Boulder Valley School District Is CO's Best Employer: Report

BOULDER, CO — Teachers and school administrators across Colorado have worked tirelessly to make difficult decisions and keep students safe amid the coronavirus outbreak, but despite all the hardship school leaders face, many districts have shown their resilience. The Boulder Valley School District is one of those districts — it was named our state's top employer in a new Forbes list.

In the ranking, the district went up against some of the top employers in the nation, such as Costco, Starbucks and Verizon.

Some other Colorado school districts that made the cut on the Forbes list are:

• No. 22 - Academy School District 20, Colorado Springs
• No. 24 - Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Thornton
• No. 26 - Aurora Public Schools
• No. 30 - Falcon School District, Peyton

Costco Wholesale and ConocoPhillips were the only companies taking the No. 1 spot in more than one state, according to Forbes. Among the companies that appear in the top 100 in many states include FedEx, which appears in 27 states, and Amazon, which appears in 23.

School districts and colleges hold the top spot in eight states. Hospitals and health care systems were the top employers in five states.

According to Forbes, the best Colorado employers are:

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Forbes said it worked with Statista to come up with the rankings. An anonymous survey consisting of 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 500 employees was used to come up with the rankings.

You can read more about the methodology and see the full rankings here.