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24 Hartford Business Journal | January 11, 2021 | HartfordBusiness.com The Lists Connecticut's largest employers (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of March, 2020 unless otherwise noted) Connecticut's largest employers (Ranked by number of Connecticut employees as of March, 2020 unless otherwise noted) Rank Employer Conn. employees 2020/ 2019 Total employees 2020/ 2019 Type of business Person in charge/ Year founded 1 State of Connecticut (a) State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave. Hartford, CT 06106 860-566-4840; www.ct.gov 58,818 57,714 58,818 57,714 State government Ned Lamont Governor 1788 2 Yale New Haven Health System 789 Howard Ave. New Haven, CT 06519 888-461-0106; www.yalenewhavenhealth.org 27,247 24,365 NA NA Health care system Marna Borgstrom CEO 1996 3 Hartford HealthCare 1 State St., Suite 19 Hartford, CT 06103 860-263-4100; hartfordhealthcare.org 25,241 19,514 25,278 19,550 Health care system Jeffrey Flaks President & CEO 1985 4 Raytheon Technologies (b) 10 Farm Springs Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 860-728-7000; www.utc.com 18,700 (c) 19,000 (d) 195,000 240,000 (d) Aerospace, elevator, fire, security, air conditioning, building automation, and heating and cooling industries Gregory J. Hayes Chairman & CEO 1929 5 Yale University (e) 105 Wall St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-4771; yale.edu 16,620 16,620 16,665 16,665 University Peter Salovey President 1701 6 General Dynamics Electric Boat (f) 75 Eastern Point Rd. Groton, CT 06340 860-433-3000; www.gdeb.com 11,862 11,862 17,053 17,053 Design, build and life cycle support for U.S. nuclear submarines Kevin Graney President 1899 7 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. NA NA, CT 800-925-6278; www.walmart.com 8,106 (g) 8,345 2,200,000 2,200,000 Retail Doug McMilllon President & CEO 1962 8 Trinity Health of New England (h) 1000 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT 06105 860-714-1900 ; www.trinityhealthofne.org 8,053 6,491 (i) 11,245 6,491 (i) Health-care system Reginald J. Eadie President & CEO 2015 9 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company 6900 Main St. Stratford, CT 06615 800-946-4337; www.lockheedmartin.com 7,900 7,628 13,000 13,000 (j) Helicopter design, manufacture and service Dan Schultz President 1925 10 Travelers Cos. Inc. 1 Tower Square Hartford, CT 06183 860-277-0111; www.travelers.com 7,400 7,400 28,000 30,000 Property and casualty insurer Alan D. Schnitzer Chairman & CEO 1864 11 The Hartford One Hartford Plaza Hartford, CT 06155 860-547-5000; www.thehartford.com 6,500 6,600 19,500 19,000 Property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds Christopher J. Swift Chairman & CEO 1810 12 Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382 888-226-7711; mohegansun.com 6,000 7,000 6,000 7,000 Entertainment, gaming, dining, shopping, hotel, spa and meetings/conventions Ray Pineault President & general manager 1996 13 UnitedHealth Group (UnitedHealthcare) 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-702-5000; www.uhc.com 5,573 4,214 (k) 320,000 260,000 Medicare, commercial and individual health plans Stephen Farrell CEO, UnitedHealthcare of New England 1974 14 Foxwoods Resort Casino 350 Trolley Line Blvd. Mashantucket, CT 06338 800-369-9663; www.foxwoods.com 5,500 (l) 5,500 5,500 5,500 Hospitality, entertainment, gaming, retail, dining, golf, spa and hotel Jason Guyot (m) Interim CEO 1992 15 Aetna Inc. (n) 151 Farmington Ave. Hartford, CT 06156 800-872-3862; www.aetna.com 5,260 5,260 51,576 (o) 52,821 Traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services Karen Lynch (p) President, Aetna business unit & EVP, CVS Health 1853 16 Athena Health Care Systems 135 South Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 860-751-3900; athenahealthcare.com 5,104 5,197 9,800 10,033 Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, home health and hospice, assisted living Lawrence Santilli President & CEO 1984 17 City of Hartford (q) 550 Main St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-757-9311; www.hartford.gov 4,978 4,990 4,978 4,990 Municipal government Luke Bronin Mayor 1635 18 City of New Haven (r) 165 Church St. New Haven, CT 06510 203-946-8200; newhavenct.gov 4,884 4,884 4,884 4,884 Municipal government Justin Elicker Mayor 1638 Source: Each employer via survey. Notes: NA=not available. (a) Employment data as of August 2019 & 2020. Employment varies significantly throughout the year. (b) On April 3, 2020, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) and Mass. defense company Raytheon completed a $180-billion merger of equals, creating Raytheon Technologies. The combined company is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. and trades under the ticker symbol RTX. The union was contingent upon divestiture of Raytheon's military airborne radios business and UTC's military GPS and large space-based optical systems businesses. Farmington-based Otis Elevator and Florida-based Carrier Corp., formerly part of UTC, now operate as independent companies. (c) Planning large scale layoffs as of Fall 2020. (d) Represents figure for UTC prior to merger with Raytheon, now Raytheon Technologies. (e) Employment as of Fall 2019, most recent available headcount. (f) Data from 2018. (g) As of July 31. (h) Includes St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Johnson Memorial Medical Center. (i) Data from 2017. (j) There are a total of 105,000 Lockheed Martin employees. (k) An additional 824 contractors. (l) Data from 2019 survey. (m) Replaced John J. James on April 14, 2020. (n) A CVS Health business. (o) With an additional 1,245 international employees. (p) Will succeed Larry J. Merlo as CEO of parent company CVS effective Feb. 1, 2021; Merlo plans to retire May 31, 2021. (q) Employment numbers are approximate, determined by positions listed in adopted FY2021 budget and 2019 Hartford Public Schools employment. (r) Data from 2019. —Compiled by Timothy Doyle.