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| Rank 2006 | Rank 2005 | Company/Organization Industry | City Website | Benefits, attraction and retention | Work Environment | Decision making and trust | Performance management | Career development and learning | Employer survey of benefits | TOTAL |
| 1 | 2 | Weston Dealerships Automotive sales |
Gresham buyweston.com |
97.4 | 98.3 | 97.9 | 97.2 | 96.9 | 77.6 | 565.3 |
| 2 | 7 | Bridge City Legal Litigation support and consulting |
Portland bridgecitylegal.com |
95.8 | 97.6 | 96.8 | 94.7 | 95.2 | 79.9 | 560 |
| 3 | 6 | NW Newborn Specialists PC Specialized medical practice |
Portland |
89 | 90.2 | 90.2 | 87.1 | 87.9 | 95.5 | 539.9 |
| 4 | 5 | Conkling Fiskum & McCormick Public affairs/communication/research |
Portland cfm-online.com |
94.9 | 95.1 | 95.2 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 78.4 | 535.9 |
| 5 | 3 | United Human Capital Solutions* Employment services |
Lake Oswego uhcsolutions.com |
91 | 92.2 | 95.1 | 95.5 | 89.7 | 71.6 | 535.1 |
| 6 | 1 | Staff Finders Technical of Ore. Employment services |
Beaverton stafffinders.com |
89.2 | 95.1 | 94.5 | 88.2 | 88.9 | 77.6 | 533.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Neurology Assoc. of Eugene/Spr. Specialized medical practice |
Eugene |
92 | 94 | 95.5 | 88.6 | 89.5 | 69.4 | 529 |
| 8 | 12 | Performance Health Technology Third-party claims administration |
Salem phtech.com |
89.3 | 95.9 | 92.9 | 88.2 | 87.5 | 74.6 | 528.4 |
| 9 | 18 | Pittman & Brooks PC Accounting and tax preparation |
Portland pittman-brooks.com |
82 | 93.5 | 93.6 | 85.1 | 88.1 | 83.6 | 525.9 |
| 10 | 10 | Reitmeier Mechanical Industrial and commercial contracting |
Tigard reitmeiermechanical.com |
91 | 93 | 94.8 | 88.2 | 90.8 | 65.7 | 523.5 |
| 11 | 13 | Employment Trends Employment services |
Portland employmenttrends.com |
81.3 | 93 | 92.4 | 85.4 | 84.7 | 81.3 | 518.1 |
| 12 | NR | PREM Group Real estate management |
Portland premgroupinc.com |
87.1 | 93.6 | 90.7 | 86.1 | 87.4 | 73.1 | 518 |
| 13 | 11 | Pacific Benefit Consultants Insurance agency |
Eugene pbcins.com |
87.6 | 94.6 | 93.6 | 85.7 | 84.7 | 71.6 | 517.8 |
| 14 | 22 | KPD Insurance Insurance agency |
Spr./Medford kpdinsurance.com |
88.8 | 89.9 | 88.2 | 86.6 | 88 | 75.4 | 516.9 |
| 15 | 68 | Jordan Schrader PC Legal services |
Lake Oswego jordanschrader.com |
93.2 | 91.4 | 87 | 86.2 | 83.5 | 75.4 | 516.7 |
| 16 | NR | Evanta Event facilitation |
Portland evanta.com |
88 | 90.7 | 95.3 | 85.2 | 83.4 | 73.1 | 515.7 |
| 17 | 15 | NW Community Credit Union Banking and financial services |
Eugene nwcu.com |
83 | 92.3 | 88.2 | 84.6 | 86.1 | 79.9 | 514.1 |
| 18 | 24 | Willamette Valley Bank Banking and financial services |
Salem willamettevalleybank.com |
86.4 | 94.2 | 89 | 80.8 | 86.7 | 76.1 | 513.2 |
| 19 | 4 | Tec Laboratories Pharmaceutical manufacturing |
Albany teclabsinc.com |
78.6 | 94 | 90.8 | 86.5 | 86.1 | 76.9 | 512.9 |
| 20 | 67 | The Partners Group Ltd. Insurance agency |
Portland tpgrp.com |
88 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 87.4 | 83.6 | 66.4 | 506.7 |
| 21 | 64 | VTM Public relations and marketing |
Portland vtm-inc.com |
83.9 | 89 | 89.6 | 80.5 | 86 | 75.4 | 504.4 |
| 22 | NR | Contractors Insurance Services Insurance agency |
Lake Oswego cisiins.com |
82 | 91.4 | 92.6 | 81.8 | 83.8 | 72.4 | 504 |
| 23 | 30 | Madden Industrial Craftsmen Industrial employment services |
Beaverton mici.com |
82.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 88.4 | 79 | 63.4 | 503.5 |
| 24 | 66 | Pop Art Interactive and creative design services |
Portland popart.com |
78.4 | 89.5 | 91.3 | 85.1 | 81.8 | 76.1 | 502.2 |
| 25 | NR | Palo Alto Software Software design and services |
Eugene paloalto.com |
84.6 | 92.5 | 83.7 | 80.1 | 79.2 | 82.1 | 502.2 |
| 26 | NR | Windermere/Realty Partners Real estate sales |
Clackamas windermere.com |
75.8 | 93.2 | 95.4 | 92.8 | 91.1 | 52.2 | 500.5 |
| 27 | 49 | Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, DuPriest, Orr & Sherlock PC Legal services |
Eugene eugene-law.com |
80.6 | 92.9 | 93.2 | 88 | 82.6 | 62.7 | 500 |
| 28 | 29 | NW Staffing Resources Employment services |
Portland nwstaffing.com |
80.6 | 90.6 | 90.3 | 78.6 | 79.4 | 79.9 | 499.4 |
| 29 | NR | Arciform LLC Historic home restoration |
Portland oldhomesnewlife.com |
78.3 | 88.9 | 90.2 | 78.9 | 90.1 | 67.9 | 494.3 |
| 30 | 21 | Vernier Software & Tech. Educational software and hardware |
Beaverton vernier.com |
87.6 | 87.9 | 82.5 | 76.5 | 77.2 | 81.3 | 493 |
| 31 | 9 | Capital Pacific Bank Banking and financial services |
Portland capitalpacificbank.com |
80.9 | 90.3 | 91 | 82.5 | 82.6 | 65.7 | 493 |
| 32 | 23 | Columbia Community Bank Banking and financial services |
Hillsboro columbiacommunitybank.com |
81.5 | 90.2 | 89.8 | 77.9 | 79.8 | 71.6 | 490.8 |
| 33 | NR | Oregon Telecom Telecommunications |
Salem oregontelecom.com |
72.3 | 91.1 | 90.6 | 83.5 | 77.8 | 75.4 | 490.7 |
| 34 | 36 | Cascade Employers Assoc. Human resources management |
Salem cascadeemployers.com |
79.3 | 91.5 | 91.1 | 72.2 | 80.9 | 75.4 | 490.4 |
| 35 | NR | Becker Capital Management Investment services |
Portland beckercap.com |
88.8 | 89.7 | 80.5 | 74.8 | 76 | 79.9 | 489.7 |
| 36 | 31 | Combined Communications Radio broadcasting/media |
Bend |
75.9 | 90.2 | 86.2 | 80.7 | 78.4 | 76.9 | 488.3 |
| 37 | NR | The Bank of Oswego Banking and financial services |
Lake Oswego bankofoswego.com |
82.3 | 88.2 | 85.3 | 76.1 | 83 | 73.1 | 488 |
| 38 | 32 | Boly:Welch Employment services |
Portland bolywelch.com |
80.1 | 90.6 | 81.2 | 75.2 | 76 | 84.3 | 487.4 |
| 39 | NR | Independent Actuaries Benefits consulting and administration |
Beaverton independentactuaries.com |
81.8 | 91.8 | 89.2 | 74 | 80.6 | 67.9 | 485.3 |
| 40 | 69 | NW Portland Area Indian Health Board Health care admin. |
Portland npaihb.org |
85.5 | 86.9 | 77.5 | 64.2 | 80.7 | 88.1 | 482.9 |
| 41 | 28 | Pacific Continental Bank Banking and financial services |
Eugene therightbank.com |
76.7 | 86.8 | 85.3 | 77.3 | 78.9 | 77.6 | 482.6 |
| 42 | NR | Adroit Construction Co. Commercial construction |
Ashland adroitbuilt.com |
83.2 | 86.5 | 91.2 | 80.8 | 82.9 | 57.5 | 482.1 |
| 43 | 55 | Sussman Shank LLP Legal services |
Portland sussmanshank.com |
83.5 | 86.6 | 84.6 | 73.5 | 74.7 | 79.1 | 482 |
| 44 | NR | Sparling Electrical engineering and design |
Portland sparling.com |
71.9 | 88.3 | 84.7 | 78.2 | 79.1 | 79.1 | 481.3 |
| 45 | NR | EthicsPoint Compliance reporting/risk management |
Portland ethicspoint.com |
79.5 | 90.9 | 91 | 82 | 75.4 | 59.7 | 478.5 |
| 46 | 14 | Point B Solutions Group LLP Project leadership services |
Portland pointb.com |
68.2 | 91.3 | 90.8 | 80.2 | 76.7 | 70.9 | 478.1 |
| 47 | 42 | opus:creative Graphic and web design |
Portland opuscreative.com |
73.8 | 88.7 | 87.8 | 77.7 | 77.3 | 70.9 | 476.2 |
| 48 | NR | Community First Bank Banking and financial services |
Prineville cfbnk.com |
79.3 | 87 | 88.5 | 76.2 | 79.5 | 65.7 | 476.2 |
| 49 | 33 | Convergence Networks IT and network services |
Milwaukie cnwi.net |
78.1 | 86.4 | 87.8 | 78.5 | 79 | 64.9 | 474.7 |
| 50 | 20 | On-Site Financial Employment and accounting services |
Portland onsitefinancial.com |
74.7 | 89.3 | 87.5 | 77.6 | 72.3 | 72.4 | 473.8 |
NR= Not ranked in 2005
*Formerly Financial Placements/fpBioMed
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