Local government: 69,700

State government: 65,900

University of Texas at Austin: 20,249

Dell Inc.: 16,000

Federal government: 10,800

Austin school district: 10,408

Seton Family of Hospitals: 7,500

Freescale Semiconductor Inc.: 6,600

H. E. Butt Grocery Co. (Austin regional office): 6,200

IBM Corp.: 6,200

St. David's HealthCare: 5,048

Wal-Mart: 4,700

Austin Community College: 4,600

Round Rock ISD-Public Relations

& Partners in Education: 4,000

AMD Inc.: 3,000

Texas State University-San Marcos: 2,800

Applied Materials Inc.: 2,200

Lower Colorado River Authority: 2,200

National Instruments Corp.: 2,000

Leander school district: 1,800

Girling Health Care Inc.: 1,750

AT&T/SBC: 1,750

Solectron Texas Corp.: 1,600

State Farm Insurance Co.: 1,473

Temple-Inland: 1,400

Austin Energy: 1,300

Austaco Inc.: 1,294

CSC Financial Services Group: 1,250

Randalls Food and Pharmacy: 1,225

Georgetown school district: 1,200

Del Valle school district: 1,100

Bastrop school district: 1,080

Progressive Insurance Co.: 1,048

Austin American-Statesman: 1,034

Pisces Foods d.b.a. Wendy's: 1,004

3M: 1,000

Apple Computer Inc.: 1,000

Commemorative Brands Inc.: 1,000

Samsung Austin Semiconductor: 950

Whole Foods: 950

Cirrus Logic Inc.: 900

Southwest Securities: 900

Time Warner Inc.: 900

Golfsmith International: 890

Farmers Insurance group of companies: 840

Austin Regional Clinic: 825

United Parcel Service: 825

Harte-Hanks Response Management/Austin LP: 820

Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc.: 750

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority: 735

BAE Systems Inc.: 722

PPD Development: 694

Wells Fargo Banks: 690

Georgetown Healthcare System: 655

Emerson Process Management: 653

Goodwill Industries of Central Texas: 650

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Source: Texas Workforce Commission