Top 50 employers

Rank	Company	Employees worldwide
1	Raytheon Co. (Class B)	93,700
2	TJX Companies Inc.	67,000
3	Staples Inc.	53,458
4	Fleetboston Financial Corp.	53,000
5	Gillette Co.	35,200
6	EMC Corp.	24,100
7	State Street Corp.	17,602
8	Friendly Ice Cream Corp.	17,000
9	Neiman-Marcus Group Inc.	15,150
10	Boston Scientific Corp.	13,720
11	BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.	13,650
12	Harcourt General Inc.	13,200
13	Thermo Electron Corp.	13,000
14	Perkinelmer Inc.	12,500
15	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	11,800
16	SLI Inc.	10,730
17	Talbots Inc.	9,300
18	Analog Devices	9,100
19	Polaroid Corp.	8,865
20	ACT Manufacturing Inc.	8,800
21	Arch Wireless Inc.	8,350
22	Iron Mountain Inc.	8,300
23	Keane Inc.	8,203
24	Uno Restaurant Corp.	7,644
25	Unifirst Corp.	7,500
26	Casual Male Corp.	6,714
27	Reebok International Ltd.	6,000
28	CMGI Inc.	5,718
29	Allmerica Financial Corp.	5,700
30	Millipore Corp.	5,200
31	Parametric Technology Corp.	4,725
32	Acterna Corp.	4,700
33	Cabot Corp.	4,500
34	Parexel International Corp.	4,200
35	GC Companies Inc.	3,923
36	Cambridge Technology Partner	3,824
37	New England Business Services Inc.	3,779
38	Houghton Mifflin Co.	3,500
39	Sapient Corp.	3,360
40	American Tower Corp.	3,300
41	Nstar	3,291
42	Mestek Inc.	3,221
43	Waters Corp.	3,200
44	Steinway Musical Instruments Inc.	3,060
45	American Biltrite Inc.	3,040
46	Yankee Candle Inc.	3,000
47	Renaissance Worldwide Inc.	3,000
48	Ionics Inc.	2,900
49	Tucker Anthony Sutro	2,876
50	DeWolfe Companies Inc.	2,829
Data compiled by Compustat.