During the past 12 months, the collective employment activity of the Boulder region’s largest employers has been a microcosm of what’s occurring statewide and nationwide: the job losses continue, but at a slower pace than what occurred during the height of the downturn.
The activity of the Boulder County and Broomfield County area also reflects a mixed bag of activity. Firms such as Ricoh, Amgen and Array BioPharma announced plans to pare down their local work forces, while others such as Whole Foods Market, DigitalGlobe and Balfour Senior Living expanded.
To provide a snapshot of the activity occurring at the local area’s largest employers, the Camera today published its annual list of the top 50 largest private sector employers in Boulder and Broomfield counties.
For the fourth consecutive year, the five largest area employers include IBM, which once again tops the list, Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications, Broomfield-based Ball Corp., Oracle Corp. and Covidien, but the order of the five has shifted thanks to a significant employment drop at Covidien.
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