Medical center is top employer
in county
The Ellis County Coalition
for Economic Development compiles a list of the top employers
in Ellis County.
The following are the top
20 employers as of May 2000, ranked by total employees.
Hays Medical Center,
with 1,000 full-time and 200 part-time employees. HMC recently
completed a $28.5 million expansion project.
Hays USD 489, with 639
full-time and 164 part-time employees. The public school systems
operates one high school, two middle schools and seven elementary
schools.
Fort Hays State University,
with 700 full-time and 100 part-time employees (excluding students).
The only regent university in western Kansas, it has an enrollment
of about 5,600 students.
Sykes Enterprises Inc.,
with 425 full-time and 136 part-time employees. Sykes typically
employs a large number of college students as customer service
support technicians. Sykes offers phone-in technical support
for a line of computer equipment.
Yuasa Inc., with 340
full-time employees. The manufacturer produces sealed lead acid
batteries used as stand-by power sources for security systems,
emergency lighting, hospital equipment, computers and other devices.
Developmental Services
of Northwest Kansas, with 169 full-time and 134 part-time employees.
The agency provides services to people with disabilities in an
18-county area.
Wal-Mart, with 162 full-time
and 102 part-time employees at its retail store in Hays. A Supercenter
under construction north of Interstate 70 is scheduled to open
in the fall and will add 200 employees.
Adronics/Elrob Manufacturing
Inc., with 182 full-time and 51 part-time employees. The company
manufactures components for the automobile industry.
Ellis County, with 167
full-time and 37 part-time employees in county government.
Dillon Food Store, 1902
Vine, with 51 full-time and 129 part-time employees.
Hays, with 159 full-time
and 26 part-time employees in city government.
Central Plains Laboratories,
with 132 full-time and 28 part-time employees. The former Hays
Pathology Laboratories was acquired by Hays Medical Center.
High Plains Mental Health
Center, with 129 full-time and 14 part-time employees. It provides
mental health services throughout northwest Kansas.
Hays International Mailing,
with 120 full-time and 1 part-time employee. The company prints
and distributes mass mailings for clients.
A-1 Plank and Scaffold
Manufacturing Inc., with 109 full-time and 4 part-time employees,
produces a line of scaffolding.
Midwest Energy Inc.,
with 108 full-time and 5 part-time employees. The consumer-owned
cooperatives markets electricity, natural gas and propane throughout
central and western Kansas.
Allied, with 109 full-time
employees, is a concrete and asphalt paving contractor.
Applebee´s Neighborhood
Grill & Bar, with 40 full-time and 65 part-time employees at
its Hays restaurant.
Good Samaritan Center
of Hays, with 54 full-time and 26 part-time employees.
Ellis USD 388, Ellis,
with 47 full-time and 24 part-time employees. The public school
system operates a high school and grade school.
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