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ARIZONA'S TOP 100 EMPLOYERS (SOURCE ARIZONA REPUBLIC)
Rank 2002 Company Employees Headquarters Business in Arizona Year Founded 1 Wal-Mart Stores Inc.* 15,335 Bentonville, Ark. Discount stores 1862 2 Banner Health Systems* 14,845 Phoenix Hospitals 1911 3 Honeywell International 14,100 Morristown, N.J. Aerospace mfg. 1952 4 Raytheon Co. 10,200 Lexington, Mass. Missile mfg. 1922 5 Intel Corp. 10,000 Santa Clara, Calif. Semiconductor mfg. 1968 6 Motorola Inc. 9,750 Schaumburg, Ill. Electronics mfg. 1948 6 Safeway Inc. 9,750 Pleasanton, Calif. Grocery stores 1926 8 Albertsons Inc.* 9,500 Boise, Idaho Grocery and drug stores 1939 9 America West Airlines 9,095 Tempe Airline 1983 10 Wells Fargo & Co. 8,900 San Francisco Financial services 1852 11 Bashas' 8,764 Chandler Grocery stores 1932 12 Kroger Co.* 8,543 Cincinnati Grocery stores 1883 13 Pinnacle West Capital Corp.* 7,600 Phoenix Electric utility 1985 14 Qwest Communications Intl. 7,200 Denver Telecommunications 1912 15 American Express 7,166 New York Financial services 1850 16 Bank One 6,791 Chicago Financial services 1899 17 The Home Depot 6,244 Atlanta Home improvement stores 1978 18 Target Corp.* 6,000 Minneapolis Discount stores 1852 19 ConocoPhillips* 5,633 Houston Gas and convenience stores 2002 20 Walgreens Co. 5,565 Deerfield, Ill. Drugstores 1901 Rank 2002 Company Employees Headquarters Business in Arizona Year Founded 21 Bank of America Corp. 5,500 Charlotte, N.C. Financial services 1904 22 Hilton Hotels Corp.* 4,960 Beverly Hills Resorts and hotels 1919 23 Phelps Dodge Corp. 4,600 Phoenix Copper production 1834 23 Sears, Roebuck & Co. 4,600 Hoffman Estates, Ill. Department stores 1886 25 Marriott International Inc. 4,328 Washington D.C. Resorts and hotels 1927 26 Salt River Project 4,324 Phoenix Water and electric utility 1903 27 Boeing Co. 4,300 Chicago Aviation systems mfg. 1913 28 Catholic Healthcare West* 4,209 San Francisco Hospitals 1986 29 Southwest Airlines 4,115 Dallas Airline 1971 30 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co.* 4,000 New York City Financial Services 1997 31 Vanguard Health Systems* 3,860 Nashville Hospitals 1997 32 Mayo Foundation* 3,508 Rochester, Minn. Hospital and outpatient clinic 1864 33 IBM Corp. 3,400 Armonk, N.Y. Computer mfg. 1924 34 Scottsdale Healthcare 3,286 Scottsdale Hospitals 1962 35 Carondelet Health Network* 3,181 Tucson Hospitals 1880 36 Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. 3,000 San Francisco Financial Services 1974 37 Kmart Corp. 2,992 Troy, Mich. Discount stores 1899 38 Gannett Co. Inc.* 2,956 McLean, Va. News organizations 1906 39 Apollo Group Inc.* 2,906 Phoenix Educational services 1973 40 Sun Health Corp.* 2,894 Phoenix Hospitals 1981 41 United Parcel Service 2,776 Atlanta Express package delivery 1907 42 Dillard Department Stores 2,750 Little Rock Department stores 1938 43 General Dynamics Corp.* 2,700 Falls Church, Va. Communications mfg. 1952 44 Avnet Inc. 2,558 Phoenix Electronics distributor 1955 45 TMC Healthcare 2,500 Tucson Hospitals 1943 46 AT&T 2,479 New York Telecommunications services 1877 47 University Medical Center Corp. 2,459 Tucson Hospitals 1984 48 Costco Wholesale 2,400 Issaquah, Wash. Membership discount stores 1976 48 Cox Communications 2,400 Atlanta Telecommunications services 1962 50 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 2,214 New York Financial services 1799 51 AdvancePCS 2,159 Irving, Texas Pharmacy benefits management 1987 52 CIGNA Healthcare of Arizona 2,066 Bloomfield, Conn. Managed health care 1985 53 Petsmart Inc. 2,004 Phoenix Pet supply stores 1987 54 Insight Enterprises Inc. 1,996 Tempe Computer sales 1988 55 Rural/Metro Corp. 1,950 Scottsdale Emergency services 1948 56 JC Penney Co. Inc. 1,937 Plano, Texas Department stores 1902 57 CSK Auto Corp.* 1,917 Phoenix Auto parts stores 1969 58 Amerco* 1,895 Phoenix Truck, trailer and self-storage rental 1945 59 State Farm Insurance Cos. 1,848 Bloomington, Ill. Insurance 1922 60 Bombardier Aerospace 1,800 Dorval, Quebec Aircraft mfg., maintenance 1962 Rank 2002 Company Employees Headquarters Business in Arizona Year Founded 60 Northern Arizona Healthcare 1,800 Flagstaff Hospitals 1995 60 Shamrock Foods Co. 1,800 Phoenix Dairy producer, food-service distributor 1922 63 Starwood Hotels & Resorts* 1,759 White Plains, N.Y. Resorts and hotels 1998 64 American Airlines 1,740 Dallas Airline 1926 65 Asarco Inc. 1,688 New York Copper mining 1899 66 Microchip Technology Inc. 1,535 Chandler Semiconductor mfg. 1989 67 ABM Industries Inc. 1,485 San Francisco Janitorial services 1909 68 W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. 1,429 Newark, Del. Medical device mfg. 1957 69 Lowe's Companies Inc. 1,416 Wilkesboro, N.C. Home improvement stores 1946 70 Yuma Regional Medical Center 1,403 Yuma Hospital 1975 71 TRW Inc. 1,400 Cleveland Inflatable restraints mfg. 1901 72 Earnhardt Auto Centers 1,400 Gilbert Auto retailer 1951 73 Discount Tire Co. 1,365 Scottsdale Tire stores 1960 74 Packerland Packing Co. Inc.* 1,340 Green Bay, Wisc. Beef processing 1960 75 Corrections Corp. of America 1,320 Nashville Prison operations 1994 76 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona 1,302 Phoenix Health insurance 1939 77 Knight Transportation 1,300 Phoenix Long-haul trucking 1990 78 Medtronic Inc. 1,262 Minneapolis Medical device mfg. 1949 79 Texas Instruments Inc. 1,250 Dallas Integrated circuit mfg. 1930 80 Fleming Companies Inc. 1,250 Lewisville, Texas Food distributor 1915 81 ON Semiconductor Corp. 1,202 Phoenix Semiconductor mfg. 1999 82 Southwest Gas Corp. 1,162 Las Vegas Natural gas 1931 83 Unisource Energy Corp.* 1,142 Tucson Electric utility 1998 84 Intuit Inc. 1,110 Mountain View, Calif. Software developers 1983 85 Robson Communities Inc. 1,100 Sun Lakes Retirement communities 1972 86 Pulte Homes Inc.* 1,090 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Home builder 1950 87 Best Western International 1,076 Phoenix Lodging 1946 88 Swift Transportation 1,067 Phoenix Long-haul trucking 1965 89 Schuck & Sons Construction Co. 1,042 Glendale General contracting 1966 90 The Vanguard Group 1,040 Malvern, Pa. Financial services 1975 91 Cavco Industries 1,016 Dallas Manufactured-home builder 1967 92 Varian Inc. 995 Palo Alto, Calif. Electronics mfg. 1999 93 KSL Recreation Corp. 967 La Quinta, Calif. Resorts 1992 94 Empire Southwest 982 Mesa Heavy equipment dealer 1959 95 PepsiCo Inc. 952 Purchase, N.Y. Beverages and snack foods 1965 96 STMicroelectronics 900 Geneva Semiconductor mfg. 1987 97 Encompass Electrical Technologies 819 Tempe Electrical systems 1968 98 Karsten Manufacturing 805 Phoenix Golf equipment manufacturer 1959 98 The MONY Group Inc. 805 New York City Life insurance, investments 1842 100 Lucent Technologies Inc.* 800 Murray Hill, N.J. Telecommunications product mfg.
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