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Who or what is the largest employer of people in your area?

Posted - November 12, 2021
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  • 53504

     

      Probably the US Dept. of Defense: San Diego has not only a large presence of active duty military personnel, it also has thousands of civilian personnel and contractors who are its employees.
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      November 12, 2021 10:34 AM MST
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  • 44604
    Toledo Public Schools.
      November 12, 2021 10:56 AM MST
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  • 10636
    The county
      November 12, 2021 11:34 AM MST
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  • 6023
    Where I live ... probably the lumber industry, if you take into account everybody employed from harvest through production and shipping.
      November 12, 2021 11:36 AM MST
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  • 7792
    Marriot International with 176,000 employees.
      November 12, 2021 12:30 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Government. Approximately 1,443,500 people in New York work for the federal, New York State, and New York City governments. You haven't seen bureaucracy unless you come here.
      November 12, 2021 1:13 PM MST
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  • 44604
    A good reason to stay away.
      November 12, 2021 7:15 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Unless you own property and profit from our economy. There are reasons for higher property values in some areas than in others.
      November 12, 2021 8:28 PM MST
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  • 1953
    Yale New Haven health care
      November 12, 2021 2:08 PM MST
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  • 13277
    They've gotten fancy. It was plain old Yale-New Haven Hospital when I went to school there and had a housemate who was a medical student.
      November 12, 2021 2:21 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Education and healthcare. 
      November 12, 2021 2:31 PM MST
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  • 17593
    Medical services and construction.  The building here is unbelievable. 
      November 12, 2021 5:19 PM MST
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  • 34253
    1. Local tourist trap. 
    2. Schools.
    3. Medical.
      November 12, 2021 6:07 PM MST
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  • 5451
    In my county, the manufacturing sector employs the most people, which is 466 people or 19.1% of the county’s workforce.  I couldn’t find any other data.
      November 12, 2021 6:30 PM MST
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  • 10997
    Target, Best Buy, 3M, United Health Group are the biggest employers and have their headquarters in the Twin Cities.
      November 12, 2021 6:42 PM MST
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  • 53504

     

      ((((Approximately how far are those headquarters from where you live? Nothing specific, just narrow it down the the nearest ten feet or the nearest ten meters, that’s all. Thank you in advance.)))))


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      November 12, 2021 11:16 PM MST
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  • 16763
    It used to be the automotive sector, the Holden plant is a loud shout from here - then GM shut Holden down and the area went from moderately down-at-heel to downright depressed, the closure of Holden dragged the supporting companies (Bridgestone tires, Monroe shock absorbers etc) down with it.
    It's probably retail now.
      November 13, 2021 2:22 AM MST
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  • 551
    The University and Colleges are important to the local economy and are probably big employers, but I would hazard a guess that the biggest private sector employers are mechanical engineering (including aircraft and car parts) and chemicals. Forty or fifty years ago it would have been textiles, but that sector has shrunk dramatically over the last few decades - one of the main features of the urban landscape is all the abandoned or under-occupied multi-storey mill buildings. A few fabric and yarn manufacturers have survived by specialising or focussing or luxury products. Taylor and Lodge, based in Lockwood, Huddersfield, produced the fabric for a suit worn by Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace. A succession of US Presidents (Clinton and both Bushes), have worn suits made of fabric produced by Scabal, who also have a factory in that area.

      November 13, 2021 5:11 AM MST
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