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2024 BOOK OF LISTS | HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM 37 E C O N O M Y CONNECTICUT'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS Ranked by number of Connecticut employees Connecticut's largest employers Ranked by number of Connecticut employees Employer Conn. employees 2023/ 2022 Total employees 2023/ 2022 Type of business Person in charge/ year founded 1 State of Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave., Hartford 06106 860-566-4840; ct.gov 49,779 (1) 49,658 (2) 49,779 (1) 49,658 (2) State government Ned Lamont Governor 1788 2 Yale New Haven Health System 789 Howard Ave., New Haven 06519 888-461-0106; ynhhs.org 30,896 29,486 N/A N/A Health care system Christopher O'Connor CEO 1996 3 Hartford HealthCare 100 Pearl St., Hartford 06103 860-263-4100; hartfordhealthcare.org 28,686 27,804 29,668 28,752 Health care system Jeffrey Flaks President & CEO 1985 4 RTX Corp. (3) 10 Farm Springs Road, Farmington 06032 860-728-7000; rtx.com 16,600 16,600 182,000 181,000 Products and services in the aer e, security, air conditioning, building-automation as well as heating and cooling industries Gregory J. Hayes President & CEO 1929 5 Yale University 149 Elm St., New Haven 06511 203-432-4771; yale.edu 16,150 15,652 N/A N/A University Peter Salovey President 1701 6 General Dynamics Electric Boat 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton 06340 860-433-3000; gdeb.com 14,152 13,049 21,700 20,100 Design, build, maintain and enhance U.S. nuclear submarines Kevin Graney President 1899 7 CVS Health Corp. and subsidiaries 151 Farmington Ave., Hartford 06156 800-872-3862; cvshealth.com/ 8,942 9,724 300,000 318,776 Health solutions Karen Lynch President & CEO 1963 8 Walmart 495 Flatbush Ave., Hartford 06106 800-925-6278; walmart.com 8,454 (4) 8,454 2,100,000 2,300,000 Retail Doug McMilllon President & CEO 1962 9 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co. 6900 Main St., Stratford 06614 203-386-4000; lockheedmartin.com 7,900 (5) 7,900 13,000 (6) 13,000 (7) Helicopter design, manufacture and service Paul Lemmo President 1923 10 Travelers Cos. Inc. 1 Tower Square, Hartford 06183 860-277-0111; travelers.com 7,400 7,400 30,000 30,000 Property and casualty insurer Alan D. Schnitzer Chairman & CEO 1864 11 Trinity Health Of New England (8) 1000 Asylum Ave., Hartford 06105 860-714-4000 ; trinityhealthofne.org 7,379 N/A 9,636 9,162 Health care system Montez Carter (9) President & CEO 2015 12 UConn Health 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington 06030 860-679-2000; uchc.edu 5,835 5,380 N/A N/A State teaching hospital, medical and dental schools, associated medical practices Bruce Liang (10) Dean, UConn School of Medicine & interim CEO, UConn Health 1961 13 UnitedHealth Group UnitedHealthcare of New England 185 Asylum St., Hartford 06103 860-702-5000; uhc.com 5,737 5,779 210,000 207,845 Medicare, commercial and individual health plans Tim Archer CEO, UnitedHealthcare of New England 1974 14 The Hartford One Hartford Plaza, Hartford 06155 860-547-5000; thehartford.com 5,200 5,500 18,800 18,100 Property and casualty insurance, group Christopher J. Swift Chairman & CEO 1810 15 Mohegan Sun 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasville 06382 888-226-7711; mohegansun.com 5,000 (4) 5,000 N/A N/A Entertainment, sports, gaming, dining, shopping, hotel, spa, meetings and conventions Jeff Hamilton President & general manager 1996 16 Cigna Corp. 900 Cottage Grove Road, 06002 860-226-6000; cigna.com 4,520 (11) N/A 71,300 72,226 Global health services including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, oup life, accident and disability insurance David M. Cordani President & CEO 1792 17 Athena Health Care Systems 135 South Rd., Farmington 06032 860-751-3900; athenahealthcare.com 4,412 4,401 8,107 8,448 Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, home health and hospice, assisted living Lawrence Santilli President & CEO 1984 18 ESPN ESPN Plaza, 935 Middle St., Bristol 06010 888-549-3776; espn.go.com 3,800 (12) 3,800 (13) 4,600 (14) 4,600 (15) Sports media Jimmy Pitaro Chairman 1979 19 Foxwoods Resort Casino 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket 06338 800-369-9663; foxwoods.com 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 Hospitality, entertainment, dining, nightlife, gaming, retail, dining, golf, spa, karting, zipline and hotel Jason Guyot President & CEO 1992 20 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. 900 Ridgebury Road, 06877 203-798-9988; boehringer-ingelheim.us 2,600 2,600 52,000 52,000 Research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals Jean-Michel Boers President, CEO & managing director, Boehringer Ingelheim USA 1885 20 Inc. 558 Eastern Point Road, Groton 06340 (16) 860-441-4100; .com 2,600 (17) 2,600 83,000 78,500 Pharmaceuticals Albert Bourla CEO 1849 Sour eports and company websites. Note: N/A = Not available. This list does not include municipal employee counts, nor employee counts for the respective Boards of Education. (1) Full-time employees, with an additional 7,735 part-time employees. (2) Full-time employees. (3) Raytheon Technologies, established in 2020 with the merger of Raytheon Co., based in Waltham, Mass., and Farmington's United Technologies Corp., announced a name change to RTX Corp. in July 2023. Its presence in Connecticut includes Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney. (4) Data from Q4 2022 survey. (5) Data from Q4 2022 survey; announced layof ch 2023 and plans to cut 179 positions in Connecticut on Oct. 4, 2023. The company declined to respond to the Q4 2023 survey and pointed readers to this link, that is updated annually in Q1: www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/eo/photo/economic-workforce/states/infographics/connecticut/ lockheed-martin-economic-impact-connecticut.pdf. (6) Data from Q4 2022 survey; 116,000 total employees for Lockheed Martin. (7) 114,000 total employees for Lockheed Martin. (8) Includes St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital, Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Johnson Memorial Medical Center. (9) On Oct. 3, 2022, succeeded former CEO Reginald Eadie who has taken on a new role with parent company Trinity Health in Michigan. (10) Assumed additional role of interim CEO, UConn Health as of Feb. 1, 2022, succeeding CEO Andrew Agwunobi. (11) According to T (12) Data from Q4 2022 survey. Disney, ESPN's parent company, began layoffs at the Bristol facility in April 2023, as part of a companywide reduction in force of 7,000 employees. The company did not respond to the 2023 survey, and the pr e as of press time. (13) Includes employees working on ESPN projects who are direct employees of Disney, ESPN's parent company. (14) Figure for parent company, according to Q4 2022 survey and press fact sheet available at press time. (15) Figure for parent company. (16) Additional clinical research site in New Haven. (17) Data from 2022 survey; statewide employee count falls within a range of 1,000 to 4,999, according to the Connecticut Department of Labor market research data for September 2023. -Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com