We invited companies across the U.S. to take part in our rigorous, more-than-90-question survey. Not every company that responded made the cut. Rankings were developed based on the answers that companies provided to questions about their recruiting of people connected to the military; company policies related to veterans, reservists and their families; and the organization's culture. Not everything listed in this chart was considered in the rankings, and many items not listed were considered.
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Editor's note: This chart is occasionally updated, as companies amend and correct the information provided.
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| Rank | Company | Industry | Total | Military | Total | Military | Percentage of recruiting budget for veterans | Military experience instead of certification | Veterans on-boarding | Company training about military | Military spouse policies | ESGR awards | Medical insurance | Life insurance | Pay raises | Retirement contributions | Sick days | Vacation days | Reservist pay |
| 1 | First Data | Banking - Financial Services | 15,683 | 1,084 | 3,482 | 257 | no data |  |
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Training: full pay, 19 business days, then full difference, unlimited; activated: full pay, 2 years, then full difference, 5 years |
| 2 | BAE Systems | Defense - Aerospace | 29,263 | 4,787 | 5,889 | 1,216 | 25% | |
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Training: full difference, 15 business days; activated: full pay, 30 business days, then full difference, 11 months |
| 3 | Booz Allen Hamilton2 | Consulting | 23,044 | 6,893 | 5,128 | 1,802 | 70% | |
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| 4 | General Motors2 | Transportation | 97,744 | 6,842 | 12,721 | 948 | 1% | |
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| 5 | Hilton | Hotel - Resort | 60,709 | 1,943 | 25,587 | 1,189 | 37% | |
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| 6 | USAA2 | Insurance | 29,000 | 4,275 | 5,308 | 951 | 30% | |
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| 7 | Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation | Engineering - Services | 339 | 119 | 43 | 14 | 33% | |
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| 8 | Comcast NBCUniversal2 | Media - Technology - Entertainment | 159,000 | 4,850 | 30,810 | 1,2763 | 15% | |
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| 9 | Lockheed Martin Corporation2 | Defense - Aerospace | 90,621 | 18,375 | 8,583 | 2,909 | 18% | |
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| 10 | Marsh & McLennan Companies | Consulting | 22,321 | 832 | 5,169 | 158 | 6% | |
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| 11 | U.S. Bank | Banking - Financial Services | 70,756 | 1,929 | 21,077 | 534 | 5% | |
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Training: full pay, 2 weeks; activated: full pay, 6 weeks, then full difference, 104 weeks |
| 12 | PwC | Consulting | 1,100 | 150 | 288 | no data | 10% | |
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| 13 | CDW | Science & Technology | 7,039 | 342 | 871 | 53 | 5% | |
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| 14 | Capital One | Banking - Financial Services | 47,314 | 1,424 | 11,067 | 400 | 5% | |
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Training: full difference, 1 year; activated: full difference, 5 years |
| 15 | Windstream Communications | Telecommunications | 11,877 | 841 | 1,751 | 356 | 10% | |
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| 16 | Merck & Co. Inc. | Pharmaceutical | 23,224 | 377 | 1,970 | 56 | 10% | |
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| 17 | Southern Company | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | 25,475 | 2,314 | 1,060 | 141 | 13% | |
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| 18 | Werner Enterprises2 | Transportation | 11,364 | 1,786 | 12,127 | 1,845 | 20% | |
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| 19 | Xcel Energy | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | 11,299 | 1,083 | 848 | 120 | 50% | |
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| 20 | Verizon2 | Telecommunications | 140,946 | 10,108 | 11,574 | 1,046 | 10% | |
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Training: full difference, 36 months; activated: full difference, 36 months | |
| 21 | CACI International Inc.2 | Information Technology | 18,870 | 4,524 | 4,538 | 1,309 | no data | |
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| 22 | Leidos2 | Information Technology | 31,705 | 6,245 | 4,579 | 1,370 | 30% | |
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| 23 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | 22,811 | 1,477 | 2,014 | 204 | 20% | |
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| 24 | The Boeing Company | Defense - Aerospace | 131,178 | 19,849 | 4,922 | 742 | 1% | |
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Training: full difference, 80 hours; activated: full difference, 90 business days | ||
| 25 | Deloitte | Consulting | 53,470 | 1,237 | 11,753 | 221 | no data | |
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Training: full pay, unlimited; activated: full difference, 18 months | |
| 26 | Pratt & Whitney | Airline - Aviation | 17,800 | 2,107 | 3,000 | 420 | 5% | |
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| 27 | Amtrak | Transportation | 20,280 | 4,020 | 1,639 | 414 | 5% | |
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| 28 | Kellogg | Consumer Products | 20,297 | 807 | 5,833 | 249 | 15% | |
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| 29 | JPMorgan Chase & Co.2 | Banking - Financial Services | 243,000 | 5,800 | 48,400 | 1,800 | 15% | |
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| 30 | Accenture | Consulting | 50,000 | 1,612 | no data | 626 | no data | |
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| 31 | Performance Contractors Inc. | Construction | 5,578 | 577 | 2,376 | 210 | 33% | |
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| 32 | LMI2 | Consulting | 1,261 | 432 | 340 | 66 | 40% | |
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| 33 | Dominion Resources Inc. | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | 14,531 | 1,582 | 1,089 | 105 | 25% | |
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| 34 | Bank of America | Banking - Financial Services | 175,368 | no data | 26,980 | no data | no data | |
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Training: full pay, 2 weeks; activated: full pay, 90 business days, then full difference, 5 years |
| 35 | United Rentals Inc. | Services - Corporate B2B | 11,079 | 1,396 | 1,814 | 189 | 25% | |
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| 36 | KPMG LLP | Accounting - Finance | 30,808 | 687 | 6,041 | 296 | 10% | |
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| 37 | Walmart2 | Retail | 2,300,000 | 105,000 | 500,000 | 40,935 | 15% | |
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| 38 | ManTech2 | Information Technology | 6,631 | 3,226 | 2,254 | 852 | 50% | |
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| 39 | Combined Insurance, a Chubb Company | Insurance | 4,423 | 575 | 2,943 | 313 | 17% | |
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| 40 | Eaton | Manufacturing | 30,523 | 1,8483 | 3,295 | 2393 | 20% | |
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| 41 | Humana Inc. | Healthcare - Health Services | no data | 1,477 | no data | 357 | 5% | |
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| 42 | GE | Industrial | 102,439 | 9,986 | 11,300 | 1,203 | 20% | |
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| 43 | Citigroup Inc.2 | Banking - Financial Services | no data | 3,176 | no data | 676 | no data | |
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| 44 | Bluehawk LLC2 | Defense - Aerospace | 60 | 39 | 42 | 27 | 85% | |
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| 45 | AT&T | Telecommunications | 223,715 | 11,029 | 22,767 | 1,951 | 1% | |
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| 46 | Aetna Inc. | Insurance | 47,213 | 1,233 | 5,080 | 264 | no data | |
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| 47 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Healthcare - Health Services | 21,320 | 4,275 | 4,017 | 2,344 | 2% | |
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| 48 | Zurich North America | Insurance | 8,500 | 1723 | 1,500 | 223 | 15% | |
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Training: full difference, 3 months, then partial difference, 24 months; activated: full difference, unlimited | |||
| 49 | Exelon Corporation | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | no data | 3,911 | no data | 288 | 33% | |
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| 50 | La Quinta Inns & Suites | Hotel - Resort | 7,300 | 268 | 8,200 | 255 | 40% | |
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| 51 | DaVita HealthCare Partners | Healthcare - Health Services | 54,645 | 6383 | 14,937 | 1,9923 | 16% | |
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| 52 | Travelers | Insurance | 28,000 | 1,037 | 2,815 | 96 | 5% | |
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| 53 | Amazon2 | Retail | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | |
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| 54 | Shell Oil Company | Oil Refining - Petroleum - Drilling | 20,010 | 931 | 850 | 88 | 10% | |
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| 55 | The Exchange (Army & Air Force Exchange Service)2 | Government - Civil Service | 35,133 | 3,459 | 16,670 | 1,450 | 20% | |
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| 56 | Precise Systems Inc. | Engineering - Services | 302 | 79 | 96 | 18 | no data | |
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| 57 | Concurrent Technologies Corporation | Research & Development | 534 | 90 | 91 | 24 | 20% | |
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| 58 | Level 3 Communications Inc. | Telecommunications | 9,263 | no data | 1,066 | no data | 10% | |
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| 59 | Progressive | Insurance | 30,572 | 1,355 | 7,132 | 378 | 5% | |
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| 60 | Rackspace | Science & Technology | 6,096 | 349 | 1,004 | 46 | 5% | |
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| 61 | Consumers Energy | Energy - Utilities - Gas - Electric | 7,800 | 359 | 836 | 114 | 15% | |
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| 62 | DynCorp International LLC2 | Defense - Aerospace | 10,614 | 5,351 | 2,616 | 1,052 | 50% | |
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| 63 | Sonoco Products Company | Packaging | 10,041 | 3263 | 1,817 | 593 | 10% | |
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| 64 | Academy Securities Inc. | Banking - Financial Services | 58 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 80% | |
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| 65 | First Command Financial Services Inc.2 | Banking - Financial Services | 1,949 | 665 | no data | 100 | 90% | |
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| 66 | Waste Management2 | Environmental | 40,000 | 3,675 | 11,000 | 1,049 | 10% | |
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| 67 | Applied Materials Inc. | Semiconductor | 10,000 | 630 | 1,000 | 46 | 15% | |
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| 68 | Quicken Loans | Credit - Loan - Collections | 15,000 | 593 | no data | 210 | no data | |
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| 69 | Associated Bank | Banking - Financial Services | 4,482 | no data | 900 | no data | 10% | |
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| 70 | Southwest Airlines2 | Airline - Aviation | 57,133 | 7,439 | 7,207 | 691 | 10% | |
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| 71 | Brown-Forman Corporation | Consumer Products | 2,502 | 883 | 268 | 163 | 0% | |
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| 72 | Vectrus Systems Corporation2 | Defense - Aerospace | 4,330 | 1,485 | 1,113 | 307 | 15% | |
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| 73 | FDM Group | Science & Technology | 716 | 47 | 376 | 26 | 30% | |
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| 74 | Hormel Foods Corporation | Food | 10,588 | 4663 | 2,458 | 633 | 20% | |
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| 75 | The Home Depot2 | Retail | 400,000 | 35,000 | no data | 21,100 | 10% | |
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| 76 | CVS Health2 | Healthcare - Health Services | 248,224 | no data | 93,915 | 3,243 | 5% | |
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| 77 | Tsys2 | Computer Software | 10,000 | no data | 1,400 | no data | 5% | |
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| 78 | Honeywell | Industrial | 46,211 | 4,033 | 4,144 | 393 | no data | |
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| 79 | Grunt Style | Fashion - Apparel - Textile | 150 | 803 | 65 | 403 | 75% | |
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| 80 | Roboteam Inc. | Science & Technology | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | no data | |
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| 81 | Ecolab Inc. | Chemical | 20,898 | no data | 3,458 | no data | 10% | |
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| 82 | Macy's Inc. | Retail | 165,0004 | 4,1344 | 13,5004 | 7504 | 10% | |
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