Four distinguished Austin-based companies have been hailed among the best places to work in 2025 by U.S. News and World Report.

The annual "U.S. News Best Companies to Work For" report examines thousands of publicly-traded companies around the world to determine the best employers based on six metrics including work-life balance and flexibility; quality of pay and benefits; job and company stability; career opportunities and professional development; and more. The companies were not ranked, but included based on reader surveys and publicly available data about each workplace.

New for the 2025-2026 ratings,U.S. News expanded its methodology to include privately owned companies and companies with internship opportunities for recent graduates and new, current, and prospective students. Companies were also grouped into job-specific and industry-specific lists, and the publication also added a new list highlighting "employers that are particularly friendly to employees who are also caregivers in their personal lives."

U.S. News included three publicly traded companies in Austin and one Round Rock company on the lists.

It may not come as a surprise that Cirrus Logic once again made the list, especially after earning recognition in U.S. News' 2024 report. The semiconductor supplier employs 1,625 people, generates $1.84 billion in annual revenue, and earned high ratings for its work life balance, "belongingness," and quality of pay, according to the company's profile.

Though Cirrus Logic is a semiconductor company, U.S. News included it in its "Best in Manufacturing and Agriculture" list. It also appeared in the "Best Companies in the South" and "Best Companies for Supporting Family Caregiving" lists.

Popular outdoor recreation brand Yeti also landed on the list of top public employers in Austin. The company currently employs 1,340 people, generates $1.28 billion in annual revenue, and has a market cap of $2.34 billion, U.S. News says.

The company earned high ratings by U.S. News for its employee compensation and "belongingness." In addition to earning a place among U.S. News' overall "Best Companies" list, Yeti also appeared in the industry-specific "Best in Consumer Products" list and the "Best Companies in the South" list.

The two remaining Austin-area companies highlighted in the report are global technology company Silicon Labs and Round Rock-based Dell Technologies.

Other top Texas employers
In all, 30 employers headquartered in the Lone Star State made it onto U.S. News' 2025-2026 "Best Places to Work For" lists. Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area tied for the highest number of employers to make the list, at 11 companies each. Diamondback Energy in Midland was the only company from West Texas to make it on the list for the second year in a row.

Interestingly, U.S. News named data center services company Digital Realty as one of the top employers headquartered in Dallas, but CultureMap reported the company relocated from San Francisco to Austin in 2021, and Digital Realty's own website says its corporate headquarters are located in Austin. However, the company does operate more than a dozen data centers in the Dallas area.

The best places to work in Houston are:

• American Bureau of Shipping
• Calpine
• Chevron
• ConocoPhillips
• Hines
• Insperity, Kingwood
• KBR
• Men's Warehouse
• Occidental
• PROS
• Skyward Specialty Insurance

The best places to work across Dallas-Fort Worth are:

• Aimbridge Hospitality, Plano
• Ben E. Keith, Fort Worth
• Coach America, Grand Prairie
• Freeman, Dallas
• Integrity Marketing Group, Dallas
• Lincoln Property Company, Dallas
• RGP, Dallas
• Sammons Enterprises, Dallas
• Texas Instruments, Dallas
• Veritex Community Bank, Dallas