These organizations realize the value of hiring military spouses.
They get it! Every year, Military Friendly® identifies organizations that understand a very simple business concept: Not only are military spouses NOT a liability because they move every couple of years, they are an asset because they know how to solve problems. They’re creative, adaptive, resourceful, diverse and engaged.
The following 172 organizations earned the Military Spouse Friendly Employer® designation for 2022. They are organized by size according to their revenue category. The top 10 for each category are those that scored the highest. We asked the top-ranked organization in each category to tell us what makes their military spouse program special, what drives their efforts to hire America’s milspouses, and to identify the top jobs they recruit them for. Four of the five provided the requested information.
#1 Over $5 Billion
Booz Allen Hamilton
What makes your military spouse program special?
Booz Allen’s focus on hiring and retaining military spouses is based on a simple yet powerful premise: “Improve military readiness and retention—one military spouse at a time.” As a result of a grassroots effort by military spouses wanting to connect with each other, we launched our signature Military Spouse Network. A first of its kind, the network put Booz Allen on the map as an employer of choice for military spouse talent, and empowered other companies to join in. We are proud that our military spouse retention is equal to the firm-wide rate as a result.
What are the top jobs you recruit military spouses for?
- Program/Project Management
- Intelligence Professional
- Systems Engineer
- Defense Mission Expert
- Software Engineer
What drives your organization’s efforts to provide fulfilling careers to America’s military spouses?
“We are proud to be Military Friendly®’s top ranked employer of military spouses for 2022, and we remain dedicated to cultivating a culture of connection, inclusion, and empowerment for military spouses throughout their careers at Booz Allen. Our military spouses bring passion, adaptability, leadership, technical skills, and expertise that is vital to how we help clients and who we are as a firm. They are truly the embodiment of our mission to Empower People to Change the World.”
Dennis Via, Executive Vice President, Executive Sponsor, Military and Veteran Business Resource Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
#1 $1 Billion to $5 Billion
Amentum
What makes your military spouse program special?
Amentum continues to be proud to support our fighting men and women at home as much as we do abroad. What makes our program unique is the stability we offer: We’re a big company that has been around for 117+ years and our employees stay for huge parts of their career. Beyond that, we of course have the geographic distribution and remote work options to accommodate families as they relocate around the country or world. We provide support groups and flexibility to help families as they transition between posts or separate from service.
What are the top jobs you recruit military spouses for?
- Buyer
- Contracts/Subcontracts Manager
- Designer/Drafter
- Systems Analyst
- Finance Analyst
What drives your organization’s efforts to provide fulfilling careers to America’s military spouses?
“So many of the critical missions we support directly impact the ability of our military forces around the world. We are dedicated to supporting those families who serve alongside those in uniform by providing opportunities and flexibility to develop a career. More than 40% of Amentum’s employees are directly tied to the military as a veteran or as a spouse. We thank you for all you have given to our nation, and we are honored to have such folks on our team!”
– John Vollmer, Chief Executive Officer, Amentum
#1 Less than $500 Million
Boldly
What makes your military spouse program special?
As a team where 80% of our leadership are military spouses, we understand from firsthand experience the importance of a flexible, rewarding and portable career! All of our positions give our team the ability to take their employment with them no matter where they are stationed, and work part time or full time hours as a W2 employee with benefits. In addition, all of our positions are “flexible,” which allows for school pickups, extra curricular activities and attending to life and the unpredictable in general! We are inspired by the fact that our military spouses are able to fully participate in the workforce as they want to, in a rewarding long-term position throughout their service member’s career—and beyond!
What are the top jobs you recruit military spouses for?
- Executive Assistant
- Administrative and Marketing Assistant
- Legal Assistant
What drives your organization’s efforts to provide fulfilling careers to America’s military spouses?
“As business leaders, let’s never forget the strength and courage that it takes to be a military spouse. Loving and supporting an active-duty service member throughout a long-term career that encompasses danger and uncertainty—raising a family and providing stability in often-changing duty stations and during long periods alone takes extraordinary character. Who could be more deserving of a flexible and portable career than a military spouse? It is truly an honor to be able to offer fulfilling and supportive careers to people that I admire so much.”
– Sandra Lewis, CEO & Founder, Boldly
#1 Government/Nonprofit
PenFed
What makes your military spouse program special?
PenFed’s Military Spouse Employment Program is built upon our 86-year legacy of serving the military community. We know the value military spouses bring to our teams as well as the employment challenges they face from frequent moves. PenFed employs two dedicated military employment advocates on our recruiting team, who themselves are members of the military community. They work with military spouses and our military employment partners, such as HOH, MSEP, V3 and O2O, empowering military spouses to connect with meaningful career opportunities, often leveraging innovative programs such as HOH’s Military Spouse Fellowship Program or our own PenFed Military Mortgage Processor Program, both designed to bring additional Military Spouse talent into our company.
What are the top jobs you recruit military spouses for?
- Member/Customer Service roles
- Mortgage Loan Processing roles
- Financial Center roles
- A large variety of manager roles
What drives your organization’s efforts to provide fulfilling careers to America’s military spouses?
“Military spouses make excellent employees so hiring them is simply a good business strategy. They are resilient, resourceful, adaptive, diverse, team-oriented, engaged, and have a very strong passion for serving; everything an employer is looking for in great employees. Military spouses also share the same character and values of their military service members, which aligns to PenFed’s core values. Ultimately, we are committed to hiring military spouses because they make our teams better and because of our continuing dedication to serving our military community. It’s a win for our military spouses, our company, and our country.”
– James Schenck – President/CEO – PenFed, CEO – PenFed Foundation
Over $5 Billion
- 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Accenture
- ADP
- AECOM
- Anthem, Inc.
- Army & Air Force Exchange Service
- AT&T
- Athene
- BNSF Railway
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- CACI International Inc.
- Capital One Financial Corporation
- CarMax, Inc.
- Cigna
- Cintas
- Citizens Financial Group Inc.
- Comcast NBCUniversal
- Cushman & Wakefield
- CVS Health
- Deloitte
- Dominion Energy, Inc.
- Equinix
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- General Dynamics Mission Systems
- HCA Healthcare
- HILTON
- Humana, Inc.
- JCPenney
- JLL
- Johnson & Johnson
- KeyBank
- Leidos
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
- MERCK
- MetLife, Inc.
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- On Semiconductor
- Progressive Insurance
- Prudential Financial
- Raytheon Technologies
- Regions Bank
- Rocket Companies
- Schneider Electric
- Seagate Technology
- Southwest Airlines
- T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- The Adecco Group
- The Home Depot
- Trane Technologies
- Travelers
- Uber
- United Rentals Inc.
- UnitedHealth Group
- USAA
- VERIZON
- Wells Fargo & Company
- Windstream Holdings
- World Fuel Services
- Xcel Energy
- XPO Logistics, Inc.
$1 Billion to $5 Billion
- AAR Corp
- Amentum
- American Water
- Apex Systems
- Averitt Express
- Bozzuto
- ClarkDietrich®
- Combined Insurance
- CoreCivic, LLC
- Crown Equipment Corporation
- Guidehouse LLP
- Herc Rentals
- Kelly
- ManTech International
- Mears Group, Inc.
- MSC Industrial Supply
- Navient Solutions, LLC
- New York Community Bank
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas
- Palo Alto Networks
- Randstad USA
- Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.
- SEI Investments Company
- Silver Eagle Distributors Houston, LLC
- Sitel Group®
- Southern Company
- TEKsystems
- U-Haul International
- United Concordia Dental
- Vectrus
- Veterans United Home Loans
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- Werner Enterprises, Inc.
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
- Zillow
$500 Million to $1 Billion
- American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS)
- Caliber Home Loans, Inc.
- Chenega Corporation
- DEPCOM Power, Inc.
- Duke Realtay Corporation
- Duquesne Light Company
- Motel 6/Studio 6
- Premise Health
- Progressa Residential
- Qualtrics
- Roush
- The Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
- TMC Transportation
- TMX Finance Family of Companies
- Less than $500 Million
- Aldevra LLC
- AmeriVet Securities, Inc.
- Apogee Solutions, Inc.
- BeneLynk
- BGIS
- Black Knight, Inc.
- Black Start, LLC
- Boldly
- Bridgecross, LLC
- CDA Technical Institute
- Clearview Geographic, LLC
- Continental Expedited Services
- Cullen Investment Group
- FarmWise Labs, Inc.
- First Command Financial Services, Inc.
- French Consulting
- Geo Owl
- GeoStabilization International®
- Heavy Equipment Colleges of America
- Infojini Inc.
- IT Concepts Inc.
- Magellan Federal
- Melton Truck Lines
- MLM Home Improvement
- MyComputerCareer
- Omni Financial
- Outreach
- Precise Systems, Inc.
- Provalus
- Saint Maximus Consulting
- Salute Mission Critical
- SNVC, LC
- SOSi
- Strategic Staffing Solutions, LLC
- TALENT Technical Services, Inc.
- The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc.
- TRAX International Corporation
- US Autologistics LLC
- VAE, Inc.
- Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting
- View
- Whalls Group
- World Education
- Zeiders Enterprises Inc.
- Zips Car Wash
- Government/Nonprofit
- Ascension
- Blue Shield of California
- City of Colorado Springs
- Colorado Springs Utilities
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lakewood University
- Mayo Clinic
- Methodist Health System
- NC Department of Transportation
- NorthCrest Medical Center
- Northwell Health
- PenFed Credit Union
- Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA
- The Citadel – The Military College of South Carolina
- Trinity River Authority of Texas
- UCHealth
Top Jobs for Military Spouses
We asked the top-ranked organization in each revenue category to identify the top jobs they hire military spouses for. Here are the results.
- Program/Project Management
- Intelligence Professional
- Systems Engineer
- Defense Mission Expert
- Software Engineer
- Buyer
- Contracts/Subcontracts Manager
- Designer/Drafter
- Systems Analyst
- Finance Analyst
- Executive Assistant
- Administrative and Marketing Assistant
- Legal Assistant
- Member/Customer Service
- Mortgage Loan Processing
- Manager
Methodology: The Military Friendly® methodology considers the policies, processes, resources and investments that have the greatest impact on career opportunity and advancement for military spouses. It identifies the employers that demonstrably provide the greatest career potential. The Military Spouse Friendly Employers® survey takes a detailed look at the lifecycle of military spouse employees: What employers do to attract, hire, and develop them; as well as the policies and practices with which employers support them along the way. The survey offers an opportunity to highlight the efforts of companies across the country to help military spouse employees have long-term careers.