2012 Top 25 Employers

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2012
Rank		 NAME OF EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES1 BUSINESS 2011 Rank
1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 11,167 HIGHER EDUCATION 1
2 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 7,824 HIGHER EDUCATION 2
3 CITY OF CAMBRIDGE2 2,925 GOVERNMENT 3
4 NOVARTIS INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2,276 BIOTECHNOLOGY 4
5 MT. AUBURN HOSPITAL 1,731 HEALTH CARE 6
6 BIOGEN IDEC 1,530 BIOTECHNOLOGY 8
7 CAMBRIDGE INNOVATION CENTER3,5 1,453 START UP INCUBATOR --
8 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS4 1,420 BIOTECHNOLOGY 5
9 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1,226 GOVERNMENT 11
10 DRAPER LABORATORY 1,214 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 7
11 MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS 1,212 BIOTECHNOLOGY 12
12 GENZYME CORPORATION 1,148 BIOTECHNOLOGY 9
13 CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE 992 HEALTH CARE 10
14 MICROSOFT 913 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 17
15 PFIZER 875 BIOTECHNOLOGY 15
16 BROAD INSTITUTE 872 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 13
17 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES 849 INTERNET TECHNOLOGY 14
18 GOOGLE4,5 800 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 26
19 EF INTERNATIONAL 739 TRAVEL & EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 18
20 WHOLE FOODS 678 SUPERMARKET 19
21 FORRESTER RESEARCH 604 BUSINESS SERVICES 20
22 CAMP, DRESSER & MCKEE 583 ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS 21
23 PEGASYSTEMS 565 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 24
24 RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES 564 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 25
25 SPAULDING HOSPITAL CAMBRIDGE 498 HEALTH CARE 16
25 LESLEY UNIVERSITY5 498 HIGHER EDUCATION 28

Footnotes

  1. All figures collected between 8/12 and 12/12, unless otherwise noted. All figures reflect employment within the City of Cambridge only. Whenever possible, totals are based on Full Time Equivalents (FTEs). Part time workers were counted as 0.5 FTEs, unless otherwise indicated by employer response.
  2. City of Cambridge figures include School Department employees.
  3. The Cambridge Innovation Center is a start up incubator that houses employees from 612 companies.
  4. Google and Vertex figures from Boston Globe "Best Places to Work" feature published November 4, 2012. See http://www.boston.com/jobs/topworkplaces/.
  5. Not on 2011 Top 25 list: Cambridge Innovation Center, Google, Lesley University.
  6. Employers deleted since 2011: Quest Diagnostics, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Source: Cambridge Community Development Department and cited employers except as noted, 2012.

For More Information

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