Top 25 Employers in the Austin Area (2006)

1. The State of Texas - 65,688 employees.
2. Dell Computer Corporation - 17,000 employees.
3. The University of Texas at Austin - 13,577 employees.
4. Austin Independent School District - 10,714 employees.
5. U.S. Government - 10,624 employees.
6. City of Austin - 10,000 employees.
7. Seton Healthcare Network - 7,538 employees.
8. IBM Corporation - 6,200 employees.
9. St. David's Healthcare - 5,712 employees.
10. Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector) - 5,600 employees.
11. U.S. Internal Revenue Service - 4,728 employees
12. Round Rock Independent School District - 4,400 employees.
13. Travis County - 4,000 employees.
14. Austin Community College - 3,285 employees.
15. Solectron Texas - 2,900 employees
16. Leander Independent School District - 2,800 employees.
17. Brackenridge Hospital/Children's Hospital - 2,537 employees
18. Applied Materials - 2,500 employees.
19. AT&T Communications - 2,400 employees
20. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) - 2,300 employees.
21. Seton Medical Center - 2,112 employees
22. National Instruments - 2,058 employees.
23. Texas State University - San Marcos - 1,995 employees
24. Girling Health Care - 1,956 employees
25. Pflugerville Independent School District - 1,800 employees.

(Source: Austin Chamber of Commerce)

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