ByEthan Lott – Research Director, Pittsburgh Business Times
ByEthan Lott – Research Director, Pittsburgh Business Times
PITTSBURGH — Not only is UPMC the largest employer in the Pittsburgh region, with more than 50,000 workers in southwestern Pennsylvania, it also is the largest nongovernmental employer in the state.
UPMC has about 91,000 global employees, including some in New York and Maryland, as well as its international operations, which include China, Ireland, Italy and Kazakhstan.
0 of 13
Pittsburgh Region's Largest Employers These are the 10-largest Pittsburgh-area nongovernmental employers (Pittsburgh Business Times)
UPMC No. 1: UPMC is the largest employer in the region, with 53,000, and has 91,000 total workers, most of which work in Pennsylvania.
Highmark No. 2: Highmark Health ranks second among employers in the Pittsburgh region, with almost 24,000 local employees, out of 35,000 total.
Pitt No. 3: The University of Pittsburgh is the region's third-largest nongovernmental employer. It has 13,643 workers in southwest Pennsylvania and about 14,500 overall.
PNC Financial Services No. 4: PNC Financial Services Group Inc. employs 12,500 in the Pittsburgh region and about 53,000 companywide. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
Giant Eagle No. 5: Giant Eagle has about 9,800 employees in the region, with about 32,000 overall. (WPXI.com)
Walmart No. 6: With about 9,000 employees in the region, Walmart Inc. is the second-largest retailer in the region. Companywide, Walmart employs 2.2 million.
BNY Mellon No. 7: BNY Mellon Corp. reported about 7,000 regional employees and a little under 50,000 overall. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
Carnegie Mellon University No. 8: Carnegie Mellon University employs about 5,700 Pittsburgh-area workers, the bulk of its universitywide 6,300 employees.
Eat'n Park No. 9: Eat'n Park Hospitality Group Inc. has almost 5,100 regional employees and just under 10,000 companywide.
Excela Health No. 10: Excela Health, the third health care provider in the top 10, has about 4,400 employees. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
According to the most recent data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, about 130,000 jobs in the state are designated as state-owned and about 98,000 are federal government employees. Nongovernmental employees had 5.93 million employees for a 2019 annual average.
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ranked among top pediatric hospitals in U.S. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ranked among top pediatric hospitals in U.S.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/XCUXZC2XYZHCRGNNGKFEX6U3LQ.png)
