Hamilton County's biggest employers
Chattanooga is home to Tennessee's biggest health insurer (BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee), the power headquarters of America's biggest government utility (TVA), the world's biggest disability insurer (Unum) and America's biggest privately owned bakery (McKee Foods). Among the top 10 employers in Hamilton County, four are government owned, two are nonprofit organizations, and four are investor-owned, private companies.
Hamilton County Department of Education1. Hamilton County Department of Education
2. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
3. Tennessee Valley Authority
4. Erlanger Health System
5. Memorial Health Care System
6. Unum Group
7. McKee Foods Corp.
8. City of Chattanooga
9. Volkswagen of America
10. Amazon
Source: Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, 2014 Major Employers List
Types of jobs we hold
In the six-county Chattanooga metropolitan area at the end of 2014:
Total employment: 243,900 jobs, up 5,100 jobs from the previous year
Trade, transportation and utilities: 54,100 jobs, or 22 percent
Government: 36,900 jobs, or 15 percent
Education and health services: 32,700 jobs, or 13 percent
Manufacturing: 30,500 jobs, or 12.5 percent
Professional and business services: 28,200 jobs, or 12 percent
Leisure and hospitality: 27,300 jobs, or 11 percent
Retail trade: 26,500 jobs, or 11 percent
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 6-county Chattanooga metropolitan area
How we get to work
Single occupancy: 83.2 percent of workers in Hamilton County drive to work alone.
Carpool: 7.9 percent of workers in Hamilton County ride with someone else to work
On foot: 2.2 percent of workers in Hamilton County walk to work
Public transportation: 3.1 pecent of workers in Hamilton County ride a CARTA bus, bike, take a taxi cab or some other type of public transportation to work
At home: 3.6 percent of workers in Hamilton County work at home
Source: 2010 census of Hamilton County, U.S. Bureau of Census