Now that the 2025 college graduation season has come and gone, it’s time for recent graduates to enter the workforce. Almost 40 New York-based companies are being recognized as some of the best for new grads in 2025, according to a recently released ranking by Forbes.
The business magazine partnered with market research firm Statista to put together the list of 500 organizations after surveying more than 100,000 young professionals with less than 10 years of work experience working for U.S. companies with at least 1,000 people.
Employees were asked whether they would recommend their current employer, previous employers and organizations they knew within the industry through friends or family who worked there to others and to rate it in areas like wages, benefits, advancement opportunities, working conditions, flexibility, company image and inclusion. The collected data and survey data from the past three years was then put into a scoring system. Greater weight was given to the more recent data and the responses from current employees.
“Given that these Gen Z workers are projected to comprise 30% of the United States workforce by 2030, savvy companies and organizations would be wise to pay attention to what this generation wants from work,” the study states.
Here’s which New York companies are on the list.
Which New York companies made it into Forbes’ top 100?
Forbes’ Best Employers for New Grads list for 2025 includes 38 New York-based companies from Long Island to Western New York. Here are the nine that made it into the top 100:
How many other upstate New York companies made the list?
Forbes’ top 10 employers for new grads
Emily Barnes on consumer-related issues for the USA TODAY Network’s New York Connect Team, focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on X and Instagram @byemilybarnes. Get in touch at ebarnes@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Top employers for new graduates in New York: Forbes’ 2025 rankings revealed
Reporting by Emily Barnes, New York Connect Team / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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