Southeast Minnesota, which includes Olmsted County and the City of Rochester, has a thriving employment market buoyed by industries such as healthcare and manufacturing. From 1996-2005, the Rochester area grew jobs more than twice as fast as the nation and the State of Minnesota as a whole. Below is a table containing the largest employers in the Rochester area. Company Employees Type of Business Mayo Clinic 30,430 Medical/Hospital IBM 4,400 Electronics/Computer Rochester Public Schools 2,285 Education Services Olmsted County 1,205 Government Olmsted Medical Center 1,019 Medical/Hospital Services Wal*Mart & Sam's Club 962 Retail HyVee (north,south,Barlow) 860 Grocery-Retail City of Rochester 847 Local Government Crenlo 725 Fabricated Metal Sunstone Hotel Properties 650 Hotel/Restaurant Services Charter Communications 635 Cable Television/High Speed Internet RCTC 550 Post Secondary Education Target 500 Retail Federal Medical Center 453 Corrections/Medical Seneca Food 450(seasonal) Food Processing Schmidt Printing 370 Printing/Publishing Benchmark 340 Contract Mfg/Design/Engineering Samaritan Bethany, Inc. 325 Health Care of the Aging Hiawatha Homes 324 Res. Services/Dev. Disabilities Menards 315 Home Remodel/Retail Marigold Foods (Kemps) 315 Food Processing Rochester Post Office 306 Postal/Delivery Service Pace Dairy 300 Food Processing Shopko 280 Retail Rochester Medical Corp. 270 Medical Device Manufacturer Rochester Meat Company 256 Meat Processor Himec 250 Plumbing Contractor Lawrence Transportation Co. 230 Refrigerated over-the-road trucking Post Bulletin Company 225 Printing/Publishing Ability Building Center 200 Rehabilitation Services Halcon 195 Furniture Manufacturer Wells Fargo 191 Banking Zumbro Valley Mental Health 165 Human Services Home Federal Savings Bank 143 Banking Tuohy Furniture 143 Wood Office Furniture Manufacturer Child Care Resource & Referral 130 Child Care Oversight Rochester Sand & Gravel 125 Sand/Gravel/Asphalt Weis Builders 125 Commercial Construction Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. 122 Distribution Center Source: Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc (2006) Many other communities are within a very short distance of Rochester and have growing employment markets. Key employers within Southeast Minnesota (excluding Rochester), include: Hormel Foods Corp - Austin, MN (Meat Processing) Albert Lea Medical Center - Albert Lea, MN (Medical/Hospital) Federated Mutual Insurance Co - Owatonna, MN (Insurance Agencies & Brokerage) Naeve Hospital - Albert Lea, MN (Medical/Hospital) Albert Lea Clinic - Mayo Health System - Albert Lea, MN (Physicians) Viracon/Curvlite Inc - Owatonna, MN (Glass Product Manufacturing Fastenal Co - Winona, MN (Hardware Merchant Wholesale) Mayo Clinic Rochester comprises an integrated specialty clinic and two hospitals, staffed by more than 2,000 physicians & scientists; 2,000 fellows, residents and students; and 27,000 allied health personnel. As the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world, Mayo offers a broad array of careers ranging from patient care (nursing, radiology, etc) to business professional (finance, administration, information technology, etc). Whether you are an experienced professional or a new graduate, Mayo offers a supportive, professional environment identified by "Fortune" magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." Mayo Clinic Rochester posts all current job openings online. Applicants are also required to create a profile and apply for positions online. For questions related to individual postings, please refer to the Staffing Specialist identified within each posting. In addition to seeking opportunities on company websites and major job posting boards, you may want to consider a few other local resources to learn about employment, educational or volunteer opportunities: College and Universities in Rochester (Rochester Area Higher Education Providers Council Augsburg College Rochester Cardinal Stritch University Concordia University - St. Paul Mayo School of Health Sciences Crossroads College Rochester Community & Technical College Saint Mary's University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Rochester University of St. Thomas Winona State University - Rochester Center United Way of Olmsted County/Volunteer Opportunities Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business Development Center		Jobs at Mayo Clinic Searching for Opportunities

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