Who Are The Largest Employers In Your Area?

[buddy]

Pittsburgh, Pa.

My guess would be:

Univ Of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
United States Steel
Pittsburgh National Bank

 

[TheShrimp]

In b-more, I think I heard Johns Hopkins was the largest private employer in the city.

that's the med school, and the main campus though.

 

[dawgball]

The guy that owns the pizza joint down the straight comes in at about 350 lbs.

Atlanta:
Delta Airlines 21,000
Coca-Cola Co 10,000
Emory University Hospital 9,000
Lockheed Martin (Marietta) 9,000
US Disease Control Center 8,000
CNN Center 8,000
Coca-Cola USA 6,000
Russell Corporation 6,000
BellSouth 5,000
Northside Hospital 5,000

bigWebApps, Inc. (my company) 7--it will probably take us a couple more years to crack the top 10 list.:moon:

 

[dawgball]

I wanted to add #12 on Atlanta's list (actually #11 if you don't cound Marietta).

United Auto Workers Local 4,000

 

[AR182]

I would guess that in the phoenix area the top companies are:

Dial
Motorola
American West
Mayo Clinic & Hospital
Qwest

 

[twofingers]

Rochester NY

1) Paychex - owed by Tom Golisano, the Sabres new owner
2) Kodak - moved alot of jobs out of area
3) Wegmans - Best grocery store chain in country


Just off the top of my head. Could be wrong

 

[cisco]

In my area, Guadalajara, Mexico.(other than the taco stands.)

HP
Siemans
Solectron
IBM

 

[buddy]

Yesterday in Pittsburgh, US Air, which until recently was one of the top 3 employers in this region, laid off 900 airline flight attendants.

 

[djv]

Our Hospital 4000, American Standard 3000, Hospital # 2, 2600.
I forgot our University 2100.

 

[TORONTO-VIGILANTE]

The guy that owns the pizza joint down the straight comes in at about 350 lbs.

damn, you beat me to it!!!!

 

[kcwolf]

Boeing: 25,000+
Textron/Cessna
Lombardia/Learjet
Raytheon/Beechcraft
Koch Industries -oil (second largest privately owned company in the world)
Wheat farmers

May not want ot rush in for a job right now. The yellow brick road doesn't lead to the Emarald City presently.

 

[Eddie Haskell]

1. Proctor & Gamble aka P & G aka Pink & Green aka Prim & Grim aka Pricks & Geeks.
2. Hamilton County Republican Club.
3. Citizens for Community Standards, Inc.
4. Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame Association.
5. The Law Offices of Eddie Haskell & Associates.

 

[Blazer]

In Nashville (per The Tennessean 09/09/01)

Top employers in Davidson County*

1. Vanderbilt University and Medical Center

2. HCA (includes area hospitals)

3. Gaylord Entertainment

4. Saint Thomas Health Services

5. Dell Corp.

*does not count gov. jobs

Source: Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

 

[Wilson]

United States Government (Navy)

 

[fatdaddycool]

The Keller Feed store....9
Keller Texas

I.G.A......8
Justin, Texas


Beer Barn....4
Up 'er in Texas

 

[Jamaica1997]

Company Product/Service # Employed
1. State of Oklahoma /Government 38,000
2. Tinker Air Force Base/ Military 24,000
3. University of Oklahoma /Higher Education 7,902
4. Oklahoma City Public Schools/ Public Education 5,722
5. INTEGRIS Health, Inc. /Hospital & Health Care 5,436
6. City of Oklahoma City /Government 4,535
7. FAA Aeronautical Center /Aerospace Training 3,500
8. General Motors Assembly Plant /Automobile Assembly 3,300
9. SSM Health Care of Oklahoma /Hospital & Health Care 3,123
10. Hertz Corporation /Automobile Leasing 3,100

I thought Tinker would be first but the have cut so many jobs out there.

 

[OAKAS]

Sioux City, Iowa

For a city of only 85,000 we have 4 pretty big companies that have there main plants here.

1 Gateway Computers
2 IBP Meats
3 Jolly Time Popcorn
4 Sioux Bee Honey

 

[i'm not the one]

Toledo

jeep assembly plant
gm corp/powertrain division
delphi systems
pro medica health systems
owens corning
owens illinois
dana crop
libbey owens
the andersens
sauder woodworking
bp oil refinery
marathon oil refinery