Asheville, North Carolina

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ashevillenc.gov/uploadedFiles/Departments/Finance/15-CAFR%20Statistical%20section%202008-09.pdf |title=City of Asheville Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |website=Ashevillec.gov |access-date=May 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401073342/http://www.ashevillenc.gov/uploadedFiles/Departments/Finance/15-CAFR%20Statistical%20section%202008-09.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> the largest employers in the city are:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Mission Health System]]
|3,000+
|-
|2
|[[Buncombe County Schools System]]
|3,000+
|-
|3
|[[Ingles|Ingles Markets, Inc.]]
|3,000+
|-
|4
|[[The Biltmore Company]]
|2,000+
|-
|5
|[[North Carolina|State of North Carolina]]
|1,000+
|-
|6
|[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe County]]
|1,000+
|-
|7
|[[Veterans Health Administration|Asheville VA Medical Center]]
|1,000+
|-
|8
|City of Asheville
|1,000+
|-
|9
|[[Wal-Mart]]
|1,000+
|-
|10
|[[Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College]]
|1,000+
|-
|11
|[[Eaton Corporation|Eaton]]
|1,000+
|-
|12
|[[Grove Park Inn]]
|500–999
|-
|13
|[[Asheville City Schools]]
|500–999
|-
|14
|Community CarePartners
|500–999
|-
|15
|[[United States Postal Service]]
|500–999
|-
|16
|[[BorgWarner]] Turbo Systems
|500–999
|-
|17
|[[Thermo Fisher Scientific]]
|500–999
|-
|18
|[[Arvato Digital Services]]
|500–999
|-
|19
|Employment Control
|500–999
|-
|20
|[[Volvo Construction Equipment]] (now closed)
|500–999
|}