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
   
 TOP PUBLIC EMPLOYERS  
 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
   
 TOP FINANCIAL FIRMS  
 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
   
 TOP TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS  
 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
   
 TOP AVIATION FIRMS  
 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
   
 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BIOMEDICAL BUSINESSES  
 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
   
 LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS  
 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