2022 HEALTH CARE EDITION
In Pearland, ve of the top eight employers are health care provider companies or medical manufacturers. JOB PROVIDERS
Workforce of the city of Pearland | Total employees: 65,031
Merit Medical 2011 1.11% 7
Memorial Hermann 2016 0.98% 5
Kelsey Seybold 2013 1.40% 2
Workforce breakdown
913
Lonza
HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland 2015 0.46% 8
Opening year
720
635
Percentage of total city employment
2018 0.92%
6
600
300
Top employers rank
SOURCE: PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
The Port of Houston has exported more than 8,700 medical manufac- turing products in each of the last ve years and has imported more than 12,000 medical manufacturing prod- ucts in each of the last four years, according to the Port of Houston data. For manufacturing companies, prox- imity to global and domestic markets, a quali ed workforce, and favorable gov- ernment regulations and taxes all fac- tor in choosing site locations, said Chad Burke, president of Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. The Economic Alliance Houston Port Region is a nonpro t organization with a goal to grow the Houston region’s economy. It has a partnership with Pearland and the PEDC. “Pearland and the entire Greater
have air ambulance services that can transport patients to other locations. Additionally, HCA Houston Health- care trains hundreds of employees daily in Pearland from its Center for Clinical Advancement facility that ranges from newly graduated nurses, seasoned incumbent sta and other employees seeking to be better pre- pared for their positions. While medical manufacturing com- panies are not directly interacting with patients, they can indirectly do so in the Houston area, nationally and beyond. Bugg said it is highly likely Lonza has played a role in producing new therapies used to treat cancer and other diseases at local hospitals in the Houston area but could not mention speci cs due to contractual constraints
Houston area garner huge pluses in this evaluation because of the access to global markets via the port and the high-quality workforce we have,” Burke said. Networking out of Pearland Facilities from both health care pro- viders and manufacturing companies in west Pearland are connected to the Greater Houston area, and they can take advantage of it in many ways, Burke said. Memorial Hermann and HCA Hous- ton Healthcare not only service the population in and around Pearland but, if needed, could connect patients to its other branches across the Greater Houston area. Both HCA Houston Healthcare and Memorial Hermann
with health care providers. For Pearland speci cally, all compa- nies, whether in the manufacturing or provider side, bene t the city by diver- sifying the tax base. The PEDC values diversifying the tax base because it lowers the cost of city services across a broader tax base, Buchanan said. The city will continue to pursue part- ners that can help the city grow in the future, Buchanan said. “Place is what, at the end of the day, attracts these companies,” Buchanan said. “We’re committed to building a place that companies and people want to live in and invest in.”
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PEARLAND FRIENDSWOOD EDITION • JUNE 2022
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