This Amarillo Employer Is The Largest In The Texas Panhandle
We have a lot of companies that employee so many people in Amarillo. It's inevitable that you know SOMEONE that says they work for AISD, Tyson Foods, BSA, Northwest Texas Healthcare Systems, or the City of Amarillo.
Those companies all employ roughly 2,000 or more people in Amarillo, or roughly 10%+ of the working population in the city. That's wild to think that just five companies are employing that many different people here.
It wasn't that long ago that AISD was the place that employed the most people here. At last check, AISD was responsible for employing 4,500 people. Now granted, not ALL those people are from Amarillo, but they're all from the Texas Panhandle.
I know you're sitting there muttering, "hey, there's a big company you're leaving out here", and you'd be 100% correct in that thought. Now is the time we bring Pantex into the conversation.
Yes, it is without a doubt that you know someone that works at Pantex, and probably several people if I'm being honest. I can think of four people just off the top of my head that I know that work there, and it's probably more if I really put some thought into it.
So what am I bringing all this up for? Well Pantex was recently named not only the largest employer in Amarillo, but in the entire Texas Panhandle. Yes, that would include Lubbock. In just a few years time, they've grown from 3,000 employees up to over 4,600.
Staggering growth numbers, and they aren't even close to done. Pantex has a 25-year plan that includes continuing to grow and employ more people, as well as reconstruction of 250 buildings within the facility.
So if you don't know someone that works at Pantex right now, you will here in due time it sounds like, and if you're looking for a career change, maybe it's time to go look at the largest employer in the panhandle.
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