Top 50 employers
Ranks the top 50 Massachusetts-based public companies by total worldwide work force.
Rank |
Company
|
Employees
worldwide |
1 |
Raytheon Co. |
105,300 |
2 |
TJX Cos. |
62,000 |
3 |
FleetBoston Financial Corp. |
59,200 |
4 |
Staples Inc. |
43,008 |
5 |
Gillette Co. |
39,800 |
6 |
Friendly Ice Cream Corp. |
23,000 |
7 |
EMC Corp. |
17,700 |
8 |
State Street Corp. |
17,213 |
9 |
Neiman-Marcus Group Inc. |
14,800 |
10 |
Thermo Electron Corp. |
14,160 |
11 |
Harcourt General Inc. |
13,600 |
12 |
Boston Scientific Corp. |
12,615 |
13 |
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. |
12,500 |
14 |
PerkinElmer Inc. |
12,000 |
15 |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions |
10,300 |
16 |
Bradlees Inc. |
10,000 |
17 |
SLI Inc. |
9,526 |
18 |
Northeast Utilities |
9,099 |
19 |
Keane Inc. |
8,981 |
20 |
Polaroid Corp. |
8,784 |
21 |
Talbots Inc. |
8,600 |
22 |
Teradyne Inc. |
7,500 |
23 |
Unifirst Corp. |
7,500 |
24 |
Analog Devices |
7,400 |
25 |
Iron Mountain Inc. |
7,400 |
26 |
Reebok International Ltd. |
6,500 |
27 |
Uno Restaurant Corp. |
6,435 |
28 |
Allmerica Financial Corp. |
6,300 |
29 |
J. Baker Inc. |
6,154 |
30 |
GC Cos. |
5,610 |
31 |
Stone & Webster Inc. |
5,300 |
32 |
Arch Communications Group |
5,000 |
33 |
Parametric Technology Corp. |
4,998 |
34 |
Renaissance Worldwide Inc. |
4,900 |
35 |
Millipore Corp. |
4,600 |
36 |
Cabot Corp. |
4,450 |
37 |
Parexel International Corp. |
4,400 |
38 |
Cambridge Technology Partner |
4,200 |
39 |
New England Business Service Inc. |
3,727 |
40 |
Primark Corp. |
3,458 |
41 |
Nstar |
3,400 |
42 |
Houghton Mifflin Co. |
3,300 |
43 |
Eastern Enterprises |
3,300 |
44 |
Champps Entertainment Inc. |
3,150 |
45 |
Mestek Inc. |
3,050 |
46 |
American Biltrite Inc. |
3,035 |
47 |
Waters Corp. |
3,000 |
48 |
Thermo Terratech Inc. |
2,900 |
49 |
Watts Industries |
2,898 |
50 |
ACT Manufacturing Inc. |
2,816 |
Data compiled by COMPUSTAT. |
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