UW Medicine ranks in the top 5% in the nation as a 2024 Best Employer for Women by Forbes. Forbes’ ranking of America’s Best Employers for Women is released annually to help people identify companies that support women in leadership roles, address the gender wage gap, and create a more equitable workplace for women.
“From an HR perspective, we conduct pay equity analyses for jobs and provide resources and support for life at work and beyond,” says Nicki McCraw, assistant vice president of human resources at UW Medicine. “Across UW Medicine, work is being done to improve equity, support well-being, address bias, and continue to make UW Medicine a top-choice employer.”
Meet women making a difference at UW Medicine
Women are an important part of our workforce, making up approximately 67% of our organization. All three of UW Medicine’s hospitals are led by women.
Learn more about UW Medicine women advancing equity, diversity and inclusion and women working in male-dominated fields.
More on methodology
Forbes’ ranking of America’s Best Employers for Women is based on an independent survey of more than 150,000 women working for companies with at least 1,000 employees over the last three years.
Women were asked to rate their employer based on factors such as atmosphere, career advancement opportunities, pay equity and salary, employee diversity, parental leave policies, employer response to incidents of discrimination and more.