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)