Forbes Media LLC has released its first-ever “America’s Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals” list, highlighting the top 250 organizations in the U.S. where employees report high job satisfaction, support, and career opportunities.
The ranking, titled the “America’s Best Employers For Healthcare Professionals 2025 List,” provides a critical snapshot of quality employment in an industry grappling with historic pressure, including rising costs and workforce strain.
The inaugural ranking revealed that specialized and pediatric care facilities claimed several top spots, with Shriners Hospitals for Children (Tampa, FL) securing the number one position.
The top ten healthcare employers recognized by Forbes and partner Statista are:
Shriners Hospitals for Children (Tampa, FL)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis, TN)
Community Health Network (Indianapolis, IN)
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Cincinnati Children’s (Cincinnati, OH)
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
St. Luke’s University Health Network (Bethlehem, PA)
FirstHealth of the Carolinas (Pinehurst, NC)
Cook Children’s Health Care System (Fort Worth, TX)
Houston Methodist (Houston, TX)
In total, 250 organizations across the United States earned recognition.
The full list is here: https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-healthcare-professionals/
To construct the list, Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista. They surveyed more than 17,000 employees working for U.S. healthcare and social services providers that employ at least 1,000 staff.
Participants assessed their employers based on several crucial criteria: wages, working conditions and schedules, career advancement opportunities, and safety. A significant component of the final score relied on how likely participants were to recommend their current or past employers to others, incorporating weighted data from three years of surveys.
The list arrives amid widespread acknowledgment of challenges within the sector. Tina Shah, a practicing critical care physician, highlighted that the current U.S. healthcare system has “taken the humanity out of the profession” resulting in an “overworked, silenced healthcare workforce”.
Shah noted that strong employers play a critical role, recognizing that staff are “elite athletes” who need protection and adequate support.