| Major Manufacturing Firms | FTE | | Civilian Employers - Defense Contractors | FTE |
| The Sun | 190 | | Johnson Controls World Services (estimate) | 800 |
| Net Systems, Inc. | 160 | | Lockheed Martin | 200 |
| Sound Publishing | 137 | | GEC Marconi (formerly Tracor) | 370 |
| Sage Manufacturing | 120 | | Ratheon Systems | 100 |
| Seattle Orthopedic Group | 120 | | Northrup Grumman | 70 |
| Boxlight Corporation | 103 | | | |
| Watson Furniture Systems | 65 | | | |
| | | Civilian Employment - Government Employers | FTE |
| | | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 8,194 |
| Major Retail & Service Employers | FTE | | Naval Submarine Base Bangor | 3,800 |
| Safeway | 608 | | Naval Undersea Warfare Center | 1,390 |
| Harrison Hospital | 601 | | Fleet Industrial Supply Center | 660 |
| Laurier Enterprises (McDonald's) | 430 | | Naval Hospital | 360 |
| Martha & Mary Nursing Home & Child Ctr | 350 | | | |
| The Doctors Clinic | 300 | | | |
| Town & Country Markets | 252 | | Active Duty - Government Employers | FTE |
| Belmont Terrace & Ridgemont Terrace | 245 | | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 9,345 |
| Price Costco WHolesale | 243 | | Naval Submarine Base Bangor | 6,378 |
| KPS Health Plans | 211 | | Naval Hospital | 697 |
| Kitsap Mental Health Services | 206 | | Naval Undersea Warfare Center | 30 |
| Group Health Cooperative | 200 | | Fleet Industrial Supply Center | 20 |
| Sears Roebuck & Company | 185 | | | |
| Kitsap Bank | 182 | | Local & State Public Agency Employers | FTE |
| Kitsap Federal Credit Union | 156 | | Central Kitsap School District | 1,637 |
| JC Penney Company | 150 | | South Kitsap School District | 1,100 |
| Eagle Hardware | 145 | | Kitsap County | 1,050 |
| Westbay Auto Parts | 133 | | North Kitsap School District | 873 |
| All Star Lanes/Casino | 129 | | Bremerton School District | 750 |
| Bremerton Convalescent & Rehab Center | 126 | | Olympic College** (Full time only = 250) | 610 |
| Albertsons | 125 | | Washington State Ferries** | 350 |
| Port Orchard Care Center | 110 | | City of Bremerton | 336 |
| North Sound Bank | 99 | | Retsil Veterans Home** | 280 |
| Oyster Bay Healthcare Center | 90 | | Bainbridge Island School District | 243 |
| Frances Haddon Morgan Center** | 150 | | City of Bainbridge | 114 |
| | | Department of Social & Health Services** | 110 |
| | | City of Poulsbo | 99 |
| Major Private Sector Employers | FTE | | Washington State Patrol** | 80 |
| Port Madison Enterprises (Suquamish Tribe) | 300 | | Washigton State Department of Transportation** | 60 |
| EDS Corporation | 200 | | Washington State Dept. of Employment Security** | 50 |
| Kitsap Transit | 243 | | City of Port Orchard | 50 |
| Olympic Resource Management | 240 | | Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority | 49 |
| Port Gamble S'klallam Tribe | 173 | | Washington State Department of Ecology** | 30 |
| USA Waste Management | 114 | | Washington State Department of Labor & Industries** | 30 |
| Educational Services District #114 | 111 | | | |
| Kitsap Community Services | 97 | | | |