Top Hunter Employers List released

For the fourth consecutive year MAP marketing has researched and published the The Top Hunter Employers List.

Since the previous year two major trends continue to impact on Hunter employment:

The globalisation of enterprises
Reduction in employment levels

According to Maria Charlton, Managing Director, MAP Marketing, “The identification of the Top Employers was extremely challenging because of the globalisation of company structure that made it difficult to isolate and confirm the staff numbers in the Hunter. The Top 10 employers were responsible for employing 52% of the total staff of 70,772.”

Top 10 Hunter Employers 2014
Hunter New England Health	15500
Glencore Coal	4094
RAAF Base Williamtown	3500
University of Newcastle	2596
Catholic Diocese Maitland-Newcastle	2535
Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd	2500
Mt Arthur Coal Pty Limited	1800
Arrium Limited (formerly OneSteel)	1500
Ausgrid	1455
Downer Group	1200
Total	36680

The top industry groups as shown below are Manufacturing & Engineering, Mining Services, Health Services and Local, State and Federal Government.

Industry Sectors 2014-2015	No Companies
Manufacturing & Engineering	16
Mining & Services	15
Health Services	13
Local, State, Federal Government	13
Business Services	12
Finance, Banking & Insurance	7
Agriculture, Farming & Processing	5
Charity & Non Profit	5
Education & Training	5
Media	4
Transport	3
Retail	2
Construction & Services	2
Aged Care	2
Energy	2
Recreation	1
Total Companies	107