| Business Name | Employee Count* | |
| 1 | Intel Corporation | 11,700 |
| 2 | Banner Health | 10,827 |
| 3 | Arizona State University | 9,360 |
| 4 | Mesa Unified School District | 8,739 |
| 5 | Wells Fargo | 5,265 |
| 6 | Walmart | 5,172 |
| 7 | Boeing Company | 4,760 |
| 8 | Gilbert Unified School District | 4,620 |
| 9 | Bank of America | 4,120 |
| 10 | Chandler Unified School District | 3,736 |
| 11 | Frys Food Stores | 3,435 |
| 12 | City of Mesa | 3,042 |
| 13 | SRP | 2,792 |
| 14 | Verizon Wireless | 2,652 |
| 15 | American Airlines | 2,500 |
| 16 | Go Daddy | 2,321 |
| 17 | Maricopa Community Colleges | 2,218 |
| 18 | Home Depot | 2,193 |
| 19 | Target Stores | 2,101 |
| 20 | Bashas Inc. | 2,043 |
| 21 | JPMorgan Chase | 2,033 |
| 22 | Walgreen Co | 2,010 |
| 23 | Honeywell | 2,000 |
| 24 | ABM Industries | 2,000 |
| 25 | Freescale Semiconductor | 1,976 |
*Employee Count verified via Maricopa Association of Governments
