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Where the jobs are
The area's largest private employers had the equivalent of 109,893 full-time workers, up 3.6 percent or 3,821 employees, from 2006. By adding federal, state and local government employees, the workforce among the area's top 50 public and private employers soars to 183,297, up 3.6 percent from a year ago. The local governments have been added this year as part of an expanded metro area.
RANK		PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2007 FTEs	2006 FTEs		RANK	PUBLIC & PRIVATE EMPLOYERS	2007 FTEs	2006 FTEs
'07	'06					'07
1	3	HCA Inc. *a	7,719	7,083		1	State government *1	26,463	26,446
2	1	Capital One Financial Corp.	7,389	7,057		2	Federal Government *2	15,100	14,700
3	2	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	6,990	6,729		3	Chesterfield County	10,826	10,467
4	4	Philip Morris USA	6,100	6,300		4	Henrico County	10,124	9,848
5	5	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	5,862	5,371		5	Richmond City	8,940	8,833
6	6	Wachovia Corp.	5,349	5,315		6	HCA Inc. *a	7,719	7,083
7	7	Dominion Resources Inc.*b	5,114	5,060		7	Capital One Financial Corp.	7,389	7,057
8	8	Bon Secours Richmond Health System	5,021	4,351		8	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	6,990	6,729
9	10	SunTrust Banks Inc.	3,674	3,542		9	Philip Morris USA	6,100	6,300
10	9	Ukrop's Super Markets Inc.	3,563	3,733		10	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	5,862	5,371
11	13	DuPont	3,200	2,900		11	Wachovia Corp.	5,349	5,315
12	11	Bank of America Corp.	3,100	3,100		12	Dominion Resources Inc.*b	5,114	5,060
13	12	WellPoint Inc.	3,028	3,041		13	Bon Secours Richmond Health System	5,021	4,351
14	18	Delhaize America (Food Lion) *c	2,553	2,160		14	Hanover County	3,960	3,853
15	15	Circuit City Stores Inc.	2,552	2,498		15	SunTrust Banks Inc.	3,674	3,542
16	17	United Parcel Service Inc.	2,497	2,231		16	Ukrop's Super Markets Inc.	3,563	3,733
17	16	Qimonda Richmond	2,390	2,275		17	DuPont	3,200	2,900
18	14	Verizon Virginia Inc.	2,311	2,850		18	Bank of America Corp.	3,100	3,100
19	19	Genworth Financial Inc.	1,681	1,582		19	WellPoint Inc.	3,028	3,041
20	20	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Inc. *e	1,611	1,555		20	Delhaize America (Food Lion) *c	2,553	2,160
21	21	University of Richmond	1,490	1,399		21	Circuit City Stores Inc.	2,552	2,498
22	23	Honeywell International Inc.	1,368	1,329		22	United Parcel Service Inc.	2,497	2,231
23	24	Media General Inc.	1,303	1,322		23	Qimonda Richmond	2,390	2,275
24	25	Alcoa Inc.	1,300	1,300		24	Verizon Virginia Inc.	2,311	2,850
25	29	The Kroger Co.	1,269	1,128		25	Genworth Financial Inc.	1,681	1,582
26	22	Wyeth	1,254	1,359		26	Petersburg City	1,645	1,670
27	26	Lowe's Cos. Inc.	1,215	1,215		27	Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Inc. *e	1,611	1,555
28	28	Supervalu Inc. Eastern Region	1,194	1,155		28	University of Richmond	1,490	1,399
29	30	BB&T Corp.	1,078	1,098		29	Honeywell International Inc.	1,368	1,329
30	27	Southside Regional Medical Center	1,045	1,181		30	Media General Inc.	1,303	1,322
31	33	CarMax Inc.	1,018	934		31	Alcoa Inc.	1,300	1,300
32	31	The Home Depot Inc.	1,010	963		32	The Kroger Co.	1,269	1,128
33	32	J.C. Penney Co. Inc.	961	958		33	Wyeth	1,254	1,359
34	34	7-Eleven Inc.	915	857		34	Lowe's Cos. Inc.	1,215	1,215
35	NR	MeadWestvaco *d	879	NA		35	Supervalu Inc. Eastern Region	1,194	1,155
36	45	ColonialWebb Contractors *e	871	770		36	BB&T Corp.	1,078	1,098
37	37	LandAmerica Financial	828	783		37	Prince George County	1,069	1,056
38	35	Target Corp.	800	800		38	Southside Regional Medical Center	1,045	1,181
39	38	Tyson Foods Inc.	780	750		39	Hopewell City	1,039	1,037
40	43	Hunton & Williams LLP	766	684		40	CarMax Inc.	1,018	934
41	40	Markel Corp.	753	723		41	The Home Depot Inc.	1,010	963
42	41	Estes Express Lines	746	700		42	J.C. Penney Co. Inc.	961	958
43	36	Coventry Health Care	726	784		43	Louisa County	917	NA
44	47	Comcast Metro Richmond	725	637		44	7-Eleven Inc.	915	857
45	42	Cavalier Telephone	664	691		45	MeadWestvaco *d	879	NA
46	NR	Westminster Canterbury *f	663	580		46	ColonialWebb Contractors *e	871	770
47	NR	World Access	652	550		47	Dinwiddie County	848	863
48	49	Unistaff Inc.	646	625		48	Caroline County	837	NA
49	39	Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.	640	725		49	LandAmerica Financial	828	783
50	50	McGuireWoods	630	619		50	Powhatan County	827	818
			109,893	106,072				183,297	176,795
NR: Not ranked last year NA: Figure was not available * Ranking last year not valid
*a HCA's 2006 figure has been restated upward because the company failed to include all of its local operations.
*b Dominion Resources' 2006 figure has been restated. The company calculated the number incorrectly because of a programming error.
*c Food Lion's 2006 figure did not include workers at its distribution center.
*d MeadWestvaco moved its corporate headquarters in mid-2006.
*e ColonialWebb's 2006 figure has been restated upward. The company did not report the employment at one of its divisions.
*f Westminister Canterbury Richmond was not on last year's list. It provided the FTE figure for 2006.
1 State figures have been restated for 2006 to reflect the 20 localities in Central Virginia. State figures do not include hourly workers, or those working at the VCU Health System, State Corporation Commission,Virginia Retirement System, judiciary agencies or hourly employees. Included in the state figure are the 6,120 full-time equivalent employees at Virginia Commonwealth University's academic campus.
2 Federal figures are headcount. The 2006 figures have been revised.

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