Editing Gadsden, Alabama (section)

==Employment==
[[Image:Gadsden, AL, Spirit of American Citizenship Monument, with Coosa River.JPG|thumb|The Spirit of American Citizenship Monument on Rainbow Drive (US 411), just before the Broad Street Bridge. The Coosa River and East Gadsden are visible in the background.]]

===Top employers===
According to the City's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofgadsden.com/DocumentCenter/View/4797/FY22-Audited-Financial-Statements|title=City of Gadsden 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|page=207|date=March 6, 2024}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Number
! Company/Organizations
! Employees
|-
| 1
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center
| 1,312
|-
| 2
| Etowah County Board of Education
| 1,275
|-
| 3
| Koch Foods
| 1,040
|-
| 4
| Riverview Regional Medical Center
| 789
|-
| 5
| [[Walmart]]
| 750
|-
| 6
| Gadsden City Schools
| 693
|-
| 7
| City of Gadsden
| 658
|-
| 8
| Gadsden State Community College
| 553
|-
| 9
| Keystone Foods
| 512
|-
| 10
| Feher Automotive
| 434
|}

Citing statistics from the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations and the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, the Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority reports that approximately 12,000 residents of Etowah County were underemployed and 2,179 residents were unemployed as of 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gadsdenida.org/site_files/la.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006063517/http://www.gadsdenida.org/site_files/la.php|url-status=dead|title=Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Authority website|archive-date=October 6, 2008|access-date=November 26, 2023}}</ref>