&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/employers*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;American Airlines, which employs 24,888 people, gained the top spot in the latest Top 50 North Texas Employers listing.

The Fort Worth-based company took the No. 1 position by outdistancing Texas Health Resources by 699 employees.

Missing from this year&rsquo;s ranking were Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which had consistently held the No 1 position in the past, along with A&amp;T Inc. Both declined to submit surveys indicating local North Texas employment figures.

Flip through the pages of the slide show to see more information about the top five companies in the list of Largest North Texas Employers...