Editing Springfield, Illinois (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Illinois - Springfield - NARA - 23939955 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Construction of the water works, 1936]]
Many of the jobs in the city center around state government, headquartered in Springfield. As of 2002, the State of Illinois is both the city and county's largest employer, employing 17,000&nbsp;people across Sangamon County.<ref name=planning/> As of February 2007, government jobs, including local, state and county, account for about 30,000 of the city's non-agricultural jobs.<ref name=bls/> Trade, transportation and utilities, and the health care industries each provide between 17,000 and 18,000&nbsp;jobs to the city.<ref name=bls/> The largest private sector employer in 2002 was Memorial Health System with 3,400&nbsp;people working for the organization.<ref name=planning>[http://www.springfield.il.us/Oped/employers.htm Major Springfield Employers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102100555/http://www.springfield.il.us/Oped/employers.htm |date=January 2, 2007 }}, Office of Planning and Economic Development, City of Springfield. Retrieved February 24, 2007.</ref> According to estimates from the "Living Wage Calculator" the [[living wage]] for the city of Springfield is $7.89 per hour for one adult,<ref name=wage/> approximately $15,780 working 2,000&nbsp;hours per year. For a family of four, costs are increased and the living wage is $17.78 per hour within the city.<ref name="wage">{{cite web |url=http://livingwage.mit.edu/places/1716772000 |title=Living Wage Calculation for Springfield city, Sangamon County, Illinois |publisher=Living Wage Project |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916013251/http://livingwage.mit.edu/places/1716772000 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Civilian Labor force dropped from 116,500 in September 2006 to 113,400 in February 2007. In addition, the [[unemployment rate]] rose during the same time period from 3.8% to 5.1%.<ref name=bls>{{cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.il_springfield_msa.htm |title=Springfield, IL Economy at a Glance |publisher=Bls.gov |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305151618/http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.il_springfield_msa.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.springfield.il.us/Government/2021/2021CAFR.pdf |title=City of Springfield CAFR 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719051048/https://www.springfield.il.us/Government/2021/2021CAFR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" |{{abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" |Employer
! scope="col" |Employees
|-
! scope="row" |1
|[[Illinois|State of Illinois]]
|style="text-align: right;"|17,800
|-
! scope="row" |2
|[[Memorial Medical Center (Springfield, Illinois)|Memorial Health System]]
|style="text-align: right;"|5,238
|-
! scope="row" |3
|[[Hospital Sisters Health System]]
|style="text-align: right;"|4,434
|-
! scope="row" |4
|Springfield Clinic
|style="text-align: right;"|2,449
|-
! scope="row" |5
|[[Springfield School District 186|Springfield Public Schools]]
|style="text-align: right;"|2,130
|-
! scope="row" |6
|[[University of Illinois Springfield]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,642
|-
! scope="row" |7
|[[Southern Illinois University School of Medicine]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,470
|-
! scope="row" |8
|City of Springfield
|style="text-align: right;"|1,410
|-
! scope="row" |9
|[[Horace Mann Educators Corporation]]
|style="text-align: right;"|1,066
|-
! scope="row" |10
|[[BlueCross BlueShield]]
|style="text-align: right;"|900
|}