Workplace equality is improving, but some employees, unfortunately, still face discrimination because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Of course, from a job seeker’s perspective, there are many good reasons to seek out employers with diverse workforces, but the most important one is the way the employees are treated. Everyone should feel like their workplace is a safe space (and if that’s not the case, you definitely need to keep reading).
In its annual Corporate Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) rated companies based on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality. The CEI rating criteria have four key pillars:
- Non-discrimination policies across business entities
- Equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families
- Internal education and accountability metrics to promote LGBTQ inclusion competency
- Public commitment to LGBTQ equality
The report rates 1,084 businesses—344 of which are on the Fortune 500 list—a record-breaking 609 of those received a top rating of 100%, the majority of which are hiring on Monster right now. For comparison, the first Index in 2002 saw only 13 businesses with a perfect score.
Click through the list below to see if you would be proud to work for one of these top-rated, LGBT-friendly companies that have jobs on Monster.
Best places to work for LGBTQ equality (listed in alphabetical order):
Advertising and marketing
Alliance Data Systems
Daniel J. Edelman
DigitasLBi
Fleishman-Hillard
Publicis Healthcare Communications
Starcom
UBM PLC
Aerospace and defense
BAE Systems
Boeing
Harris Corp.
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Leidos Holdings
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
Rockwell Collins
Airlines
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Apparel, fashion, textiles, department stores
Adidas
Levi Strauss
Macy’s
Nike
PVH Corp.
Under Armour
VF Corp.
Automotive
Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA)
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Hyundai Motor
Lear Corp.
Nissan
Subaru
Tesla
Toyota
Volkswagen
Banking and financial services
Ally Financial
American Express
Amerprise Financial
Bank of New York Mellon
Barclays
BB&T Corp.
BlackRock
Bloomberg
BMO Bankcorp
BNP Paribas
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Capital Group
Capital One
Carlyle Group
Charles Schwab
Citigroup
Comerica
Compass Bancshares
Deutsche Bank
Discover Financial Services
Eastern Bank Corp.
Edward Jones
Federal Home Loan Mortgage (Freddie Mac)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Fidelity National Information Services
Fifth Third Bancorp
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
First American Financial Corp.
First Data Corp.
Franklin Resources
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Huntington Bancshares
JPMorgan Chase
KeyBank
LPL Financial Holdings
MasterCard
Moody’s Corp.
Morgan Stanley
Morningstar
Navient
Northern Trust
OppenheimerFunds
PNC Financial Services
Prudential Financial Services
RBC Capital Markets
Robert W. Baird & Co
S&P Global
State Street Corp.
SunTrust Banks
Synchrony Financial
T. Rowe Price Associates
TD Ameritrade
TD Bank
TIAA
U.S. Bancorp
UBS AG
Union Bank
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Vanguard Group
Visa
Wells Fargo
Chemicals and biotech
BASF Corp.
Dow Chemical
DuPont
Ecolab
Genentech
Monsanto
PPG Industries
Praxair
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Computer, software, and data services
Adobe Systems
ADP
Apple
Autodesk
CA Technologies
CDW
Cloudera
Dell
Dropbox
Electronic Arts
EMC
FactSet Research Systems
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HP
Intuit
Lenovo
Lyft
Medallia
Microsoft
NCR
Oracle
Rackspace
Salesforce
SAP
Symantec
Tech Data Corp.
Uber
Ultimate Software Group
VMware
Workday
Xerox
Consulting and business services
A.T. Kearney
Accenture
AlixPartners LLP
Aon Corp.
Bain & Co. / Bridgespan Group
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boston Consulting Group
The Capital Markets Company
Convergys
Deloitte
Dun & Bradstreet
Ernst & Young (EY)
Gartner
Grant Thornton
Huron Consulting Group
IBM
Iron Mountain
Kelly Services
KPMG
Manpower Group
Marsh & McLennan
McKinsey & Co.
Navigant Consulting
Nielsen
PwC
Robert Half
Thomson Reuters
Willis Towers Watson
Education and child care
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Pearson
Energy and utilities
Alliant Energy Corp.
American Electric Power Co.
Duke Energy
Entergy
Exelon
National Grid
Portland General Electric
Republic Services
Southern Co.
Xcel Energy
Engineering and construction
Aecom
Turner Construction
Entertainment and electronic media
AMC Entertainment
CBS Corp.
Comcast NBCUniversal
Live Nation
Netflix
Pandora Media
Sirius XM Radio
Sony Corporation of America
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Tegna
Time Warner
Viacom
Walt Disney
Food, beverages, and groceries
Ahold Delhaize
Altria Group
Anheuser-Busch Companies
Aramark
Barilla
Brown-Forman
Campbell Soup
Cargill
Coca-Cola
ConAgra Brands
Constellation Brands
Darden Restaurants
Delhaize
Diageo
General Mills
Hain Celestial Group
The Hershey Company
Hormel Foods
Kellogg
Land O’Lakes
McDonald’s
MillerCoors
Mondelez
PepsiCo
Sodexo
Tyson Foods
Wawa
Health care and medical supplies
AmerisourceBergen
AthenaHealth
Baxter International
Boston Scientific Corp.
Cardinal Health
Centene Corp.
Cerner Corp.
CVS Health
Express Scripts Holding Company
Henry Schein
Kindred Healthcare
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
McKesson Corp.
Quest Diagnostics
High-tech/photo/science equipment
Advanced Micro Devices
Becton, Dickinson and Co.
Eastman Kodak
Intel
Medtronic
Nvidia
Texas Instruments
Hotels, resorts, and casinos
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Caesars Entertainment
Carnival
Choice Hotels
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Hilton
Hyatt Hotels
InterContinental Hotels Group
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
Marriott
MGM Resorts
Royal Caribbean Cruises
Wyndham
Wynn Resorts
Insurance
Aetna
AIG
Allianz Life Insurance
Allstate Insurance
American Family Insurance Group
Anthem
AXA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Blue Shield of California
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Cambia Health Solutions
Chubb
Cigna
CNA Insurance
CUNA Mutual Group
Erie Insurance Group
Excellus Health Plan
Genworth Financial
Guardian Life Insurance
Hartford Financial Services Group
Health Care Service Corporation
Highmark
Humana
John Hancock Financial Services
Kaiser Permanente
Liberty Mutual Group
Lincoln National Corp.
MetLife
Nationwide
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Principal Financial Group
Standard Insurance Co.
State Farm
Sun Life Financial
Transamerica
The Travelers Companies
Tufts Health Plan
Unum Group
Voya Financial
Internet services and retailing
Akamai Technologies
Amazon
eBay
Expedia
Facebook
Google
Groupon
IAC/InerActiveCorp.
LinkedIn
PayPal
Law firms
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Ballard Spahr LLP
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Dickinson Wright PLLC
DLA Piper
Duane Morris LLP
Fenwick & West LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Fredrikson & Byron
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Holland & Knight LLP
K&L Gates LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Littler Mendelson PC
Manatt, Phelps & Philips LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Schiff Hardin LLP
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Squire Patton Boggs
Thompson Coburn LLP
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
White & Case LLP
Mail and freight delivery
FedEx
UPS
Manufacturing
3M
Arconic
Ball Corp.
Corning Inc.
Cummins Inc.
Danaher Corp.
Eastman Chemical Co.
Eaton
Fortive
General Electric
Herman Miller
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Nestle Purina PetCare
Owens Corning
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Steelcase
Stryker
TE Connectivity
United Technologies
Mining, metals, oil, and gas
Air Products & Chemicals
Alcoa Corp.
BP America
Chevron
Shell Oil
Pharmaceuticals
AbbVie
Amgen
Astellas Pharma
Bayer
Boehringer Ingelheim
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly & Co.
Gilead Sciences
GlaxoSmithKline
Johnson & Johnson
Mallinckrodt
Merck
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer
Sanofi
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate
CBRE
JLL
Lendlease Americas
Retail and consumer products
Abercrombie & Fitch
American Eagle Outfitters
Ascena Retail Group
Avon Products
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Barnes & Noble
Best Buy
Caleres
CarMax
The Clorox Company
Coach
Colgate-Palmolive
Dollar General
Estee Lauder
GameStop
Gap
Hallmark
Hasbro
Home Depot
Ikea
J.C. Penney
Kimberly-Clark
Kohl’s
L Brands
Mattel
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
Nordstrom
Office Depot
PetSmart
Procter & Gamble
Sears Holdings
Sony Electronics
Staples
Starbucks
Target
Tiffany & Co.
TJX Companies
Toys ‘R’ Us
Unilever
Walgreens
Whirlpool
Telecommunications
AT&T
Charter Communications
Cisco Systems
Level 3 Communications
Qualcomm
Sprint
T-Mobile
Verizon
West Corp.
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