Here are 16 states where hospitals are the largest employers, based on the most-recent employee counts examined by 24/7 Wall Street:
1. Alaska: Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.)
2. Arizona: Banner Health (Phoenix)
3. Connecticut: Yale New Haven Health System
4. Delaware: Christiana Care Health System (Newark)
5. Idaho: St. Luke’s Health System (Boise)
6. Maine: MaineHealth (Portland)
7. Massachusetts: Partners Healthcare (Boston)
8. Minnesota: Mayo Clinic (Rochester)
9. North Dakota: Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
10. Oregon: Providence Health & Services
11. Pennsylvania: UPMC (Pittsburgh)
12. Rhode Island: Lifespan System of Hospitals (Providence)
13. South Dakota: Sanford Health Network
14. Utah: Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City)
15. Vermont: The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
16. West Virginia: WVU Health (Morgantown)
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