The top 100 graduate employers in Ireland

The Cibyl Graduate Research Ireland study reveals the 100 most popular employers in Ireland, as voted for by those who matter most: students and graduates.

2022/23 rankings

2022
Employer
2021
Movement
1
Google
1
Same
2
Pfizer
4
Up 2
3
Apple
3
Same
4
Amazon
2
Down 2
5
Department of Education (Teaching)
8
Up 3
6
Boston Scientific
10
Up 4
7
Deloitte
5
Down 2
8
Johnson & Johnson
17
Up 9
9
KPMG
6
Down 3
10
Aer Lingus
18
Up 8
11
Microsoft
9
Down 2
12
European Commission
16
Up 4
13
Civil Service
13
Same
14
AIB
12
Down 2
15
PwC
7
Down 8
16
Department of Health (inc HSE)
11
Down 5
17
Jameson - Irish Distillers
15
Down 2
18
Intel
22
Up 4
19
EY
14
Down 5
20
Coca-Cola HBC
19
Down 1
21
Facebook
21
Same
22
Bank of Ireland
20
Down 2
23
Local Government
26
Up 3
24
Diageo
23
Down 1
25
A&L Goodbody
27
Up 2
26
Abbott
24
Down 2
27
Accenture
30
Up 3
28
An Garda Síochána
31
Up 3
29
Enterprise Ireland
25
Down 4
30
Dell
29
Down 1
31
Central Bank
28
Down 3
32
Aldi
35
Up 3
33
2K Games
0
New
34
Medtronic
41
Up 7
35
Ryanair
50
Up 12
36
Arthur Cox
40
Up 4
37
Bank of America
37
Same
38
Stryker
42
Up 4
39
Grant Thornton
39
Same
40
Penneys (Primark)
34
Down 6
41
An Post
46
Up 5
42
Jaguar Land Rover
32
Down 10
43
Bord na Mona
55
Up 12
44
IBM
38
Down 6
45
AbbVie
43
Down 2
46
Kerry Group
33
Down 13
47
ESB
45
Down 2
48
MSD
36
Down 12
49
Bord Bía
0
New
50
Lidl
58
Up 8
51
Coillte
61
Up 10
52
Bristol-Myers Squibb
48
Down 4
53
Citi
47
Down 6
54
LinkedIn
59
Up 5
55
Deutsche Bank
63
Up 8
56
Novartis
51
Down 5
57
GSK
49
Down 8
58
Arup
54
Down 4
59
Musgrave Group
53
Down 6
60
Glanbia
44
Down 16
61
Unilever
52
Down 9
62
Merck
68
Up 6
63
daa
89
Up 26
64
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
56
Down 8
65
Matheson
67
Up 2
66
Analog Devices
64
Down 2
67
Barclays
57
Down 10
68
Smyths Toys
74
Up 6
69
BioMarin
70
Up 1
70
Davy
62
Down 8
71
General Motors
69
Down 2
72
Allianz
75
Up 3
73
McCann FitzGerald
74
Down 1
74
AIG
78
Up 4
75
Workday
85
Up 10
76
Jacobs Engineering
60
Down 16
77
Amgen
73
Down 4
78
GE Healthcare
0
New
79
The Defence Forces
86
Up 7
80
Core Media
65
Down 15
81
Eirgrid
83
Up 2
82
BAM Ireland
0
New
83
Vhi Healthcare
81
Down 2
84
Zurich
90
Up 6
85
Dairygold
100
Up 12
86
Ericsson
71
Down 15
87
Aecom
97
Up 10
88
John Paul Construction
82
Down 6
89
Irish Rail
0
New
90
Mars
0
New
91
Sisk
0
New
92
Paypal
87
Down 5
93
Oracle
0
New
94
IDA
99
Up 5
95
SAP
80
Down 15
96
Kingspan
79
Down 19
97
PM Group
88
Down 9
98
HP
95
Down 3
99
Salesforce
98
Down 1
100
Sanofi
76
Down 24
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The rankings also feature in our careers publication, Ireland's 100 Leading Graduate Employers, which examines all of the survey data to reveal which organisations are successfully promoting their brand to the next generation of leaders and innovators in Irish business.

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