These Are The 12 Best Employers In Iowa, According To Workers

It's easier to believe claims about a place's work culture from someone who has actually worked there.

We hear companies often refer to themselves as a "family" but it's more telling to get the details from the employees on what company life is really like. Forbes has come out with their annual list of the Best Employers By State for 2024.

To do this, they teamed up with market research firm Statista and surveyed over 160,000 workers in companies that have at least 500 employees.

Those who were surveyed were asked "how likely they were to recommend their employer on a scale of zero to 10".

Scroll to see the top 12 employers in Iowa, according to employees!

12. Iowa State University

11. Amazon

Amazon has 7 warehouses in Iowa, including a sortation center in Bondurant and 3 delivery centers in Grimes, Ankeny, and Iowa City.

10. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has clinics and community service programs all across the state of Iowa.

9. Hormel Foods

Hormel has a Logistics Service in Eldridge, a Progressive Processing plant in Dubuque, and plants in multiple towns in the state.

8. University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

7. Ankeny Community School District

6. UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth opened a Davenport location in 2016 at the same time it expanded it's West Des Moines office.

5. Nationwide Insurance

Nationwide Insurance has around 50 offices in Iowa.

4. United Parcel Service

UPS has dozens of locations across Iowa.

3. Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield

2. Principal Financial Group

And the best employer in Iowa for 2024 is...

Bless the folks that make those delicious Glazer donuts.

The workers that Forbes and Statista surveyed for this were also asked to rank other employers that they had worked for within the past two years. They also chimed in on organizations that they were familiar with either through their employer (or their industry) or through a family member that worked for them.