The Wake County Public School System remains one of North Carolina's largest employers even though layoffs are taking a toll on the number of bodies.
In the state's recently released Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, Wake was ranked the state's ninth-largest employer with between 15,000 and 19,999 employees.
Before the recent layoffs, Wake was listed in the state's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report as the eighth-largest employer with between 20,000 and 24,999 employees.


