Demographic and Economic Statistics | ||||||
Top Ten Non-Governmental Employers | ||||||
Current Year and Ten Years Ago | ||||||
2013 | 2004 | |||||
Percentage | Percentage | |||||
Employees | of State | Employees | of State | |||
NAME | in CT | Employment | Rank | in CT | Employment | Rank |
United Technologies Corp. | 27,000 | 1.6% | 1 | 27,000 | 1.5% | 1 |
Yale University | 14,750 | 0.9% | 2 | 10,000 | 0.6% | 5 |
Stop & Shop Cos., Inc. | 13,574 (1) | 0.8% | 3 | 15,580 | 0.9% | 2 |
Yale New Haven Hospital | 12,309 | 0.7% | 4 | - | 0.0% | - |
General Dynamics Electric Boat | 8,817 | 0.5% | 5 | 7,285 | 0.4% | 9 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 8,761 | 0.5% | 6 | - | 0.0% | - |
Mohegan Sun Casino | 8,200 | 0.5% | 7 | 10,500 | 0.6% | 4 |
Hartford Financial Services | 7,700 | 0.5% | 8 | 12,000 | 0.7% | 3 |
Foxwoods Resort Casino | 7,667 | 0.5% | 9 | 8,212 | 0.5% | 7 |
Travelers Property & Casualty | 7,400 | 0.4% | 10 | - | 0.0% | 13 |
Total | 116,178 | 6.9% | 90,577 | 5.2% |
Sources: Hartford Business Journal (HBJ) - May 2013
(1) Omitted from the 2013 HBJ Survey. The number equals the employees reported by HBJ in 2008.