These Are The 9 Biggest Employers In New York State

If you're looking for a job in New York State, you may want to consider working for a large, more established company than a mom-and-pop shop. One thing we saw during the pandemic is that many small businesses, unfortunately, couldn't weather the storm. Honestly, quite a few large companies did too.

According to what Karen Dynan, an economics professor at Harvard University and former chief economist at the U.S. Treasury, told CNBC, there are some industries that are more recession-proof than others.

The most “recession-proof” industries that offer strong job security during economic downturns include:
- health care
- government
- computers and information technology
- education

When it comes to the biggest employers in New York State, several of them are actually in the four industries mentioned above. Zippia.com created a list of the biggest employers in New York State,

For this report, we looked at the companies headquartered in New York with at least 100 employees. That left us with 2,720 companies. We then ranked each company from most to least current employees to determine the biggest companies in New York.

Let's take a look at the 9 biggest employers in New York State: