Boone County’s Top Employers in 2010
The economic downturn had a delayed impact on some public sectors, which held steady during the actual recession but had to reduce employment last year because of funding cuts. The public school system shed 12 percent of its workforce, and the state jobs based here fell about 7 percent. The county and the Post Office also had cutbacks.
As pointed out last year in the CBT chart, the strength of higher education and health care helped minimize the local impact of the recession.
After years of steady losses, manufacturing jobs rose in 2010 at Hubbell, Schneider and Frito Lay/Quaker and are expected to rise significantly at 3M this year.
The numbers collected by REDI don’t reflect the new jobs at the IBM Service Center, which is expected to jump into the top 30 next year.
Companies with job growth greater than 10 percent in the past year included Columbia College and VA Mortgage Center, and the biggest gainer was Joe Machens, which joined the list this year because the dealerships were consolidated.
Dropouts in 2010: Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Employers Mutual
Additions in 2010: CenturyLink, Joe Machens Dealerships
* Includes MU, Extension and System employees.
** Excludes MU | n/l Not Listed
*** ABC has added 48 employees since the survey
Source: Regional Economic Development Inc. Full-time, benefited employees. Numbers provided by individual companies, government personnel offices and Harris Online Directory (Watlow)
As pointed out last year in the CBT chart, the strength of higher education and health care helped minimize the local impact of the recession.
After years of steady losses, manufacturing jobs rose in 2010 at Hubbell, Schneider and Frito Lay/Quaker and are expected to rise significantly at 3M this year.
The numbers collected by REDI don’t reflect the new jobs at the IBM Service Center, which is expected to jump into the top 30 next year.
Companies with job growth greater than 10 percent in the past year included Columbia College and VA Mortgage Center, and the biggest gainer was Joe Machens, which joined the list this year because the dealerships were consolidated.
Dropouts in 2010: Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Employers Mutual
Additions in 2010: CenturyLink, Joe Machens Dealerships
* Includes MU, Extension and System employees.
** Excludes MU | n/l Not Listed
*** ABC has added 48 employees since the survey
Source: Regional Economic Development Inc. Full-time, benefited employees. Numbers provided by individual companies, government personnel offices and Harris Online Directory (Watlow)