Copyrighted stuff from: Western Massachusetts Economic Review:

Most People Work in Greater Springfield, Pittsfield or the College Towns of Northampton, Amherst and the Northwest Corner.

Employment Centers of Western Massachusetts, 1999

Source: Mass. Division of Employment and Training.

Largest Employers in the Region (from a longer list including Hampden and Berkhire Counties - needs to be compiled with Pioneer Valley references)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Big Y Supermarkets (Springfield)

Yankee Candle (Whately)

Holyoke Hospital

Spalding Sports Worldwide (Chicopee)

Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Northampton)

Source: BusinessWest, Resource Guide 2001; Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. Excludes local government employment.