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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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The 19th annual 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon list is complete and the winners will be announced at the awards dinner on March 1, 2012, at the Oregon Convention Center.
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