BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN HAMILTON COUNTY
1.- Hamilton County schools – 5,816 employees at 80 elementary, middle and high schools.
2.- Erlanger Health System – 4,563 employees at hospitals downtown and in East Brainerd and Red Bank
3.- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee – 4,548 employees. Tennessee’s biggest health insurer consolidated its local staff on Cameron Hill in 2009.
4.- Memorial Health Care System – 3,576 employees at hospitals in Glenwood and Hixson and in its own physician practice.