Minot Air Force Base, Trinity Health, Minot Public Schools, Minot State University and the City of Minot are the top five largest local employers, according to newly released information.

“We began collecting data on Feb. 25, 2019,” said Terri Philion, marketing director for the Minot Area Development Corporation. “Our method of collection has consisted of telephone calls and emails to the local businesses.”

“Accurate data is vital not only for new business attraction and retention, but for attracting a skilled labor force as well. We appreciate our local employers for providing quality jobs to the community and like to recognize them with this annual update,” Philion said.

Information includes data collected by MADC, City of Minot and Minot Daily News.

Submitted Photo Trinity Health in Minot is a top employer in the local area with more than 2,000 Minot-based employees who work in the hospital, clinics and long-term care facility.

Minot Air Force Base is listed as the No. 1 employer with more than 6,300 military and civilian employees. The 5th Comptroller Squadron at Minot Air Force Base released its economic impact report in February. Combining the number of military members (5,353) and the number of civilian employees (1,015) during fiscal year 2018 comes to a total of 6,368 people with jobs at the base. Minot AFB is the only dual-wing nuclear capable base in the Air Force and hosts two legs of the Strategic Triad – the 5th Bomb Wing with its B-52 bombers and the 91st Missile Wing with Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles in underground facilities in northwest and north central North Dakota.

Trinity Health is a top employer as well in the local area. Information provided by Trinity Health to the Minot Daily News on March 11 shows Trinity Health currently has 2,133 Minot-based employees. Trinity Health serves northwest and central North Dakota and eastern Montana. The tertiary care hospital is located in Minot and a new facility is under construction in southwest Minot. There’s also local clinics, a long-term care facility and close to a dozen rural health clinics. Trinity’s NorthStar Criticair helicopter provides critical care transport within a 150-mile radius of Trinity Hospital, a verified Level II trauma center.

Minot Public School District has 1,581 total employees assigned to 25 buildings, plus 488 coaches, officials and substitutes currently on the payroll, according to information provided to the Minot Daily News on March 4.

Both Trinity Health and Minot Public School District show slightly different employee numbers for 2018.

The City of Minot with 424 employees and Minot State University with 404 employees, came in at No. 4 and No. 5.

Jill Schramm/MDN City street sweeper operators clean streets last fall in southeast Minot.

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Minot Top employers

The following list, as of the end of 2018, includes rank followed by employer and number of full-time employees:

1. Minot Air Force Base – 6,368

2. Trinity Health – 2,053

Submitted Photo Chris Keller teaches a lab at Minot State University.

3. Minot Public Schools – 1,052

4. City of Minot – 424

5. Minot State University – 404

6. Cognizant – 372

7. BNSF Railway – 360

Andrea Johnson/MDN Teacher Sara Medalen is among more than 1,000 employees with Minot Public Schools.

8. MLT Inc. (Delta Vacations) – 358

9. Kalix (MVAW) – 308

10. Ward County -297

11. Marketplace Foods – 295

12. Ryan Family Dealerships-Minot – 255

13. Regency Management Co. (Grand Hotel)- 219

14. Wal-Mart – 197

15. SRT Communications – 187

16. Baker Hughes – 170

17. Minot Automotive Center Inc. – 128

18. Westlie Motors – 124

19. First Western Bank – 123

20. AGT Foods – 120

Other employers who are listed in an MADC extended list include:

TechnipFMC (Pure Energy/FMC Tech Completion Svcs.) – 80

Colter Energy – 79

Enbridge – 65

Minot Health and Rehab/ManorCare Health Services – 61

IRET – 59

Minot Park District – 41

Keller Paving and Landscaping – 42

Hight Construction – 40

Central Trenching – 38

North Dakota National Guard – 30

YMCA of Minot – 18

– Source: Minot Area Development Corporation, City of Minot and Minot Daily News

For more information visit the Minot Area Development Corporation’s website at www.minotusa.com.

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Minot Principal Taxpayers 2017

Taxpayer Taxable % of city’s total taxable

assessed value assessed value

Dakota Square Mall CMBS $4,287,250 2.02

IRET Properties $1,700,950 .08

IRET – Minot Apartments $1,357,050 .64

ARHC (Medical Arts/Wellington) $1,142,400 .54

SUSO 3 Southgate (Southgate) $1,052,250 .50

Farmers Union Oil Co. $996,050 .47

North Highland-Minot $954,150 .45

Schatz Properties $899,700 .42

Wal-Mart Real Estate $875,700 .41

Westcorp Minot $865,100 .41

Doe-2111 Landmark Circle Mob $788,200 .37

(St. Alexius Medical Plaza)

IRET Corporate Plaza $775,300 .37

United Pulse Trading $750,400 .35

Cognizant Technology Solutions $718,050 .34

Westlie Motor Co. $708,600 .33

Home Depot $696,350 .33

North Central Capital (apartments) $677,100 .32

Cenex Harvest States Co-op $672,900 .32

Dakota Upreit Lmt. Partnership $671,550 .32

Menards $635,850 .30

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