Computerworld reveals 2026’s top IT workplaces continue to emphasize people, culture, and talent development despite AI-driven disruption.
San Francisco, CA. December 9, 2025 – Computerworld is pleased to announce the 2026 Best Places to Work in IT list. These featured organizations showcase robust commitments to exceptional employee retention and engagement, substantial IT career development and training programs, adeptness in workplace modernization, dynamic workplace culture, comprehensive benefits, and significant strides in IT growth. Recognizing the impact of company size on culture and benefits, the 2026 list categorizes organizations into three segments: large, midsize, and small.
How we chose the best places to work in IT
The 32nd annual survey conducted by Computerworld’s publisher, Foundry, aimed to recognize the top workplaces for IT professionals. Commencing in April 2025, the nomination phase welcomed entries from organizations boasting a minimum of 100 total employees, including at least five IT staff members.
Participants were requested to designate a contact person within their organization well-versed in employment statistics, financial data accessibility, and familiarity with both IT department and overall organizational benefit policies and programs.
From mid-April 2025, nominated organization contacts received an extensive 58-question company survey encompassing six core categories: workplace culture (promoting respect, nurturing a sense of belonging, and encouraging diverse perspectives); IT turnover, promotions, and growth; programs fostering IT retention and engagement; approaches to workplace modernization; comprehensive benefits and perks (such as elder care, child care, flextime, and college tuition reimbursement); as well as training and career development opportunities.
Apart from receiving scores based on closed-ended questions, the survey submissions, inclusive of multiple open-ended responses, underwent an evaluation by a panel of esteemed industry experts. Both the nomination process and company surveys were conducted online, with responses collected and analyzed by a third-party research vendor. The research phase concluded in July 2025.
Top 10 lists
Our top 10 lists show the best of the best—the organizations that excel in each of the six categories covered. To determine each list, we considered the following factors:
Workplace culture: steps taken to promote respect, foster a sense of belonging, and encourage diverse perspectives in the workplace; analysis of promotions, leadership opportunities and compensation across IT employee profiles; inclusion of women and minority groups within the IT workforce and within IT management; training opportunities to reinforce and enhance workplace culture.
Employee retention and engagement: Frequency of employee satisfaction surveys; promotions; salary increases; actions taken to boost employee morale.
Workplace modernization: Employee autonomy over work location; percentage of remote and hybrid employees; adoption of emerging technologies; level of IT automation in place; consideration of input from IT employees when adopting new tools and solutions; actions taken to enable flexible work.
Benefits: The range of benefits and perks offered, including sabbaticals, elder care and childcare, paid time off, and (within the U.S.) family leave and healthcare benefits.
IT career development and training: Mentoring programs; training budget; promotions within IT; accessibility of training to remote employees; unique training programs.
IT growth: Changes in IT headcount over the past three years; IT turnover and anticipated growth; new skills companies are planning to hire this year; outsourcing plans; the company’s revenue growth over the past three years.
When scoring the responses from the company surveys, the results were weighted against averages and benchmarks calculated within each company size group. The survey process was overseen by Jen Garofalo, Research Director at Foundry, in collaboration with the independent firm Research Results, Inc.
Large organization ratings (5000+ employees)
- Tractor Supply Company
- The Hartford
- Cedars-Sinai
- Navy Federal Credit Union
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- USAA
- UKG
- Dayforce HCM
- CDW
- Sophos Ltd.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Stanford Health Care
- University of Notre Dame
- CareSource
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Oshkosh Corporation
- Baptist Health (Jacksonville)
- Unum Group
- GSK plc
- AdventHealth
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
- The Christ Hospital Health Network
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Jack Henry & Associates
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- RSM US LLP
- Avnet, Inc.
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Health Care Service Corporation
- The MITRE Corporation
- Informatica
- Graphic Packaging, Inc.
- Worthington Steel
- Banner Health
- Probe CX
- Portland State University
- Zebra Technologies Corporation
- PPG
- TIAA
- Total Quality Logistics
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- Avery Dennison
- ADM
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
- The Kroger Co.
- Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- Federal Express Corporation
- CVS Health
- Casey’s General Stores
- Amedisys
- EtonHouse International Education Group
- UT Dallas
- DHL Express U.S.
- Applied Materials, Inc.
Midsize organization ratings (1,001 – 4,999 employees)
- Power Home Remodeling
- Credit Acceptance
- OCLC
- Plante Moran
- VyStar Credit Union
- CME Group
- Kinaxis
- Extreme Networks
- KnowBe4
- ChenMed
- Cambia Health Solutions
- Five9
- Choice Hotels International
- National Information Solutions Cooperative
- Enova
- Aeroflow Health
- Miami University
- Guardant Health
- IGS Energy
- Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
- FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)
- A+E Global Media
- American Fidelity Assurance Company
- Genesis HealthCare System
- Worthington Enterprises
- Planned Systems International
- Altia
- BairesDev
Small organization ratings (1,000 or fewer employees)
- Warsteiner Brauerei Haus Cramer KG
- BCU
- Tokio Marine North America Services
- Dataprise LLC
- Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company
- Consumers Credit Union
- Data Intensity
- Prezzee PTY Limited
- Axon Active Vietnam Co., Ltd.
- IT Convergence, Inc.
- MetroStar
- Connexus Credit Union
- Nationale-Nederlanden Vida Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A.E.
- Abarca Health
- Saint Mary’s College
- Ostfriesische Tee Gesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG
- Hanscom Federal Credit Union
- Telecontact S.L.
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