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Largest Employers in Los Angeles County
| Employer |
Main or Local Headquarters |
Number of Employees |
| 2006 |
2002 |
| County of Los
Angeles |
Los Angeles
|
93,200 |
93,354
|
| Los Angeles Unified
School District |
Los Angeles
|
74,632 |
80,802
|
| Federal
Government* |
Los Angeles
|
53,200 |
56,100
|
| University of
California, Los Angeles |
Los Angeles
|
35,543
|
36,354
|
| City of Los
Angeles |
Los Angeles
|
53,471 |
51,150
|
| State of California
(non-education) |
Los Angeles
|
30,200 |
32,300
|
| Kaiser
Permanente |
Pasadena
|
32,180 |
27,635
|
| Northrop Grumman
Corp. |
Los Angeles
|
21,000 |
10,000
|
| Boeing Co. |
Long Beach
|
15,825 |
23,468
|
| Kroger Co. (former
Ralph's Grocery Co.) |
Los Angeles
|
14,000** |
17,211
|
| University of Southern
California |
Los Angeles
|
12,379 |
9,297
|
| Bank of
America |
Los Angeles
|
12,200 |
11,943
|
| Vons |
Arcadia
|
12,116 |
N/A |
| Target |
Pasadena
|
12,066 |
10,993
|
| Walt Disney
Co. |
Burbank
|
N/A |
11,200
|
| Metropolitan Transit
Authority (L.A. Co.) |
Los
Angeles |
10,402 |
N/A |
| Employer |
Main or Local Headquarters |
Number of Employees |
| 2006 |
2002 |
| Long Beach Unified
School District |
Long
Beach |
9,622 |
10,152 |
| AT&T Inc. (former
SBC Pacific Bell) |
Los Angeles
|
9,500 |
10,670
|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center |
Los Angeles
|
8,817 |
8,582
|
| Wells Fargo |
Los Angeles
|
8,458 |
N/A
|
| California Institute of
Technology |
Pasadena
|
8,453 |
N/A
|
| Amgen Inc. |
Thousand Oaks
|
8,000 |
N/A
|
| Fedex Corp. |
Memphis, TN
|
7,976 |
N/A
|
| Albertsons Southern
California Region |
Fullerton
|
7,431 |
N/A
|
| ABM Industries
Inc. |
Los Angeles
|
7,221 |
9,250
|
| Providence Health
System |
Burbank
|
7,058 |
N/A
|
| City of Long
Beach |
Long
Beach |
6,035 |
6,657 |
| Edison
International |
Rosemead
|
6,768 |
5,565
|
| Catholic Healthcare
West |
Pasadean
|
6,338 |
N/A
|
| UPS |
Burbank
|
7.058 |
N/A
|
| Washington Mutual
Inc. |
Los Angeles
|
6,000 |
6,157
|
* Includes U.S.
Postal Service
** LA Business Estimate
N/A Figure not available
Source: California Employment Development Department, The Los Angeles Business Journal, and Almanac
research
The largest worldwide
employer based in Los Angeles County is the Walt Disney Company of
Burbank.
In addition to the more than 11,000 workers employed
in Los Angles County, Disney employs more than 100,000
elsewhere.
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