Methodology

At Brazen Careerist, we're experts on what Generation Y wants from their work. And it's our mission to help Gen Y get there. We partnered with Payscale because they're experts at enabling companies to create the kind of workplace people like to be in.

With the insights from Brazen Careerist and the hard data from Payscale, we have created a Top 50 list that reflects the hopes, dreams and realities of Generation Y and the companies that cater to them.

The data were collected between October 15th, 2008 and October 15th, 2009 for full-time employees working in the U.S. who hold at least a bachelor's degree. We focus on the following criteria to determine the Top Companies for Gen Y workers:

(1) Start with the PayScale database of over 50,000 Companies and eliminate any company with less than 2500 employees.

(2) Next focus on companies with approximately 2000+ bachelor's degree or higher graduates in order to limit the sample to companies that are major employers of bachelor's (or higher) graduates.

(3) Pick the 50 companies with the highest score(s), as defined by:

• Percentage of Gen Y employees
• Median total cash compensation of Gen Y employees
• Gender balance
• Green score, as determined by Climate Counts (http://www.climatecounts.org).

For more information about the report and its methodology, please inquire at press@payscale.com.