According to the Idaho Department of Labor,
the Boise-Nampa metro area (Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem and Owyhee
Counties) has over 18,000 businesses. Annually. Boise Valley
Economic Partnership (BVEP) confirms the number of employees
at the area's largest organizations (listed below are employers
of 500 or more).
EMPLOYER
NAME |
TOTAL
JOBS (01/01/05) |
Micron
Technology, Inc. |
9,500 |
Mountain
Home Air Force Base |
5,250** |
Saint
Luke's Regional Medical Center |
4,300 |
Boise
School District |
4,000* |
Hewlett-Packard
Company |
4,000 |
J.R.
Simplot Co. |
3,800 |
Albertsons |
3,800 |
Saint
Alphonsus Regional Medical Center |
3,373 |
Meridian
School District |
2,875* |
Boise
State University |
2,206 |
Idaho
Dept. of Health and Welfare |
1,800* |
DirecTV |
1,678 |
Nampa
School District |
1,400* |
City
of Boise |
1,400* |
Ada
County |
1,360* |
Wal-Mart (Ada
County Stores) |
1,200 |
Fred
Meyer |
1,200 |
Sears
Roebuck & Co. |
1,100 |
Idaho
Power Company |
1,100 |
Wells
Fargo |
1,079 |
U.S.
Postal Service 1 |
1,050* |
| Idaho
National Guard |
1,000* |
Wal-Mart (Canyon
County Stores) |
800 |
MPC |
750 |
Qwest
Communications |
750 |
| Blue
Cross of Idaho |
730 |
| Veterans
Affairs Medical Center |
700* |
| BOISE Corp. |
700 |
| Idaho
Dept. of Labor |
690* |
Amalgamated
Sugar Co. |
570 |
Washington
Group International |
537 |
West
Valley Medical Center |
525 |
U.S.
Bank |
500 |
| Mercy
Medical Center |
TBD |
* Public
Employers |
** located
55 miles outside Boise in Mountain Home, Idaho |
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