Several insurers landed on Forbes' annual ranking of the "Best Employers by State."
The 2024 ranking, published Aug. 20, sorts 1,294 top employers in the U.S. by state. Forbes surveyed more than 160,000 employees at companies with more than 500 people. Respondents evaluated their current employers, employers they'd worked with in the past two years and organizations they knew through their industry.
Insurers appeared among the top employers in most states, except for Alaska, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wyoming.
Here are the highest-ranked insurers, and health systems with health plans, in each state:
Alabama
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama (No. 19)
Arizona
UnitedHealth Group (No. 34)
Arkansas
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (No. 6)
California
Sutter Health (No. 50)
Colorado
Denver Health (No. 24)
Connecticut
Cigna (No. 26)
Florida
Florida Blue (No. 21)
Georgia
UnitedHealth Group (No. 34)
Hawaii
Kaiser Permanente (No. 5)
Illinois
Cigna (No. 23)
Indiana
Humana (No. 38)
Iowa
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (No. 3)
Kansas
UnitedHealth Group (No. 13)
Kentucky
Humana (No. 15)
Louisiana
Ochsner Health System (No. 14)
Maryland
Kaiser Permanente (No. 18)
Massachusetts
UnitedHealth Group (No. 20)
Michigan
UnitedHealth Group (No. 14)
Minnesota
Medica (No. 10)
Missouri
UnitedHealth Group (No. 50)
Nebraska
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska (No. 11)
Nevada
Intermountain Healthcare (No. 6)
New Hampshire
UnitedHealth Group (No. 9)
New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (No. 20)
New Mexico
Presbyterian Healthcare Services (No. 2)
New York
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (No. 44)
North Carolina
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (No. 10)
Ohio
Medical Mutual of Ohio (No. 8)
Oregon
Kaiser Permanente (No. 17)
Pennsylvania
Capital Blue Cross (No. 34)
South Carolina
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (No. 51)
South Dakota
Sanford Health (No. 3)
Tennessee
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennesee (No. 2)
Texas
Humana (No. 2)
Utah
Intermountain Healthcare (No. 22)
Virginia
UnitedHealth Group (No. 23)
Washington
Cambia Health Solutions (No. 7)
West Virginia
CVS Health (No. 13)
Wisconsin
UnitedHealth Group (No. 10)