GW held steady as the second-largest employer in the District, according to an audit of the city’s finances released Monday.

Georgetown topped GW for the second straight year as the top employer in the D.C. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of fiscal year 2010, which includes the list “to help explain the environment within which the District’s financial activities take place,” according to the report.

The list has seen some shuffling over the past decade – most significantly the fall of Howard University from its 5-year reign as the No. 1 employer last year to No. 7. Howard was ranked as No. 7 again this year.

The GW Hospital maintained its position as the No. 13 employer.

The required report – compiled by the office of D.C.’s chief financial officer Natwar Gandhi – does not include the number of employees for each institution due to privacy reasons.