Top 10 employers

Following are ranked the top 10 employers in the Kenai Peninsula Borough for the years 2004 and 2003 (2005 data not available), and Kenai and Soldotna in 2005.

Borough 2004

1. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District — 1,284

2. State of Alaska* — 903

3. U.S. government — 445

4. Central Peninsula General Hospital — 406

5. Kenai Peninsula Borough — 376

6. Safeway/Eagle Stores — 353

7. Frontier Community Services — 327

8. Peak Oil Services — 258

9. South Peninsula Hospital — 250

10. Fred Meyer — 242

Borough 2003

1. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District — 1,356

2. State of Alaska* — 853

3. U.S. government — 427

4. Central Peninsula General Hospital — 396

5. Kenai Peninsula Borough — 368

6. Safeway/Eagle Stores — 342

7. Frontier Community Services — 330

8. South Peninsula Hospital 268

9. Agrium Inc. — 263

10. University of Alaska — 231

* Does not include University of Alaska employees.

Kenai 2004

1. State of Alaska (excluding University of Alaska employees) — 264

2. Peak Oilfield Services — 258

3. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District — 241

4. Agrium — 221

5. Tesoro Alaska Petroleum — 169

6. Unocal — 159

7. Home Depot — 120

8. City of Kenai — 114

9. Safeway — 111

10. Kenaitze Tribe — 94

Soldotna 2004

1. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District — 574

2. Central Peninsula General Hospital — 406

3. Kenai Peninsula Borough — 376

4. Frontier Community Services — 327

5. Fred Meyer — 242

6. State of Alaska (excluding University of Alaska employees) — 177

7. Alaska Petroleum Contractors — 187

8. University of Alaska (including student employment) — 116

9. Laidlaw Education Services — 102

10. Lutheran Health Systems — 99