Friday, September 11, 2009

Annual rankings show Wal-mart remains state's largest employer

CHARLESTON — WorkForce West Virginia has released its annual list of the state's Top 100 private employers, and once again, retail giant Wal-Mart is the largest employer in the state. 


Wal-Mart has been the state's largest private employer since 1998.


Following Wal-Mart, several health care related organizations are among the Top 10 largest employers, with West Virginia United Health System at No. 2 and Charleston Area Medical Center at No. 3.


The list contains businesses with both single and multiple locations and ranks companies  according to the number of employees. The data are extracted from the Quarterly  Contributions Report for the first quarter of each year and available to the public by the  third quarter of each year. 



West Virginia’s top five largest private employers are Wal-Mart, West Virginia United Health System, Charleston Area Medical Center, Kroger, and American Electric Power, reflecting the strength of service-providing jobs in the economy.  Several employers in the top ten have shifted positions, although the same players continue to define this group. 

The top ten businesses in total lost slightly over 400 employees in the past year, faring well when compared with the total for the state which lost over 10,000 in employment from March 2008 to March 2009. The sum employment of the top 100 employers declined by only about 100 from March 2008. Analysis of all private employers by size indicated all size groups except the largest (those over 1,000 
employees) lost both units and employment over the past year. 

Those businesses continuing to expand tend to be in the health care and energy sectors while contracting members tend to be in trade and services. 

This list was prepared from information provided by employers covered under the unemployment compensation insurance system, through the federal/state Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Program conducted in West Virginia by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor and WorkForce West Virginia’s Research, Information and Analysis Division. 

Following is the complete list,



The 100 Largest Employers in West Virginia

March 2009


RankCompany Name
1Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
2West Virginia United Health System
3Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
4Kroger
5American Electric Power
6Eldercare Resources Corporation
7St. Mary's Hospital
8CSX/CSX Hotels Inc. (The Greenbrier and railroad)
9Consolidation Coal Company
10Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
11Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc.
13Res-Care.Inc.
14Wheeling Hospital, Inc.
15Verizon
16Pilgrim's Pride Corporation of West Virginia
17E I DuPont De Nemours & Company
18Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc.
19Allegheny Energy Service Corporation
20Mentor Management, Inc. (Mentor Network, The)
21Mountaineer Park, Inc.
22Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
23West Virginia University Medical Co. (University Health Associates)
24Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
25Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
26Monongalia General Hospital, The
27K Mart Corporation
28BB&T Corporation
29GMRI, Inc.
30GC Services Limited Partnership
31Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
32PNGI Charles Town Gaming, Ltd.
33Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association
34West Virginia's Choice, Inc.
35Employee Resource Group, LLC
36Alcan Rolled Products
37Teletech Customer Care Management (West Virginia), Inc.
38DOLGENCORP, Inc. (Dollar General Stores)
39Dominion Transmission, Inc.
40Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation/Nisource
41Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc.
42Weirton Medical Center
43Go-Mart, Inc.
44Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
45ArcelorMittal Weirton, Inc.
45Hobet Mining, LLC
47Heartland Employment Services, LLC
48Spartan Mining Company
49United Parcel Service Inc. (WV District)
50Elk Run Coal Company, Inc. (Black Castle Mining Company)
51Raleigh General Hospital, LLC
52Aegis Communications Group, Inc.
53Highmark West Virginia, Inc. (Mountain State Blue Cross and Blue Shield)
54Huntington Alloys Corporation
55Ohio Valley Medical Center, Inc.
56Babcock & Wilcox Construction Company, Inc.
57Wesbanco Bank, Inc.
58Acordia/Wells Fargo Third Party Administrator, Inc.
59Food Lion, LLC
60American Woodmark Corporation
61Little General Store, Inc.
62Alex Energy, Inc. (Intrepid Mining Company)
63J C Penney Company, Inc.
64Cabela's, Inc.
65Asplundh Tree Expert Company
66United National Bank
67Sears, Roebuck and Company
68Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Inc.
69Gabriel Brothers, Inc.
70Simonton Building Products, Inc.
71Gino's/Tudors Biscuit World
72McDonalds Restaurants of West Virginia, Inc.
73Owner's Solution, Inc. (Personnel Management Company)
74Prestera Center for Mental Health Services
75Advance Stores Company, Inc.
76Appalachian Regional Healthcare
77Snowshoe Mountain, Inc.
78Quad/Graphics, Inc.
79City National Bank of Charleston
80Severstal Wheeling Steel Corporation (Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel)
81Echosphere, LLC
82Sunhealth Specialty Services, Inc.
83Wheeling Downs Racing Association, Inc.
84Alcon Research, Ltd
85Davis Memorial Hospital
85Pleasant Valley Hospital, Inc.
87St. Joseph's Healthcare System (St. Joseph's Hospital)
88Cecil I. Walker Machinery Company
89Universal Cable Holdings
90Homer Laughlin China Company, The
91Global Contact Services, LLC
92Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company
93Mountain State University, Inc.
94Charleston Hospital, Inc. (Saint Francis Hospital)
95Logan General Hospital, LLC
96TRG Customer Solutions
97Aker Construction, Inc.
98Racing Corporation of West Virginia
99DirectTV Customer Service, Inc.
100Chapman Corporation

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