WHERE THE JOBS ARE
| Ranked by R.I. jobs |
JOBS
2000
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JOBS
1999
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| Company Name | Location of Headquarters | Industry | R.I. | Mass. | Conn. | Worldwide | R.I. | Mass. | Conn. | R.I. % chg. | Notes |
| CVS Corp. | Woonsocket, RI | Retail (Drugs) | 5100 | 11750 | 4200 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 2.00% | |
| Fleet Boston Financial Corp. | Boston, MA | Commercial Banking | 4,000 | 10500 | 5,500 | 60,000 | 4080 | 14,059 | 5624 | -2.00% | |
| MetLife, Inc. | New York, NY | Insurance and Financial Services | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 47,000 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 5.30% | |
| American Power Conversion Corp. | West Kingston, RI | Power Surge Protection Products | 1668 | 0 | 0 | 7,350 | 1252 | 0 | 0 | 33.20% | |
| General Dynamics Corp. | Falls Church, VA | Aerospace & Defense | 1600 | 2800 | 7300 | 46,000 | 1500 | 1543 | 7500 | 6.70% | |
| Raytheon Co. | Lexington, MA | Aerospace & Defense | 1600 | 13000 | 0 | 92,300 | 1635 | 0 | 0 | -2.10% | |
| Verizon | New York, NY | Telecommunications Services | 1400 | 19000 | 14 | 261,000 | 1400 | 18,000 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Hasbro, Inc. | Pawtucket, RI | Toy & Game Manufacturing | 1350 | 1700 | 0 | 8,200 | 1,300 | 1700 | 0 | 3.80% | owns Parker Bros. & Milton Bradley Co., both in Mass. |
| Belo Corp. | Dallas, TX | Printing & Publishing | 1,173 | 0 | 0 | 8,511 | 1224 | 0 | 0 | -4.20% | Publisher of The Providence Journal, Projo.com and Rhode Island Monthly magazine |
| Cox Communications | Atlanta, GA | Cable T.V./Telecommunications Services | 1,000 | 0 | 300 | 18,929 | 903 | 0 | 0 | 10.70% | |
| GTECH Holdings Corp. | West Greenwich, RI | Computer Lottery Systems | 979 | 2 | 0 | 4707 | 1000 | 0 | 0 | -2.10% | |
| Stanley Works | New Britain, CT | Appliance & Tool | 890 | 200 | not disclosed | 16,000 | 900 | 0 | not disclosed | -1.10% | |
| Southern Union Company | Austin, TX | Natural Gas Utilities | 828 | 203 | 0 | 35000 | 545 | 13 | 0 | 51.90% | Purchased Providence Energy Co. and Valley Resources Company in 2000 |
| Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. | Wyomissing, PA | Thrift Banking | 800 | 2000 | 300 | 8,000 | 1096 | 2219 | 342 | -27.00% | |
| A. T. Cross Company | Lincoln, RI | Writing Instruments | 735 | 0 | 0 | 865 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 5.00% | |
| On Semiconductor Corporation | Phoenix, AZ | Semiconductors | 730 | 0 | 0 | 13,500 | 958 | 0 | 0 | -23.80% | Purchased Cherry Semiconductor in E. Greenwich in April 2000 |
| Textron, Inc. | Providence, RI | Diversified Manufacturing | 700 | 0 | 0 | 70,000 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| DeWolfe Companies, Inc. | Lexington, MA | Residential Real Estate Services | 400 | 1200 | 600 | 2,800 | 376 | 1295 | 664 | 6.40% | Purchased in 1999 Rhode Island real estate firms J.W. Riker, Buffum & Rossin, Yorktown Associates and H.A. Stone |
| Bacou USA, Inc. | Smithfield, RI | Worker Safety Protection Products | 390 | 100 | 107 | 2216 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 5.10% | Bacou USA headquarters and Uvex Safety Division located in Smithfield, R.I. |
| Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. | Westerly, RI | Commercial Banking | 379 | 0 | 17 | 396 | 371 | 0 | 20 | 2.20% | |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | Minnetonka, MN | Health Care Insurance | 314 | 20 | 10 | 31,000 | 230 | 20 | 0 | 36.50% | |
| Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. | Providence, RI | Commercial Banking | 215 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 7.50% | Formerly Bank Rhode Island; holding company for commercial bank |
| Astro-Med, Inc. | West Warwick, RI | Computer Peripherals | 209 | 72 | 0 | 397 | 247 | 65 | 0 | -15.40% | |
| Tyco International (US), Inc. | Exeter, NH | Diversified Manufacturing | 200 | 7000 | 4,000 | 220,000 | 151 | 4576 | 0 | 32.50% | Parent of U.S. subsidiary in Bermuda; locally owns ADT Security Services, Grinnell Fire Protection Systems, Tyco Flow Control and AFC Cable. |
| PerkinElmer, Inc. | Wellesley, MA | Scientific & Technical Instrumentation | 197 | 795 | 856 | 12,000 | 192 | not available | not available | 2.60% | Formerly known as EG&G; R.I. Facilities consolidated at Engineered Products at Pawtuxet Industrial Park, Warwick |
| KVH Industries, Inc. | Middletown, RI | Aerospace & Defense | 150 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 152 | 0 | 0 | -1.30% | |
| EBT International Inc. | Providence, RI | Software & Programming | 115 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 170 | 0 | 0 | -32.40% | Formerly INSO Corporation |
| Network Six, Inc. | Warwick, RI | Computer Networks | 90 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 98 | 0 | 0 | -8.20% | |
| Covansys | Farmington Hills, MI | Software & Programming | 75 | 100 | 140 | 5100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | -25.00% | Formerly Complete Business Solutions |
| Infinite Group, Inc. | Warwick, RI | Laser Materials Processing | 70 | 70 | 0 | 145 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 7.70% | |
| Log On America, Inc. | Providence, RI | Telecommunications & Internet Services | 61 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 80 | 0 | 0 | -23.80% | |
| First Financial Corp. RI | Providence, RI | Commercial Banking | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 54 | 0 | 0 | -3.70% | |
| Nestor, Inc. | Providence, RI | Software & Programming | 49 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8.90% | |
| FirstFed America Bancorp, Inc. | Swansea, MA | Thrift Banking | 44 | 346 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 310 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| Nortek, Inc. | Providence, RI | Building Products Manufacturing | 42 | 0 | 0 | 12,200 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5.00% | Company is no longer manufacturing in New England |
| BNS Co. | Warwick, RI | Machine Tools & Related Products | 27 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 450 | 0 | 0 | -94.00% | Holding company that remained after Browne & Sharpe Inc., sold to Hexagon A.B. of Sweden, April 2001 |
| Providence & Worcester Railroad | Worcester, MA | Railroads | 27 | 80 | 47 | 155 | 42 | 74 | 37 | -35.70% | |
| Capital Properties, Inc. | East Providence, RI | Real Estate Development and Operations | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Aerovox, Inc. | New Bedford, MA | Electronic Instrumentation & Controls | 0 | 360 | 0 | 1500 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0.00% | Operates one division in New Bedford |
| Pfizer | New York, NY | Pharmaceuticals | 0 | 0 | 5,200 | 95,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | New to 2001 List |
| EMC Corp. | Hopkinton, MA | Computer Storage Devices | 0 | 9000 | 100 | 24,400 | 0 | 7200 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Helix Technology Corp. | Mansfield, MA | Semiconductors | 0 | 527 | 0 | 776 | 0 | 527 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Kopin Corp. | Taunton, MA | Semiconductor Materials | 0 | 232 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0.00% | Two plants in Taunton and Westboro, Mass. |
| Quaker Fabric Corp. | Fall River, MA | Textiles, Home Accessories | 0 | 2500 | 0 | 2545 | 0 | 2332 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Rogers Corp. | Rogers, CT | Chemicals - Plastics & Rubber | 0 | 0 | 770 | 1358 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 0.00% | |
| Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | New Bedford, MA | Thrift Banking | 0 | 660 | 0 | 660 | 0 | 560 | 0 | 0.00% | Parent of Compass Bamk; acquired Nantucket Bank in 2000 |
| Slade's Ferry Bancorp | Somerset, MA | Commercial Banking | 0 | 196 | 0 | 196 | 0 | 191 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Swank, Inc. | Attleboro, MA | Jewelry, Silver and Leather Products | 0 | 330 | 280 | 800 | 0 | 655 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | Dallas, TX | Semiconductors | 0 | 2300 | 0 | 38,900 | 0 | 4,000 | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Journal Register Co. | Trenton, NJ | Printing & Publishing | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | 4,200 | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | Publishes daily newspapers, The Call and The Times and weeklies in the Southern R.O. Newspaper Group |