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

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