Top 25 Employers in Wilmington NC
Company (Product/Service) - Employee Count
1. New Hanover Regional Medical Center/Cape Fear Hospital (Hospitals) - 4,803 2. New Hanover County Schools (Education) - 3,950 4. General Electric (Global Nuclear Fuel/Aircraft/Nuclear Energy/Nuclear Energy) - 2,128 5. University of NC Wilmington (Higher Education) - 1,871 6. PPD, Inc. (Discovery & Development Services to Pharmaceutical & Biotech) - 1,500 7. New Hanover County (County Government) - 1,490 8. Cape Fear Community College (Education) - 1,256 9. Verizon Wireless (Communications) - 1,300 11. Progress Energy - Southport & Wilmington (Electricity) - 1,000 12. Corning, Inc. (Optical Fiber) - 1,000 14. International Paper - Riegelwood Operations (Bleached Pulp & Paperboard) - 743 15. Wachovia (Banking Services) - 500 16. KoSa (Chemicals) - 300 17. L L Building Products (Home Building Products) - 286 18. Louisiana Pacific Corp. (Laminated Veneer Lumber) - 270 19. INVISTA (Dacron Polyester) - 224 20. Star News (Newspaper) - 215 21. Bedford Fair Industries (Women's Apparel - Mail Order) - 200 22. International Paper Carton Div. (Paperboard Cartons) -175 23. Castle Branch (Employment Screening Services) - 128 25. Chemtex Engineers (Plant Consulting) - 100
3. WalMart (Retail) - 2,170
10. City of Wilmington (Government) - 1,200
13. aaiPharma (Pharmaceutical Product Sales and Drug Development) - 915
24. Elementis Chromium LP (Sodium Bichromate) - 121