been an important factor, but in order to recruit and retain top talent today companies need to provide competitive compensation across the board," Jason Nazar, co-founder and CEO of Comparably, said. "The top-rated companies on this year's list have raised the bar by expanding salary bands, perks, and benefits to meet new expectations from workers."
People deciding to change jobs in particular may care about "competitive compensation." An October 2021 Gallup survey of just over 13,000 US workers asked about the top factors they thought about when considering taking a job somewhere else. Gallup found that 64% cited "pay and benefits" as "very important", higher than other concerns like "greater stability and job security" at 53% and "greater work-life balance and better personal wellbeing" at 61%.
"As our findings suggest, pay is top of mind for people, but they're not just focused on pay vs. everything else," Gallup's Ben Wigert, wrote in a February post. "Compensation is naturally intertwined with development, growth, reward and recognition."
Job switchers and other workers may care about a company's compensation package given today's high inflation and with average raises next year potentially being below inflation.
For the Comparably ranking about top compensation, employees of different companies answered questions anonymously about their employer's compensation. Comparably then used these responses, which were from mid-September 2021 through mid-September 2022, to create the best compensation rankings.
Google placed fifth on this list from Comparably. Chegg, ZipRecruiter, and Meta were three other companies that were highly rated in the 2022 edition of this annual ranking.
Comparably also publishes a version of this ranking focused on just small and midsize companies, or workplaces with 500 or fewer workers. Package-tracking app-maker Route ranked at the top of the list about the small and midsize companies with the best compensation. Route also ranked at the top of Comparably's recently published list of the small and midsize companies where workers are happiest.
Below are the 25 companies that made the large employer list. The top 100 large companies that made the list and more about the ranking's methodology can be found on Comparably. Comparably provided to Insider the industries and anonymous employee quotes noted for each company below.