LARGEST DENVER AREA PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS (Ranked by number of Colorado employees as of 12/15)
Rank Company Website Fulltime CO Employees
1 U.S. Government opm.gov 36,886
2 State of Colorado colorado.gov/dpa 30,000
3 University of Colorad System cu.edu 22, 141
4 Denver Public Schools dpsk12.org 15, 141
5 City and County of Denver denvergov.org 14,936
6 Jefferson County Public Schools jeffcopublicschools.org 14,000
7 Douglas County School District dcsdk12.org 8,700
8 Cherry Creek School District No. 5 cherrycreekschools.org 8,082
9 Denver Health denverhealth.org 7, 211
10 Adams 12 Five Star Schools adams12.org 5,316
11 Aurora Public Schools aurorak12.org 5,091
12 St. Vrain Valley School District svvsd.org 4,553
13 Boulder Valley School District RE- 2 bvsd.org 3,906
14 Jefferson County jeffco.us 3,008
15 City of Aurora auroragov.org 2,979
16 Regional Transportation District (RTD) rtd-denver.com 2,813
17 Boulder County bouldercounty.org 2,600
18 Metropolitan State University of Denver msudenver.edu 2, 146
19 Arapahoe County araphoegov.com 2,063
20 Adams County adcogov.org 1,979
21 Brighton School District 27J sd27j.org 1,823
22 City of Boulder bouldercolorado.gov 1,600
23 Littleton Public Schools littletonpublicschools.net 1,564
24 Front Range Community College frontrange.edu 1,544
25 Red Rocks Community College rrcc.edu 747
Source: 2017-2018 Book of Lists, Denver Busines JournalNOTE: Several employers ranked on prior years’ lists did not provide information for this year’s list.
LARGEST DENVER AREA PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS (Ranked by number of Colorado employees as of 12/15)
Rank Company Website Fulltime CO Employees
1 Wal-Mart Stores walmartstores.com 27,962
2 Centura Health centura.org 15,667
3 UC Health uchealth.org 13,869
4 HCA-HealthONE healthonecares.com 9,989
5 SCL Health sclhealth.org 9,571
6 Comcast Corp. comcastcorporation.com 8,500
7 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado kp.org 7,000
8 Wells Fargo wellsfargo.com 6,000
9 Children’s Hospital of Colorado childrenscolorado.org 5,443
10 CenturyLink, Inc. centurylink.com 4,600
11 DISH Network dish.com 4,000
12 Xcel Energy xcelenergy.com 3,678
13 Ball Corp. ball.com 3,408
14 University of Denver du.edu 3,261
15 Boulder Community Health bch.org 2,310
16;FirstBank;Holding;Co.;efirstbank.com;2,303
17 American Furniture Warehouse afwonline.com 2,018
18 Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield anthem.com 2,000
19;;Arrow;Electronics;;;fiveyearsout.com;;;1,800
20 Miller Coors millercoors.com 1,650
21 National Jewish Health nationaljewish.org 1,532
22 Moslen Coors Brewing molsencoors.com 1, 200
23 WM Waste Management of Colorado wm.com 1, 200
24 Newmont Mining Corp. newmont.com 993
25 Bank of America bankofamerica.com/colorado 675
Source: 2017-2018 Book of Lists, Denver Business Journal. NO TE: Several employers ranked on prior years’ lists did not provide information for this year’s list.
