The list: Mower County’s 25 largest employers
Published 3:07 am Tuesday, March 12, 2013
—This report originally appeared in Progress 2013. Get a copy at the Austin Daily Herald office, 310 Second St. NE.
1. Hormel Foods Corp. Austin plant — 1,740
2. Quality Pork Processors — 1,300
3. Mayo Clinic Health System – Albert Lea and Austin (Austin location) — 985
4. Hormel Foods Corp. corporate offices — 949
5. Austin Public Schools — 627
6. Hy-Vee Food Store — 373
7. Walmart — 350
8. Riverland Community College — 243
9. Austin Packaging Co. — 285
10. Mower County — 243
11. St. Mark’s Lutheran Home — 225
12. REM Woodvale Inc. — 161
13. Sacred Heart Care Center — 150
14. Holiday Inn/Days Inn/Perkins — 148
15. International Paper — 146
16. Gerard School — 145
17. City of Austin — 137
18. The Hormel Institute — 130
19. Cooperative Response Center — 110
20. McFarland Truck Lines — 93
21. Austin Utilities — 89
21. Cedar Valley Services — 89
23. Southland Public Schools — 82
24. Target — 80
25. Shopko — 75
—Source: Development Corporation of Austin. These are approximate numbers for some employers and actual number of employees will vary.
