Editing Beaumont, Texas (section)

== Economy ==

According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report the top employers in the city were:<ref>{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|url=https://beaumonttexas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CAFR-FINAL.pdf|publisher=City of Beaumont, Texas|access-date=May 2, 2019|page=144}}</ref>
[[File:Cthsptfacbmt.jpg|right|thumb|Refineries, Port of Beaumont and [[Jefferson County Courthouse (Texas)|the Jefferson County Courthouse]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Lamar University]]
|2,546
|-
| 2
|[[Beaumont Independent School District]]
|2,317
|-
| 3
|[[ExxonMobil Corporation]] [[ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery|Beaumont Refinery]]
|2,189
|-
| 4
|Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital
|2,136
|-
| 5
|Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas
|1,653
|-
| 6
|City of Beaumont
|1,293
|-
| 7
|[[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]]
|1,155
|-
| 8
|Burrow Global Services
|785
|-
| 9
|Conns Appliances Inc.
|617
|-
| 10
|Alorica
|372
|}

<!-- DO NOT ADD YOUR OWN COMPANY HERE. THIS IS NOT ADVERTISING SPACE. -->A significant element of the region's economy is the [[Port of Beaumont]], one of the largest seaports by tonnage in the United States. The 842nd Transportation Battalion and the 596th Transportation Group are both stationed at the port in Beaumont.<ref>{{Cite web|title=842nd Transportation "Warhorse" Battalion conducts virtual hail and farewell during busy PCS season|url=https://www.army.mil/article/249433/842nd_transportation_warhorse_battalion_conducts_virtual_hail_and_farewell_during_busy_pcs_season|access-date=2022-02-18|website=www.army.mil|date=August 16, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In addition to companies doing business within the city limits, several large industrial facilities are located within the city's five-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction boundaries including the [[ExxonMobil]] Beaumont refinery and chemical plants, [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] Beaumont chemical plant, and DuPont chemical plant.

[[Jason's Deli]] has its headquarters in Beaumont.<ref name="jasonsdeli.com">"[http://www.jasonsdeli.com/corporate Corporate Office Contact Information]." [[Jason's Deli]]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.</ref> [[Conn's Appliances]] did have its headquarters in Beaumont; however, in mid-2012, Conn's moved its corporate headquarters to [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]].<ref>"[http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Conns_Inc.2949684ede493caf.html]." [[Conn's Appliances]]. Retrieved January 2, 2012.</ref> Originally [[Sweet Leaf Tea Company]] had its headquarters in Beaumont.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010607205432/http://www.sweetleaftea.com/index/index.html Contact Us]}}." [[Sweet Leaf Tea Company]]. June 7, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2010.</ref> The headquarters moved to Austin in October 2003.<ref>"[http://www.sweetleaftea.com/history History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120153226/http://www.sweetleaftea.com/history |date=January 20, 2013 }}." [[Sweet Leaf Tea Company]]. Retrieved January 10, 2010.</ref> Other prominent businesses which have been associated with the city and area have included the following: [[Bethlehem Steel]]/[[Trinity Industries]] Shipyard, where over eight hundred (800) vessels were built and repaired at the shipyard including barges, ships, and offshore drilling rigs including seventy-two (72) jack up offshore drilling rigs,<ref>{{cite web|title=Drilling Rigs Built in U.S. Shipyards |url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/postwwii/drillingrigs.htm |publisher=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110041418/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/postwwii/drillingrigs.htm |archive-date=November 10, 2015 }}</ref> the second-most offshore drilling rigs built in the United States, and seventy-one (71) [[Type C1 ship]]s built for the [[U.S. Maritime Commission]] during [[World War II]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Bethlehem Steel Company, Beaumont, TX |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/bethbeaumont.htm |publisher=Shipbuilding.com |access-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102224214/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/bethbeaumont.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref> [[Dresser Industries]], a Dresser-Ideco plant was a major employer for seventy-seven years; the plant, with around 350 employees, closed in 1985;<ref>{{cite web|title=Dresser to shut oilfield plant; operations to be consolidated. (Dresser Industries Inc. Ideco Div)|url=http://business.highbeam.com/436402/article-1G1-3893300/dresser-shut-oil-field-plant-operations-consolidated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102224215/https://business.highbeam.com/436402/article-1G1-3893300/dresser-shut-oil-field-plant-operations-consolidated|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref> [[Gulf Oil]]; [[Humble Oil]]; [[Magnolia Petroleum Company]]; The Texas Oil Company; The Texas Coffee Company, the first company in the United States to begin packaging coffee in vacuum-packed foil bags;<ref>[https://www.texjoy.com/about-us About Us]. Texjoy.com. Retrieved on June 26, 2012.</ref> and Universal Coin & Bullion, one of the largest retailers in precious metals and rare coins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Universal Coin & Bullion |url=https://coinweek.com/universal-coin-bullion/ |website=Coinweek|date=March 2, 2013 }}</ref>