Editing Rhode Island (section)

===Largest employers===
{{As of |2011 |March}}, Rhode Island's largest employers (excluding employees of municipalities) are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riedc.com/files/Top%20Employers%20ranking%202011.pdf |title=Top Employers in Rhode Island |publisher=Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation |date=March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718064751/http://www.riedc.com/files/Top%20Employers%20ranking%202011.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! Employees
! Notes
|-
| 1
| State of Rhode Island
| 14,904
| Full-time equivalents
|-
| 2
| Brown University Health
| 11,869
| [[Rhode Island Hospital]] (7,024 employees), [[The Miriam Hospital]] (2,410), [[Newport Hospital]] (919), [[Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital]] (800), Lifespan Corporate Services (580), Newport Alliance Newport (68), Lifespan MSO (53), and Home Medical (15)
|-
| 3
| [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]
| 11,581
| Excludes 3,000 [[active duty]] military personnel and 7,000 [[Reserve components of the United States armed forces|reservists]], but includes 250 employees of the [[Naval War College]].
|-
| 4
| [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence]]
| 6,200
|
|-
| 5
| [[Care New England]]
| 5,953
| Employees at: [[Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island]] (3,134), Kent County Memorial Hospital (1,850), [[Butler Hospital]] (800), VNA of Care New England (140), and Care New England (29)
|-
| 6
| [[CVS Caremark]]
| 5,800
| The corporate headquarters are at [[Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket]] (5,630 employees). The corporation also has 170 employees at [[CVS Caremark|Pharmacare]]
|-
| 7
| [[Citizens Financial Group]]
| 4,991
| The corporate headquarters are in Providence, and the main corporate office is in [[Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston]].
|-
| 8
| [[Brown University]]
| 4,800
| Excludes student employees.
|-
| 9
| [[Stop & Shop|Stop & Shop Supermarket]]<br />(subsidiary of [[Ahold]])
| 3,632
|
|-
| 10
| [[Bank of America]]
| 3,500
|
|-
| 11
| [[Fidelity Investments]]
| 2,934
| 2,434 employees in [[Smithfield, Rhode Island|Smithfield]] and 500 in Providence
|-
| 12
| Rhode Island ARC
| 2,851
| Employees at James L. Maher Center (700), The Homestead Group (650), Cranston Arc (374), The ARC of Blackstone Valley (350), Kent County ARC (500), The Fogarty Center (225), and Westerly Chariho, ARC (52)
|-
| 13
| [[MetLife Insurance Co.]]
| 2,604
|
|-
| 14
| [[General Dynamics Corp.]]
| 2,243
| 2,200 employees at [[General Dynamics Electric Boat]] in [[North Kingstown, Rhode Island|North Kingstown]], and 43 employees at General Dynamics Information Technology – Newport in [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]] adjacent to the [[Naval Undersea Warfare Center]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gdeb.com/about/locations/newport/ |title=General Dynamics Electric Boat |publisher=Gdeb.com |access-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209041929/http://www.gdeb.com/about/locations/newport/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 15
| [[University of Rhode Island]]
| 2,155
|
|-
| 16
| [[Wal-Mart]]
| 2,078
|
|-
| 17
| The Jan Companies
| 2,050
| Employees at Jan-Co Burger King (1,500) ([[Burger King]] [[Franchising|franchiser]]); [[Newport Creamery, LLC]] (400), Quidnessett Country Club (100), and The Country Inn (50)
|-
| 18
| [[Shaw's Supermarkets]]<br />(subsidiary of [[Albertsons LLC]])
| 1,900
|
|-
| 19
| St. Joseph Health Services and Hospitals of Rhode Island/CharterCARE Health Partners
| 1,865
| Employees at [[Our Lady of Fatima Hospital (North Providence)|Our Lady of Fatima Hospital]] (1,343) and St. Joseph Hospital for Specialty Care (522)
|-
| 20
| [[The Home Depot, Inc.]]
| 1,780
|
|}