May 16, 2006 10:03 AM

Top Mass. employers in new Globe 100
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 10:03 AM

What better place to conduct your employer research than through the new Globe 100?

Just published today, the annual section in the Boston Globe lists Massachusetts' top employers. You can check out employer profiles by industry, growth rate, or profitablity, and explore a wealth of articles, charts, and rankings, including a new tally this year of the 100 largest employers in Massachusetts, whether publicly or privately held or headquartered here or out of state.

The overall economic news for Massachusetts is good, and broad-based:

Some years a hot industry sector or two, such as banks or high tech or retail or life sciences, have dominated at the top of the list.

But when the top performers of 2005 are tallied, every pillar of the state's for-profit economy shows up: Internet technology, represented by the Company of the Year, Akamai Technologies Inc. of Cambridge, as well as leading companies in defense contracting, electronics, the life sciences/biotechnology/medical products cluster, and money management.

One of the lead features describes the attraction of employers to local brainpower:

In industries as diverse as banking and software, consumer products, and biotechnology, the state has become a magnet for businesses craving brainpower, highly educated product developers, and wealth managers.

Interested? You can see an overview and links to all Globe 100 items here. Or just cut to the chase and go straight to the rankings.