--- title: The Most In-Demand Employers of 2015 description: Google, Apple, and Facebook are North America's most in-demand employers, according to LinkedIn. Microsoft and Nike round out the top 5. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2015-10-16T16:09:54.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T07:10:20.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - best jobs word_count: 410 canonical: https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Google headquarters in Seattle](https://img.money.com/2015/10/151016_car_indemandcompanies.jpg?crop=0px%2C189px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) *Google headquarters in Seattle* Onsite massages, generous paid parental leave, and crazy-cool offices — it's little wonder why Google, Apple, and Facebook are North America's most sought-after employers this year, according to LinkedIn. Unsurprisingly, the social networking site's annual list of [North America's 2015 Top 100 InDemand Employers](https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/indemand-north-america-2015) was chock-full of tech companies, with Google and Apple claiming the #1 and #2 spots, respectively, for the fourth year in a row. Facebook jumped from #5 to #3 this year, replacing Unilever, which experienced a dramatic descent to #25. Microsoft was ranked fourth, while Nike rounded out the top five. In all, tech companies comprised 29% of the top 100. LinkedIn created the list by analyzing "billions of interactions from LinkedIn's 380M+ members" between August 2014 and 2015, including how many people follow a company's page, how much engagement a company's blog content receives, how often people viewed and applied for jobs at a company, and current and former employee profiles. "Tech and media/entertainment are highly competitive industries when it comes to talent," said LinkedIn spokesperson Joe Roualdes. "Companies in those industries spend a lot of time and energy trying to strengthen their talent brands and make themselves more attractive to potential employees. And that's why they're so in-demand among our members." Other technology giants on the list include #11 Amazon, #15 Netflix, #17 Twitter, #18 Yahoo, and #20 Adobe. Media and entertainment companies also made a strong showing on the list, comprising 17% or the top 100. The Walt Disney Company, ESPN, Fox, The New York Times, Warner Bros., HBO, Bloomberg LP, NBC Universal, and Forbes all rank in the top 50. Retail & Consumer companies (like Sephora and Whole Foods) made up 16% of the list, followed by Health & Pharma at 11%. Interestingly, [companies like Twitter](https://money.com/why-everyone-should-relax-about-the-twitter-layoffs/), Netflix, and Dropbox (#83) rank highly despite employing relatively few people. **The Top 25 Most In-Demand Employers of 2015** 1. Google: 59k employees 2. Apple: 104k employees 3. Facebook:11k employees 4. Microsoft: 117k employees 5. Nike: 33k employees 6. The Walt Disney Company: 28k employees 7. Tesla Motors: 12k employees 8. Proctor & Gamble: 71k employees 9. Starbucks: 57k employees 10. Shell: 86k employees 11. Amazon: 66k employees 12. McKinsey & Company: 22k employees 13. GE: 60k employees 14. Johnson & Johnson: 571k employees 15. Netflix: 2k employees 16. Bloomberg LP: 16k employees 17. Twitter: 4k employees 18. Yahoo: 12k employees 19. Under Armour: 4k employees 20. Adobe: 13k employees 21. BP: 64k employees 22. Salesforce: 16k employees 23. ESPN: 9k employees 24. Pfizer: 75k employees 25. Unilever: 68k employees **Read Next:** [The Most In-Demand Career Fields for New College Graduates](https://money.com/industries-hiring-college-graduates/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Career Advice", "item": "https://money.com/career-advice/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Job Listings", "item": "https://money.com/job-listings/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "The Most In-Demand Employers of 2015" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/", "name": "The Most In-Demand Employers of 2015", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-10-16T16:09:54.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/most-in-demand-employers-2015-apple-google/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T07:10:20.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "The Most In-Demand Employers of 2015", "articleSection": "Career Advice", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/10/151016_car_indemandcompanies.jpg?crop=0px%2C189px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "151016_CAR_InDemandCompanies" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-10-16T16:09:54.000Z", "description": "Google, Apple, and Facebook are North America's most in-demand employers, according to LinkedIn. 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