Watertown, South Dakota

==Major employers==
According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watertownsd.us/DocumentCenter/View/5970/2021-BUDGET-BOOK?bidId=|title=City of Watertown 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|page=10|date=August 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="wtnworks-topjobs">{{cite web|title=Top Employers|url=https://www.watertownworks.com/work/top-employers/|website=Watertown Works|access-date=August 16, 2022|date=June 2018}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Employer
! Sector
! data-sort-type="number"| Number of Employees
! As of
! Notes
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| Watertown School District || Education || 776 || June 2018 ||
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| Prairie Lakes Health System || Healthcare || 683 || June 2018 ||
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| [[Terex|Terex Utilities]] || Manufacturing || 634 || June 2018 ||
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| [[Hy-Vee]] || Retail || 450 || June 2018 || Mostly part-time
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| [[First Premier Bank|Premier Bankcard]] || Lending || 367 || June 2018 ||
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| City of Watertown || Government || 336 || June 2018 ||
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| [[Worthington Industries]] || Manufacturing || 309 || June 2018 ||
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| [[Walmart]] || Retail || 300 || July 2017 ||
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| Dakota Bodies || Manufacturing || 285 || June 2018 ||
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| Jenkins Living Center || Healthcare || 274 || June 2018 ||
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| OEM Worldwide/Sparton || Manufacturing || 272 || May 2017 ||
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| Spartronics || Manufacturing || 253 || June 2018 ||
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| Dakota Sioux Casino || Entertainment || 215 || November 2016 ||
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| [[Lake Area Technical College]] || Education || 211<ref name="latistaff">{{cite web|title=LATI Staff|url=https://www.lakeareatech.edu/academics/faculty-and-staff-information/|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> || May 2017 ||
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| [[Target Corporation|Target]] || Retail || 85 || July 2017 ||
|}