# How TIME ranked Asia-Pacific's best employers

> TIME and Statista surveyed over 80,000 workers across the region to identify the top 500 companies to work for in 2027.
- Title: How TIME ranked Asia-Pacific's best employers · TIME
- Summary: TIME and Statista surveyed over 80,000 workers across the region to identify the top 500 companies to work for in 2027.
- Keywords: time, statista, asia-pacific, best employers, employee satisfaction, workplace ranking
- Source: TIME — https://time.com/article/2026/11/03/asia-pacific-best-employers-2027-methodology
- Author: TIME Staff
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:45:12.239+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: time, statista, asia-pacific, best employers, employee satisfaction, workplace ranking, news, world
## TIME and Statista rank regional employers
TIME and data firm Statista presented Asia-Pacific's Best Employers twenty twenty-seven for the first time, recognizing leading organizations that create outstanding workplaces across the region.
## Survey covered over eighty thousand workers
The ranking drew from an initial pool of over seven thousand Asia-Pacific companies. A three-step methodology identified the top five hundred using surveys of over eighty thousand employees, both part-time and full-time.
## Eligibility required regional presence
Companies needed at least one thousand employees in Asia-Pacific and operational sites in at least two of fourteen markets: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, China, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea…
## Scoring combined direct and indirect ratings
The final score combined employees' willingness to recommend their current or previous employer on a zero to ten scale, plus their willingness to recommend other employers in their industry.
## Data spanned three years of surveys
The scoring model used data collected in twenty twenty-four, twenty twenty-five, and twenty twenty-six. Each company received a maximum achievable score of one hundred, with the top five hundred earning the title Asia-Pacific's Best Employers…
## Key takeaway

TIME and Statista ranked Asia-Pacific's five hundred best employers for twenty twenty-seven using a three-step methodology based on over eighty thousand employee surveys conducted across twenty twenty-four, twenty twenty-five, and twenty twenty-six.