Rank

Company

Job Growth*

U.S. Employees

1

J.M. Smucker 

Moderate

2,585

2

Alston & Bird 

Moderate

1,450

3

Container Store 

Moderate

1,832

4

Edward Jones 

Moderate

27,092

5

Republic Bancorp 

Moderate

1,360

6

Adobe Systems 

Negative

2,368

7

TDIndustries 

Negative

1,393

8

SAS Institute 

Moderate

4,927

9

Wegmans 

Moderate

28,561

10

Xilinx 

Moderate

2,037

11

CDW 

Moderate

3,694

12

W.L. Gore 

Moderate

4,012

13

Quicken Loans 

High

1,669

14

Third Federal S&L 

Moderate

1,065

15

Genentech 

Moderate

6,110

16

Milliken 

Negative

10,000

17

Vision Service Plan 

Negative

2,072

18

Plante & Moran 

Negative

1,167

19

JM Family Enterprises 

Negative

3,232

20

Synovus Financial Corp. 

Moderate

11,822

21

Bronson Healthcare 

Moderate

2,902

22

Pella 

Moderate

7,412

23

S.C. Johnson & Son 

Negative

3,381

24

REI 

Moderate

6,346

25

Microsoft 

Moderate

36,665

26

Griffin Hospital 

Moderate

1,193

27

Sterling Bank 

Negative

1,140

28

Cisco Systems 

Negative

24,622

29

SEI Investments 

Zero

1,651

30

Stew Leonard's 

Moderate

1,794

31

American Fidelity Assurance 

High

1,333

32

Valero Energy 

Negative

17,033

33

Amgen 

High

9,263

34

Starbucks

High

60,447

35

Mayo Clinic 

Moderate

37,151

36

American Express 

Negative

43,477

37

VHA 

Negative

1,389

38

Mitre 

Moderate

4,997

39

HomeBanc Mortgage 

High

1,091

40

SRA International 

High

2,545

41

Goldman Sachs Group 

Negative

11,610

42

Arnold & Porter 

Moderate

1,473

43

Baptist Health Care 

Zero

4,151

44

Hot Topic 

Moderate

5,471

45

American Cast Iron Pipe 

Negative

2,426

46

Intel 

Negative

49,015

47

Whole Foods Market 

High

25,052

48

Network Appliance 

Negative

1,791

49

Monsanto 

Negative

6,824

50

Timberland 

Negative

2,116

51

Baptist Health South Florida 

Moderate

9,093

52

Fannie Mae 

Moderate

5,011

53

QuikTrip 

Moderate

6,462

54

Memorial Health 

High

3,668

55

Qualcomm 

Moderate

5,382

56

First Tennessee Natl. Corp. 

High

11,781

57

AFLAC 

High

3,726

58

Scooter Store 

High

1,361

59

Alcon Laboratories 

Moderate

6,026

60

St. Luke's 

Moderate

6,805

61

Nvidia 

High

1,531

62

Continental Airlines 

Negative

36,283

63

National Instruments 

Moderate

2,020

64

General Mills 

Negative

19,602

65

ARUP Laboratories 

High

1,555

66

Four Seasons Hotels 

Zero

11,982

67

American Century Investments 

Negative

1,871

68

Valassis 

High

1,625

69

Eli Lilly 

Moderate

22,130

70

Merck 

Negative

33,071

71

Arbitron 

Zero

1,113

72

Intl. Business Machines 

Negative

140,859

73

Robert W. Baird 

Negative

2,187

74

Medtronic 

Moderate

18,820

75

Ukrop's Super Markets 

Negative

5,500

76

Barton Protective Svcs. 

Moderate

12,526

77

Duncan Aviation 

Negative

1,754

78

Intuit 

Negative

6,064

79

Harley-Davidson 

Moderate

8,180

80

Bright Horizons 

Moderate

12,368

81

Procter & Gamble 

Negative

37,491

82

MBNA 

Negative

21,838

83

Northwestern Mutual 

Moderate

4,382

84

Marriott International

Negative

105,663

85

A.G. Edwards 

Negative

16,482

86

Men's Wearhouse 

Moderate

7,249

87

Perkins Coie 

Negative

1,424

88

Hyperion Solutions 

High

1,752

89

AstraZeneca 

Negative

11,940

90

Granite Construction 

Moderate

4,110

91

Texas Instruments 

Negative

17,087

92

Washington Mutual 

High

60,757

93

Paychex 

High

8,855

94

International Data Group

Negative

1,585

95

Principal Financial 

Negative

13,402

96

FedEx 

Zero

175,592

97

Ernst & Young 

Zero

23,399

98

Publix Super Markets 

Negative

121,534

99

Nordstrom 

Zero

40,319

100

Simmons 

Moderate

2,948