Manufacturing and supply chain-heavy companies are showing up in a bigger way on Glassdoor’s list of the 100 Best Places to Work for 2026, a sign that employee satisfaction is growing in sectors once overlooked in workplace rankings.
Eleven manufacturers made the cut this year, up from eight in 2025. Companies with major production and logistics operations like Mars (#6), Boston Scientific (#15), GE Aerospace (#17), Intuitive (#20), and Toyota North America (#31) all ranked highly. Others on the list include Trane Technologies, Garmin, Milwaukee Tool, Siemens, Procter & Gamble, and Cummins.
This year’s rankings were part of Glassdoor’s 18th annual Employees’ Choice Awards, based entirely on anonymous reviews submitted between October 2024 and October 2025. To qualify, companies needed at least 75 U.S.-based employee reviews and a minimum overall rating of 3.5 out of 5.
More manufacturing, less tech
Technology companies still claimed the most spots overall with 24, but their showing was down from last year. Meanwhile, manufacturing and retail saw more companies break through, showing how the idea of a “great place to work” is shifting across industries.
One interesting trend Glassdoor pointed out: some of the companies people most want to work for aren’t in the industries doing the most hiring. That’s created a mismatch between where job seekers are applying and where roles are opening up.
What makes a company stand out?
The highest-rated employers didn’t just offer good pay or flashy perks. Employees consistently praised strong leadership, flexibility, supportive teams, clear career paths, and a sense of purpose. Those themes came up again and again in the reviews Glassdoor used to determine this year’s winners.
“Even amid the uncertainty of 2025, these standout employers have shown resilience,” said Owen Humphries, President at Glassdoor. “They’ve built trust and kept employees engaged through it all.”
Top 10 best places to work, 2026 (all industries)
So who made the cut? These are the 10 highest-rated workplaces of 2026:
- Crew Carwash
- In-N-Out Burger
- NVIDIA
- Ryan
- Keller Williams
- Mars
- ServiceNow
- Bain & Company
- Houston Methodist
- EPAM Systems
