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More of the top employers cut City of Orlando jobs (Click here) this year.

Orlando Sentinel's 2009 Top Employers survey found that, for the second year in a row, more companies in Central Florida cut jobs than added positions. From 2008 to 2009, those 100 companies eliminated 17,545 jobs, accounting for a 4.7 percent decrease in employment.

Of the companies included in the survey, 53 have fewer workers than they did last year, 38 have more workers and four have the same number of workers they did in 2008. The remaining five companies were not included in last year's survey.

This is a big hit to the economy, considering that more than one in every four workers in Central Florida is employed by one of the top companies. The survey includes employers and job seekers in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia and Brevard counties.

Companies on the list employ a total of 361,052 workers, which is a 2.5 percent decrease from last year. Walt Disney World, which is the largest single-site employer in the nation, employs 16 percent of workers included on the list and about 4 percent of all workers in Central Florida.

The top 10 companies included in the survey are:

1. Walt Disney Co. - 58,400 workers during 2009 vs. 62,200 workers during 2008
2. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - 24,598 workers during 2009 vs. 15,170 workers during 2008
3. Adventist Health System - 21,185 workers during 2009 vs. 25,876 workers during 2008
4. Publix Super Markets, Inc. - 16,876 workers during 2009 vs. 17,500 workers during 2008
5. General Electric Co. - 13,000 workers during 2008
6. Orlando Health - 12,073 workers during 2009 vs. 12,523 workers during 2008
7. McDonald's Corp. - 9,500 workers during 2009 vs. 8,550 workers during 2008
8. Marriott International Inc. - 8,674 workers during 2009 vs. 7,504 workers during 2008
9. Hilton Hotels Corp. - 7,738 workers during 2008 and 2009
10. Lockheed Martin Corp. - 7,360 workers during 2009 vs. 7,931 workers during 2008

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