America’s Greatest Workplaces for LGBTQ+ 2025 Methodology Overview
America’s Greatest Workplaces for LGBTQ+ 2025 highlights the top U.S. employers based on their performance across a range of metrics important to LGBTQ+ employees.
The study evaluated publicly available data, conducted interviews with HR professionals, and gathered insights through large-scale, confidential online surveys of LGBTQ+ employees at U.S. companies. Participants shared their experiences and perspectives on company culture, working conditions, and other key aspects of their employers and other organizations they are familiar with.
With over 49,000 employee interviews and more than 644,000 in-depth company reviews, this initiative stands as one of the most extensive independent employee studies in the country.
To support the analysis, we partnered with third-party data provider Aniline, utilizing their database of more than 120 key performance indicators (KPIs) for U.S.-based companies. These KPIs include metrics such as Leadership, Integrity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance.
Institutions associated with legal disputes or public reputational incident in the recent past were excluded from the final list. Plant-A leveraged Onclusive’s media monitoring platform Critical Mention to identify such incidents.
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