Queens Public Library Recognized on Forbes America’s Best Midsize Employers List
Queens, NY_Queens Public Library has been named one of the best midsize employers in the United States by Forbes Magazine in its 2025 rankings.
This recognition places QPL 46th out of the nearly 500 best companies and organizations with 1,000 to 5,000 employees. Notably, QPL is the only public library system and one of only two libraries to make the list—the other being the Library of Congress. In New York State, 36 companies made it to the magazine’s top midsize companies list of 498. Only seven of these, including QPL, were ranked in the top 100.
“Being included in this list is a meaningful recognition of our team’s exceptional work as they serve our diverse communities with passion and dedication,” said QPL President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott. “It also reflects our commitment to fostering a work culture that promotes growth, collaboration, and respect, where our talented staff can reach their full potential.”
To compile the list, Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to survey more than 217,000 employees at U.S. companies with over 1,000 employees. The survey asked whether employees would recommend their employer to others and measured a range of criteria, including salary, work environment, training programs and opportunities to advance. The analysis also used survey data from the past three years.
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About Queens Public Library
Queens Public Library is one of the largest and busiest public library systems in the United States, dedicated to serving the most ethnically and culturally diverse area in the country. An independent, non-profit organization founded in 1896, Queens Public Library offers free access to a collection of more than 5 million books and other materials in 50 languages, technology, and digital resources. Each year, the Library hosts tens of thousands of online and in-person educational, cultural, and civic programs and welcomes millions of visitors through its doors. With a presence in nearly every neighborhood across the borough of Queens, the Library consists of 66 locations, including branch libraries, a Central Library, seven adult learning centers, a technology lab at the Queensbridge public housing complex, a community learning center at the Ravenswood public housing complex, and five teen centers. It also has two bookmobiles and two book bicycles.
CONTACT: Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, ekern@queenslibrary.org
