Largest employers

With more than 24,000 employees, an annual federal payroll of $1.41 billion and the value of indirect job creation, Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins is clearly the economic engine driving Middle Georgia.

But among the top midstate employers is a diverse mix that includes school systems and universities, city and county governments, health care systems, distribution centers, aerospace industries and companies that make buses, zippers and snacks.

-- Linda S. Morris

Midstate’s 25 largest employers in 2013

1. Robins Air Force Base 24,500*

2. The Medical Center of Central Georgia 6,200

3. GEICO 4,700

4. Houston County Board of Education 3,793

5. Bibb County Board of Education 3,700

6. Houston Healthcare 2,449

7. Georgia College 2,200

8. Perdue Farms 2,100

9. Blue Bird Corp. 1,800

10. Coliseum Health System 1,400

11. Frito-Lay 1,338

12. City of Macon 1,142

13. Mercer University 900

14. Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Div. 800

15. Bibb County government 780

16. YKK (USA) 750

17. Wal-Mart stores (Bibb County) 740

18. Academy Sports + Outdoors distribution center 700

19. Fort Valley State University 650

20. Houston County government 626

21. Monroe County Board of Education 612

22. United States Postal Service 600

23. Georgia Farm Bureau 525

24. Northrop Grumman Corp. 500

25. City of Warner Robins 500

* For fiscal 2012, most recent figure available

Sources: Macon Economic Development Commission, Houston County Development Authority, Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County, Peach County Chamber of Commerce, Development Authority of the City of Jeffersonville and Twiggs County

This story was originally published May 4, 2014 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Largest employers ."