Editing Longmont, Colorado (section)

==Economy==
[[File:5th and Main.jpg|alt=|thumb|Downtown Longmont is home to many local businesses.]]
[[File:Longmont Art.jpg|thumb|upright|Parker McDonald's "Ursa Major" is part of the City of Longmont's Art in Public Places program.]]

According to the city's 2020 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/34143/637623873413470000|title=City of Longmont 2020 ACFR}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

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! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[St. Vrain Valley Schools]]
|3,543
|-
|2
|City of Longmont
|1,625
|-
|3
|[[Seagate Technology]]
|1,430
|-
|4
|[[Intrado]]
|755
|-
|5
|Longmont United Hospital
|671
|-
|6
|[[UCHealth|UC Health]] Longs Peak Hospital
|540
|-
|7
|[[McLane Company|McLane Western]]
|460
|-
|8
|[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
|422
|-
|9
|Circle Graphics
|400
|-
|10
|[[Novartis Gene Therapies|AveXis]]
|354
|}

In addition, Longmont supports a thriving craft brewing industry as well as many recreational and travel-related businesses. Local breweries include two of the nation's largest craft brewers,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-releases-top-50-breweries-of-2016/|title=Top 50 Breweries of 2016|date=March 15, 2017|work=Brewers Association|access-date=August 7, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Left Hand Brewing Company|Left Hand]] and [[Oskar Blues Brewery|Oskar Blues]], as well as many others. To service the transportation needs of brewery patrons, the local Brew Hop Trolley offers a hop-on-hop-off brewery tour for a fixed price. Longmont is known for its 'maker' community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitlongmont.org/local-makers/|title=Local Makers|website=Visit Longmont, Colorado|language=en-US|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> Longmont also features a Saturday Farmers Market.

Due to its proximity to [[Rocky Mountain National Park]], Longmont is home to many hotels, restaurants, and other businesses that cater in part to the tourists visiting the park each year. One recreational business that calls Longmont home is Mile Hi Skydiving, which is one of the largest skydiving facilities in the state of Colorado. Longmont is also home to Saul, the World's Largest Sticker Ball at StickerGiant,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_29381769/longmont-favorite-son-saul-sticker-ball-breaks-guinness.html|title=Longmont favorite son Saul the sticker ball sets Guinness World Record|access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref> a custom sticker and label printing company on the city's east side. Other businesses support skiing and other snowsports, bicycling, and rock climbing.

Longmont's median household income was $89,720 per year in 2022. The largest industries in Longmont as of 2022 are manufacturing (7,188 people); professional, scientific, and technical services (6,533 people); and retail trade (6,066 people).<ref>{{cite web |title=Longmont, CO |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/longmont-co/ |website=Data USA |publisher=Datawheel |access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref>