Georgia's Top Employers
Below are a list of the top employers in the following Georgia cities:
As a Georgia business program graduate, these companies and public organization are highly qualified candidates to offer you employment. These are all well-respected and time-honored businesses capable of offering stable employment with large salaries and great benefits for those with the capabilities to efficiently and effectively manage their organizations.
Athens GA Top Employers
| Athens Top Employers | Websites |
| Athens First Bank and Trust Company | www.athensfirstbank.com |
| Athens Regional Medical Center | www.armc.org/opp.shtml |
| Athens/Clarke County Government | www.athensclarkecounty.com |
| Bank of America | www.bankofamerica.com/careers/ |
| Bell South | www.bellsouth.com |
| Certainteed | www.certainteed.com |
| Compadres | www.realpagessites.com |
| Congra | www.conagra.com |
| Courtyard by Marriott | www.courtyard.com/AHNCY |
| Cooper Tire | www.coopertire.com |
| Dupont, E.I. De Nemours & Co. | www.dupont.com |
| Eaton Corporation | web.eaton.com |
| ExR | www.exr.com |
| Exploration Resources | www.exr.com |
| First American | www.fabathens.com/index.html |
| Five Points Deli | www.fivepointsdeli.com |
| Flowers Inc. Balloons | www.flowersincballoons.com |
| Georgia Square Mall | www.georgiasquaremall.com |
| Georgia State Government Jobs | www.thejobsite.state.ga.us |
| Gold Kist, Inc | www.goldkist.com/company/career.asp |
| Golden Pantry | www.goldenpantry.com |
| Holiday Inn | www.hi-athens.com/inn/employment/index.php |
| Johnny Carino's | www.cytiva.com/upinc/ |
| Kroger | www.kroger.com/careers.htm |
| Main Street Bank | www.mainstreetbank.com |
| McLane | www.mclaneco.com |
| Merial | us.merial.com/ |
| Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp | www.nsk-nakanishi.co.jp |
| Oliver Rubber | www.coopertire.com |
| Overhead Door Corporation | www.overheaddoor.com/Jobs.aspx |
| Power Partners Inc. | www.powerpartners-usa.com |
| Regions Bank | www.regions.com/Careers/index.html |
| Reliance | www.reliance.com/index.htm |
| Roper Industries | www.roperind.com |
| Seaboard Farms | www.seaboardfarms.com/ |
| Silgan Closures | www.silganclosures.com |
| St.Mary;s Healthcare System | www.stmarysathens.com/employ/ |
| Suntrust Bank | www.suntrust.com/careers |
| Trus Joist MacMillan | www.weyerhaeuser.com/careers/jobs |
| University of Georgia | www.busfin.uga.edu/employment |
| Wachovia | www.home.wachovia.com |
| White Cap.Inc | www.whitecapinc.com |
*Source: Athens Chamber of Commerce
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Atlanta Top Employers
| Atlanta Organizations | # of Employees | Website |
| Gwinnett County Public Schools | 27,197 | www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us |
| Emory University | 21,797 | www.emory.edu |
| Delta Air Lines | 19,235 | www.delta.com |
| Publix Supermarkets | 16,855 | www.publix.com |
| Kroger Company | 15,500 | www.kroger.com |
| Bellsouth Corp. | 15,500 | www.bellsouth.com |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 14,700 | www.wal-mart.com |
| DeKalb County Public Schools | 14,500 | www.deKalb.k12.ga.us |
| Home Depot | 13,184 | www.homedepot.com |
| Cobb County Public Schools | 13,000 | www.cobb.k12.ga.us |
| Fulton County School System | 10,892 | www.fulton.k12.ga.us |
| UPS | 10,500 | www.ups.com |
| Wellstar Health Systems | 10,112 | www.wellstar.org |
| Atlanta City Municipal Government | 7,934 | www.atlantaga.gov |
| SunTrust Banks Inc. | 7,768 | www.suntrust.com |
| Lockheed Martin Aeronautics | 7,531 | www.lockheedmartin.com |
| IBM Corp. | 7,500 | www.ibm.com |
| Northside Hospital | 7,100 | www.northside.com |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 7,075 | www.gatech.edu |
| Clayton County Public Schools | 6,826 | www.clayton.k12.ga.us |
| Atlanta Public Schools | 6,702 | www.atlanta.k12.ga.us |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control | 6,500 | www.cdc.com |
| Wachovia Corporation | 6,000 | www.wachovia.com |
| Turner Broadcasting Systems | 5,959 | www.turner.com |
| Cox Enterprises | 5,606 | www.coxenterprises.com |
| The Southern Company | 5,490 | www.southernco.com |
| AT&T Corp. | 5,200 | www.att.com |
| Waffle House | 5,200 | www.wafflehouse.com |
| Bank of America N.A. | 5,115 | www.bankofamerica.com |
| Piedmont Hospital | 4,800 | www.piedmonthospital.org |
| The Coca-Cola Company | 4,720 | www.coca-cola.com |
| Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta | 4,668 | www.choa.org |
| General Electric | 4,600 | www.ge.com |
| AirTran Airways | 4,541 | www.airtran.com |
| MARTA | 4,500 | www.itsmarta.com |
| Grady Health Systems | 4,437 | www.gradyhealthsystem.org |
| Cobb County Government | 4,309 | www.cobbcounty.org |
| Cingular | 4,200 | www.cingular.com |
| Verizon Wireless | 4,100 | www.verizonwireless.com |
*Source: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Research Dept. 2006
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Augusta Top Employers
| Augusta Major Employers | # of Employees |
| Savannah River Site | 13,260 |
| U.S. Army Signal Center & Ft. Gordon | 11,463 |
| Medical College of Georgia | 7,800 |
| Richmond County School System | 5,725 |
| University Hospital | 3,860 |
| Augusta Richmond County | 2,600 |
| Columbia County School System | 2,265 |
| VA Medical Center | 2,000 |
| Gracewood State School & Hospital | 1,600 |
| EZ-GO/Textron | 1,276 |
*Source: Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce
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Columbus Top Employers
| Columbus Major Employers | # of Employees |
| Fort Benning (US Army) | 33,779 |
| TSYS | 6,000 |
| Muscogee County School District | 5,927 |
| AFLAC, Incorporated | 3,300 |
| Columbus Consolidated Government | 2,847 |
| Columbus Regional Healthcare Sys | 2,603 |
| W.C. Bradley Company | 2,000 |
| Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia | 1,700 |
| Swift Denim, Inc. | 1,600 |
| St. Francis Hospital, Inc. | 1,409 |
| Tom’s Food, Inc. (1,600 Total Company ) | 500 |
| Cagles Inc. | 1,300 |
| Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc. | 1,300 |
| Mead Westvaco | 1,100 |
| MBIA | 1,000 |
| Pezold Management Assoc, Inc | 1,000 |
| TSYS Business Process Management | 1,000 |
| Columbus Foundry, L.P. | 750 |
| Hogan Transport | 725 |
| Interstate Brands Corp (Dolly Madison) | 700 |
*Source: Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce
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Roswell GA Top Employers
| Roswell Major Employers | # of Employees |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 1600 |
| North Fulton Regional Hospital | 950 |
| City of Roswell | 747 |
| Harry's Farmers Market Inc. | 640 |
| Wal-mart Stores, Inc. | 480 |
| United Parcel Service | 381 |
| Witness Systems | 340 |
| SuperTarget (Dayton Hudson Corp.) | 235 |
| BellSouth | 219 |
| Accu-Tech Corporation | 210 |
| Resources and Residential Alternatives | 180 |
| Johnson Controls | 180 |
| Re-Max Greater Atlanta Affilitates | 175 |
| Saint Francis Day School Inc. | 169 |
| IHS of Roswell Nursing & Rehab. | 160 |
| Ryland Homes | 154 |
| Honda Carland | 150 |
| Enhancement Services | 150 |
| Kaplan Higher Education Corp. | 135 |
| Earth Tech | 125 |
*Source: City of Roswell Economic Devlopment Divisions
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Savannah Top Employers
| Savannah Major Employers | # of Employees |
| Memorial Health | 5,473 |
| Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. | 4,505 |
| St. Joseph's/Candler | 3,400 |
| Wal-mart | 2,421 |
| Georgia-Pacific Corp. | 1,420 |
| Kroger | 1,100 |
| International Paper | 1,027 |
| The Home Depot | 840 |
| Great Dane Trailers | 650 |
| Savannah Electric | 550 |
| Sitel | 500 |
| Derst Baking Company | 475 |
| Goodwill Industries | 450 |
| SouthCoast Medical Group | 423 |
| The Landings Club | 400 |
| Publix | 383 |
| Imperial Sugar | 377 |
| JCB Inc. | 345 |
| R.B. Baker | 327 |
| Savannah Morning News | 325 |
| The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa | 320 |
| SunTrust Bank | 312 |
| AirTran Airways | 300 |
| Verisign | 282 |
| Colonial Group | 275 |
| Brasseler USA | 265 |
| Roger Wood Foods, Inc. | 244 |
| Bellsouth | 242 |
| The Gift Wrap Company | 242 |
| Hyatt Regency Savannah | 226 |
| EMD Chemicals, Inc. | 175 |
| Belk | 170 |
| Bank of America | 157 |
| Wachovia Insurance Services | 125 |
*Source: SEDA/Chamber of Commerce, July, 2006
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