Top midsized employers in Massachusetts -- Globe 100 -- Boston Globe

The Globe 100's top midsized employers

All of the participating companies were placed into one of three size bands, based on the number of employees in Massachusetts. Small workplaces were defined as those with 100 to 249 employees; midsized workplaces were defined as those with 250 to 999 employees; and large workplaces were companies with 1,000 or more workers. More on the methodology.

Charts Top 100 overall
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Overall rank	Size band rank	Company	Description	Size	Mass. employees	Total US employees	US headquarters	2008 revenue
3	1	Harmonix Music Systems	Video game developer	Midsize	272	315	Cambridge	$1 billion
6	2	Commonwealth Financial Network	Financial services	Midsize	416	460	Waltham	$508 million
8	3	Analysis Group	Economic consultant	Midsize	250	444	Boston	NA
10	4	Google	Software	Midsize	200+	19,665*	Mountain View, Calif.	$21.8 billion
15	5	Aviv Centers for Living	Senior care	Midsize	425	425	Swampscott	$27 million
18	6	TechTarget	Technology media	Midsize	450	530	Needham	$105 million
21	7	Bingham McCutchen	Law firm	Midsize	608	2,250	Boston	$767 million
22	8	Christian Book Distributors	Book sales	Midsize	500	500	Peabody	NA
25	9	Starent Networks Corp.	Mobile networking	Midsize	298	350	Tewksbury	$254 million
26	10	BBN Technologies	Research and development	Midsize	503	743	Cambridge	NA
29	11	Education Development Center	Education nonprofit	Midsize	412	709	Newton	$145 million
34	12	Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp.	CAD software	Midsize	387	390	Concord	$407 million
37	13	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	Midsize	359	575	Lexington	$434 million
38	14	Hill Holliday	Advertising firm	Midsize	407	820	Boston	NA
41	15	Enterprise Bank	Community bank	Midsize	318	338	Lowell	$48 million
42	16	e-Dialog	E-mail marketing	Midsize	270	330	Burlington	$105 million
47	17	Vistaprint	Small-business marketing	Midsize	475	475	Lexington	$401 million
55	18	Cell Signaling Technology	Research techology	Midsize	271	281	Danvers	$73 million
56	19	Microsoft Corp.	Software	Midsize	872	56,552	Redmond, Wash.	$60.4 billion
57	20	FLIR Systems	Imaging systems	Midsize	292	1,300	Wilsonville, Ore.	$1.1 billion
60	21	Wequassett Resort and Golf Club	Resort	Midsize	325	325	Harwich	$17 million
62	22	Employ+Ability	Medical devices	Midsize	261	261	Braintree	$12 million
63	23	Cambridge Associates	Investment consultant	Midsize	443	890	Boston	NA
64	24	Brightview Senior Living	Senior living	Midsize	300	1,900	Baltimore	$89 million
65	25	HarborOne Credit Union	Credit union	Midsize	350	350	Brockton	$98 million
66	26	Suffolk Construction Co.	Construction	Midsize	403	724	Boston	$1.6 billion
71	27	Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company	Biotechnology	Midsize	959	1,228	Cambridge	$591 million
75	28	Vanasse Hangen Brustlin	Consulting services	Midsize	366	850	Watertown	$147 million
81	29	Eaton Vance	Financial services	Midsize	764	842	Boston	$1.1 billion
85	30	South Shore YMCA	Human services	Midsize	800	877	Quincy	$20 million
87	31	Natixis Global Associates	Financial services	Midsize	251	1,612	Boston	NA
95	32	Salter Healthcare	Health care	Midsize	700	700	Winchester	$41 million
97	33	American Student Assistance	Financial aid	Midsize	637	665	Boston	$139 million
98	34	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr	Law firm	Midsize	850	2,370	Washington, D.C., Boston	$955 million
100	35	CDM	Engineering consultants	Midsize	726	3,715	Cambridge	$1 billion

*Global figure. Many Google employees are US-based.