Sentara recognized as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers by Forbes in 2024
Sentara Health, the Commonwealth of Virginia's largest integrated health system and one of the state’s largest private employers, has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers in 2024. This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider.
Sentara ranked 32 out of 90 Virginia employers on the list and is the second-ranked healthcare employer.
Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile the ranking by surveying more than 160,000 employees working for companies employing at least 500 people within the U.S. The ranking is open to companies from all industry sectors. Around 4.4 million employer evaluations were considered. The consideration of data from 3 years allowed a robust differentiation between organizations that consistently perform well from those that may only have had a single good year. An employer's final score is determined on a state-by-state basis and is built upon two types of employee evaluations:
- Personal Evaluations: Employees’ willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family.
- Public Evaluations: Recommendations from friends and family members of employees, or members of the public who work in the same industry- also known as indirect evaluations.
Based on this comprehensive study, Sentara is honored to be recognized on the Forbes list of America’s Best-In-State Employers 2024.
In addition to this latest recognition, Forbes designated Sentara as a “Best Employer for Veterans” in 2023, “Best Employer for New Grads” in 2022, “Best Employer for Women” in 2020, and one of “America’s Best Employers” in 2018.