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Earlier this year, CareerBliss created a list of the 50 happiest companies in America. To determine which companies made the grade, CareerBliss reviewed thousands of company reviews from visitors to its website–grading such things as work-life balance, relationship with boss and co-workers, work environment, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, and more.

Says Heidi Golledge, CareerBliss CEO and chief happiness officer, “This year we saw a surge of STEM-related companies [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] ranking in the top 10. As we evaluate the factors that impact happiness, such as growth opportunity and company culture, it is also important to understand what type of industries are creating happier work environments overall.”

Expert Market reviewed these findings and noticed some interesting trends:

o 26 of the 50 happiest companies in the U.S. are based in California
o 14 percent of the 50 happiest companies have female CEOs
o The average salary for those working in the 50 happiest companies is $67,200

Here, then, are [the companies listed 31-50] among the 50 happiest companies in the U.S. Did your company make the list?

31. Sabre Holdings
32. Thomson Reuters
33. Walt Disney Company
34. Abbott Laboratories
35. Union Bank
36. Yahoo
37. Citibank
38. Nokia
39. Kaiser Permanente
40. Boeing
41. Cisco System
42. Ford Motor
43. Parker Hannifin
44. Juniper Networks
45. Caterpillar
46. General Dynamics
47. Oracle
48. eBay
49. PayPal
50. Apple

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While Peter Economy has spent the better part of two decades of his life slugging it out mano a mano in the management trenches, he is also the best-selling author of Managing for Dummies, The Management Bible, Leading Through Uncertainty, and more than 75 other books, with total sales in excess of two million copies. He has also served as associate editor for Leader to Leader for more than 10 years, where he has worked on projects with the likes of Jim Collins, Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, and many other top management and leadership thinkers. Sign up here to always stay up to date with Peter’s latest Inc.com columns, and visit him anytime by clicking here. Twitter: @bizzwriter