Champaign County's top employing industries include higher education, food manufacturing, plastics, data management, health care, and other light manufacturing/distribution. (excludes retail)

The 2008 Top Ten Empoyers in the county are:

Employer	Employees
University of Illinois	10,900
Carle Clinic Association	2,919
Carle Foundation Hospital	2,750
Champaign Schools Unit 4	1,378
Kraft Foods	1,340
Provena Covenant Medical	1,200
Kirby Foods	950
Christie Clinic Association	740
Urbana Schools District 116	730
Hobbico	700

For more detailed employer information please download one of the employer directories to the right.