1. School District of Palm Beach County
3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, 33406
561-434-8000
The School District of Palm Beach County is the tenth largest school district in the nation, with 22,801 employees, 13,003 teachers, and 189,000 students, which includes charter schools, and a 95.9 percent graduation rate. The district is the fifth largest in Florida and the tenth largest in the country, with a 95.9 percent graduation rate and a $5.6 billion budget. The district offers International Baccalaureate programs and specialized career academies. The Palm Beach County STEM Education Council s an alliance of private, public and non-profit sectors that collaborate with local industries to give students a strong foundation in twenty-first-century skills needed for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.
2. Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, 33431
561-297-3000
FAU is part of Florida’s state university system, with 6,335 employees. With its main campus in Boca Raton, FAU also operates six satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Harbor Branch, and Jupiter. FAU ranks as a top public university by U.S. News & World Report’s and has earned several other accolades for research and several graduate and undergraduate programs. Established in 1961 as the state’s fifth public university, FAU serves more than 31,000 students and includes a K-12 school district. It offers 170-plus degree programs, 21 NCAA Division 1 teams, and a 24:1 student to faculty ration. FAU has been named No. 1 in the state for ethnic diversity and for doctoral-level undergraduate research.
3. Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners
301 N. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, 33401
561-355-2001
Employing 5,870 people (outside of the school district) and with a budget of more than $9 billion, the county is one of its own largest employers. Palm Beach County is Florida’s fourth largest county, with 1.5 million residents and growing. Notably, Palm Beach is one of four Florida counties and one of 58 counties nationally to achieve the AAA bond rating, which is critical for financial stability.
4. Tenet Coastal Division Palm Beach County
9960 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 400, Boca Raton, 33428
888-498-1883
A division of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, the Palm Beach Health Network Physician Groups employs 5,734 people at six facilities in Palm Beach County: Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, and West Boca Medical Center. The system also offers a network of walk-in clinics, imaging facilities, and outpatient surgery centers. Tenet’s Conifer Health Solutions subsidiary provides technology-enabled performance improvement and health management solutions to hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, physician groups, self-insured organizations, and health plans.
5. NextEra Energy
Parent company of Florida Power & Light
700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, 33408
561-691-7171
NextEra Energy is the parent company of Florida Power & Light, which is the largest utility holding company in America. NextEra Energy subsidiaries generate clean, emissions-free electricity from seven commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. It also own NextEra Energy Resources; with these affiliated entities, it is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and a world leader in battery storage. The company employs about 5,600 people in Palm Beach County. It is often recognized for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. For 17 years, it has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.”
6. Baptist Health South Florida
2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach, 33435
561-737-7733
Baptist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health care organization and clinical care network in Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. In Palm Beach County, it employs 3,135 people at Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Hospital West, Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health and Wellness Institute, Boynton Beach Medical Pavilion, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, and several other facilities.
7. West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System
7305 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, 33410
561-422-8262
The VA West Palm Beach Healthcare System offers a wide range of health, support, and facility services for veterans -for-profit, Facilities include the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, VA-operated clinics in Port St. Lucie and Delray, and five community-based outpatient clinics in Boca Raton, Fort Pierce, Okeechobee, Stuart, and Vero Beach. The health care system includes a 108-bed nursing home and a 13-bed blind rehabilitation service. The Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center is also a teaching hospital and it has a research program in partnership with Nova Southeastern University and the South Florida Veterans Affairs Foundation for Research and Education.
8. HCA Florida Healthcare
450 E. Las Olas Blvd., #1100, Fort Lauderdale, 33301
615-344-9551
HCA Hospitals employs 2,600 people in Palm Beach County and operates multiple hospitals and surgery centers in the region, including JFK Medical Center, Palms West Hospital, and St. Lucie Medical Center. Based in Nashville, HCA was one of the nation’s first hospital companies. Its 650 affiliated sites of care create a network of hospitals, surgery centers, urgent cares and physician practices spanning the entire state.
9. Jupiter Medical Center
1210 S. Old Dixie Highway, Jupiter, 33458
561-423-1518
Jupiter Medical Center is a nonprofit, 327-bed regional medical center consisting of 207 private acute-care hospital beds and 120 long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation, and hospice beds. In the past five years, it has opened the 55,000-square-foot Anderson Family Cancer Institute and the Johnny and Terry Gray Surgical Institute. It is currently constructing a new Patient Care Tower and Parking Pavilion, in addiction to its JMC Neighborhood Hospital at the Health Park at Avenir. Founded in 1979, JMC has 2,495 team members, 789 physicians, and 400 volunteers. Award-winning physicians, world-class partnerships, and innovative techniques and technology enable JMC to provide a broad range of specialty services.
10. The Breakers
1 S. County Road, Palm Beach, 33480
561-655-6611
This historic resort in Palm Beach is one of the iconic landmarks of Florida. Employing 2,300 people, this spectacular destination has enticed travelers for generations to enjoy its Italian Renaissance setting. Opened in 1896 by railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, today’s hotel and grounds occupy 140 acres of land of the Palm Beach barrier island on the Atlantic Ocean. Amenities include two championship golf courses, 10 tennis courts, four oceanfront pools, on-site shopping, more than a dozen restaurants and bars, a 6,000-square-foot fitness center, and a 20,000-square-foot spa.
11. Office Depot, Inc./The ODP Corporation
6600 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton, 33496 800-463-3768
The ODP Corporation, a leading provider of business services, products, and digital solutions to small, medium, and enterprise businesses, employs 2,000 people at its headquarters in Boca Raton. The company—with retail and online stores—is best known for Office Depot and OfficeMax, which also provide copy, print, technical, and mailing services. ODP Corporation’s other brands include ODP Business Solutions, LLC and Veyer, LLC.
12. Florida Crystals
1 N. Clematis St., #200, West Palm Beach, 33401
561-366-5100
With more than 2,000 employees in Palm Beach County, privately owned Florida Crystals is a leading national brand in the organic and natural market. The company farms 190,000 acres, most of it in Palm Beach County—where it operates two sugar mills and a sugar refinery, rice mill, packaging and distribution center, and the largest biomass renewable power plant in North America. The renewable-energy facility produces clean power from leftover and recycled biomass to fully operate its sugar operations. The company’s organic and natural consumer products are made from fresh Florida sugarcane that is harvested and milled on the same day. Florida Crystals is America’s first and only certified organic sugar made in the U.S.
13. Pratt & Whitney
17900 Bee Line Highway, Jupiter, 33478
561-796-2000
Pratt & Whitney has operated in Palm Beach County for more than 60 years. The developer of military and commercial aircraft engines currently employs an estimated 2,000 workers at its 7,000-acre campus west of Jupiter. In May 2018, the firm announced a $100 million expansion plan to add 215 jobs to its workforce in support of defense programs. Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, powers the Airbus A320neo airliners and the F135 propulsion system for the F-35 Lightning II tactical fighter by Lockheed Martin.
14. City of Boca Raton
201 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 33432
561-393-7700
Boca Raton is the second-largest city in Palm Beach County and has nearly 1,810 employees. Home to Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton has a major impact on the county’s economy; many of the county’s largest employers are located here. The city has an active Economic Development Fund to provide incentives for companies seeking to relocate or expand within the city. These incentives include matches for state economic development programs, grants, loans, subsidized leases, and expedited permitting. Boca Raton has partnerships with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Palm Beach County, Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, and Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.
15. City of West Palm Beach
401 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 33401
561-822-2222
Incorporated in 1894, two years before Miami, the City of West Palm Beach is the county seat of Palm Beach County and has an estimated population of more than 110,000. With approximately 1,725 employees on the city payroll, the city has a strategy of both service and growth. To achieve the city’s economic development goals, it partners with the Business Development Board, Chambers of Commerce, Economic Council of Palm Beach County, community development, planning, and zoning departments, and local business leaders.
16. Allied Universal Security Services
1645 West Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Ste. 600, West Palm Beach, 33401
561-478.9983
Allied Universal provides proactive security services and cutting-edge smart technology to deliver evolving, tailored solutions that allow clients to focus on their core business. Operating in more than 100 countries, it has a global workforce of approximately 770,000 people—with some 1,450 in Palm Beach County. Allied Universal provides an array of security services across more than two industries ranging from aviation to nuclear facilities to higher education.
17. South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, 33406
561-686-8800
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is a regional governmental agency that manages the water resources in the southern half of the state, covering 16 counties from Orlando to the Florida Keys and serving a population of about nine million residents. Created in 1949, it is the oldest and largest of Florida’s five water management districts. SFWMD employs 1,371 staff who work to protect Florida’s water and natural resources, provide flood protection, and ensure water supply for South Florida’s communities. SFWMD oversees the Everglades restoration project—the largest ecosystem restoration project in the world.
18. Wellington Regional Medical Center
10101 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, 33414
561-798-8500
Wellington Regional Medical Center is a 235-bed, acute care hospital owned by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. The community hospital, accredited by The Joint Commission, employs 1,345 and has been serving the community since 1986. It is accredited by The Joint Commission for delivering safe, high-quality care and several departments have earned national recognition, including the comprehensive stroke, breast imaging, chest pain, laboratory, wound care, and orthopedic centers. It was recognized as a 2024-2025 the U.S. News & World Report “High Performing Hospital in Heart Failure.”
19. U.S. Sugar Corporation
111 Ponce de Leon Ave., Clewiston, 33440
863-983-8121
U.S. Sugar Corporation is one of the nation’s largest fully integrated producers of sugarcane, one of Florida’s major producers of orange juice products, and a regional short line railroad operator. Headquartered in Clewiston, the company farms 245,000 acres in Hendry, Glades, Palm Beach, and Martin counties. It employs 1,300 locally, including many high-skilled jobs in automated environments. The company produces 800,000 tons of refined sugar a year. With more than 1,000 acres of orange groves and 260,000 trees, U.S. Sugar is an independent supplier of pure, premium Florida orange juice nationwide.
20. Palm Beach State College
4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth, 33461
561-967-7222
Founded in 1933 as Florida’s first public community college, Palm Beach State College is one of the top producers of associate degree graduates in the U.S. A staff of 1,066 serves almost 36,000 students annually at its five campuses and online. PBSC also offers bachelor’s degrees, professional certificates, career training, and corporate and continuing education within more than 130 programs of study.
21. Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company
1400 Northpoint Parkway, #100, West Palm Beach, 33407
561-494-2313
West Palm Beach is home to one of Lockheed Martin’s premier sites for advanced propulsion, testing, and sustainment operations. Specializing in cutting-edge rotary and mission systems, this location plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining some of the most advanced military aircraft and propulsion technologies in the world. Its Jupiter location is dedicated to maintenance and crew member instruction. The Maryland-headquartered company has approximately 121,000 employees in the United States and internationally, 350-plus facilities, and 14,000 suppliers in every U.S. state and more than 52 countries.
22. Cheney Brothers
1 Cheney Way, Riviera Beach, 33404
800-432-1341
This fourth-generation, family-owned foodservice distributor employs 1,050 staff in Palm Beach County and 3,300 overall. In 2016, the firm acquired Pate Dawson distribution company. One year later, it added a new affiliate, Crazy Fish International. In recent years, the firm has expanded into North and South Carolina. Its broad inventory of more than 35,000 stocked items includes fresh and frozen food products, dry goods, beverages, and products for the hospitality and health care industries.
23. Bank of America
Countywide locations
Charlotte, North Carolina–based Bank of America is the second largest bank in the country and employs 1,000 people in Palm Beach County, with banks at many locations. Bank of America provides products and services through banking centers, ATMs, call centers, and online and mobile banking platforms.
24. Wells Fargo Bank
Countywide locations
San Francisco–based Wells Fargo bank has a large presence in Florida, employing 945 people in Palm Beach County. Wells Fargo is a nationwide, diversified financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial financial services across 36 states and Washington, D.C. The company operates in 35 countries and serves more than 70 million customers worldwide.
25. TBC Corporation
4300 TBC Way, Palm Beach Gardens, 33410
561-383-3100
One of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires, TBC employs 870 people at its Palm Beach Gardens headquarters, opened in 2020. First launched in 1956 in Dayton, Ohio, the company became Tire & Battery Corporation in 1972, went public in 1983, and today is jointly owned by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and Michelin. Along with wholesale operations, it has more than 3,000 franchised and company-operated service centers under the brands Big O Tires, Tire Kingdom, NTB, and Midas.
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