WV’s largest employers as of March 2010

Wal-Mart, West Virginia United Health System, Charleston Area Medical Center, Kroger, American Electric Power . . . .

It's not until the No. 6 position that a wealth creator appears - Consolidation Coal Co.

Mylan Pharmaceuticals shows up at No. 10.

Pilgrim's Pride of West Virginia is 13th. DuPont is 16th.

Mining companies come in at 39th and 40th,

Toyota at 43rd, Alcan Rolled Products at 45th, Simonton Building Products at 53rd, Armstrong Hardwood Flooring at 92nd . . .

Government is the largest employer in the state, and it doesn't create wealth. It consumes it.

So do most of West Virginia's other employers.

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