Who are the major employers in Charlottesville? Asked another way, as was by a client, how do people afford buying houses in Charlottesville?
I asked the Nest Charlottesville minds to help add to my list.
- UVA ecosystem – School, Medical School, Maintenance, etc
- Martha Jefferson Hospital (no longer available)
- NGIC/DIA
- CFA Institute (no longer available)
- Worldstrides
- WillowTree
- Apex Clean Energy
- State Farm (archived: 2017)
- Construction industry – residential & commercial
- S & P Global (neé SNL)
- GE (archived: 2019)
- Local government
- Educators in Charlottesville & Albemarle schools
- Crutchfield
- Northrup Grumman (archived: 2020)
Who are we missing?
Quick Update – CvillePedia has a nice list as well.
This list from the Daily Progress last year is interesting.
“1. University of Virginia/Blue Ridge Hospital
2. University of Virginia Medical Center
3. County of Albemarle
4. Sentara Healthcare
5. UVa Physicians Group (UVa Health Services Foundation)
6. City of Charlottesville
7. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
8. Charlottesville City School Board
9. U.S. Department of Defense
10. WorldStrides (Lakeland Tours)
11. Wal-Mart
SOURCE: Virginia Employment Commission”
PVCC is having a job fair on 28 March (no longer available)
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