Major Employers
| TOP PRIVATE EMPLOYERS |
EMPLOYEES |
| Publix Super Markets |
11,000 |
| Baptist Health South Florida |
10,826 |
| University of Miami |
9,874 |
| American Airlines |
9,000 |
| Precision Response Corporation |
6,000 |
| Bellsouth Corporation - Florida |
5,500 |
| Winn-Dixie Stores |
4,833 |
| Florida Power & Light Company |
3,900 |
| Carnival Cruise Lines |
3,500 |
| Macy's Florida |
3,368 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center |
3,264 |
| Miami Children's Hospital |
2,600 |
| Mercy Hospital |
2,412 |
| Wachovia, N.A. |
2,229 |
| Cordis (a Johnson & Johnson Company) |
2,100 |
| Royal Caribbean International/Celebrity Cruises |
2,000 |
| Assurant Solutions |
1,800 |
| Miami Herald Publishing Co. |
1,700 |
| Bank of America |
1,700 |
| United Parcel Service |
1,627 |
| Beckman Coulter Corp. |
1,600 |
| The Home Depot |
1,500 |
| Cedars Medical Center |
1,410 |
| MasTec, Inc. |
1,200 |
| Federal Express |
1,200 |
| Boston Scientific |
1,100 |
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| TOP PUBLIC EMPLOYERS |
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| Miami-Dade County Public Schools |
50,000 |
| Miami-Dade County |
32,000 |
| Federal Government |
20,400 |
| Florida State Government |
17,000 |
| Jackson Health System |
10,500 |
| Miami-Dade College |
6,500 |
| City of Miami |
4,034 |
| Florida International University |
3,132 |
| V A Medical Center |
2,300 |
| City of Miami Beach |
1,979 |
| City of Hialeah |
1,800 |
| U.S. Coast Guard |
1,220 |
| U.S. Southern Command |
1,200 |
| City of Coral Gables |
895 |
| City of North Miami Beach |
738 |
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| TOP FINANCIAL FIRMS |
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| Wachovia, N.A. |
2,229 |
| Bank of America |
1,700 |
| Ocean Bank |
1,000 |
| Citigroup |
920 |
| SunTrust Bank |
800 |
| Bank United |
750 |
| Regions Bank |
700 |
| Merrill Lynch |
400 |
| Mellon United National Bank |
350 |
| Northern Trust Bank of Florida |
341 |
| AXA Advisors' South Florida Branch |
235 |
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| TOP TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS |
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| Bell South |
5,500 |
| MasTec, Inc. |
1,200 |
| Discovery Networks Latin America |
420 |
| Terremark Worldwide, Inc. |
260 |
| Avaya |
250 |
| MTV Networks Latin America |
200 |
| HBO Latin America |
180 |
| Adelphia Cable Communications |
145 |
| AT&T |
100 |
| Sony Broadcast Export Corp. |
100 |
| Telefonica Data USA |
100 |
| Americatel |
95 |
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| TOP AVIATION FIRMS |
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| American Airlines |
9,000 |
| American Sales & Management Organization Corp. |
3,500 |
| United Parcel Services |
1,627 |
| FedEx Express |
1,200 |
| Swissport U.S.A |
921 |
| Lan Arlines |
776 |
| Arrow Cargo |
523 |
| BE Aerospace |
400 |
| AeroThrust |
297 |
| AAR Landing Gear Services |
250 |
| Continental Airlines |
155 |
| Aerospace Engineering Group |
95 |
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| MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BIOMEDICAL BUSINESSES |
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| Cordis (a Johnson & Johnson Company) |
2,100 |
| Beckman Coulter |
1,600 |
| Boston Scientific |
1,100 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries |
600 |
| Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
384 |
| Pharmed Group |
280 |
| Scheding-Plough |
250 |
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| LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS |
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| United Parcel Services |
1,627 |
| FedEx Corporation |
500 |
| Discovery Networks Latin America |
420 |
| Hewett Packard Co. |
350 |
| American Express Travel Related Services |
300 |
| Avaya |
250 |
| IBM Corporation |
250 |
| HBO Latin America |
180 |
| Exxon Mobil Inter-America |
100 |
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