Editing Ames, Iowa (section)

=== Top employers ===
As of 2022, the top employers in the city are:<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2022 |title=2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report |url=https://www.cityofames.org/home/showpublisheddocument/71993/638193027074030000 |access-date= |website=City of Ames}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
!Percentage
of Total City
Employment
|-
|1
| [[Iowa State University]]
|18,212
|33.33%
|-
|3
| [[Mary Greeley Medical Center]]
|1,407
|2.57%
|-
|2
| City of Ames
|1,382
|2.53%
|-
|4
| McFarland Clinic, P. C.
|1,200
|2.20%
|-
|5
| [[Danfoss]]
|1,052
|1.93%
|-
|6
| [[Iowa Department of Transportation]]
|975
|1.78%
|-
|7
|[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]]
|750
|1.37%
|-
|8
| [[Ames Community School District]]
|700
|1.28%
|-
|9
| [[Hach Company|Hach Chemical]]
|580
|1.06%
|-
|10
| [[Workiva]]
|550
|1.01%
|}