For the most current list, see Largest Employers in Los Angeles County.
Numbers given below are rounded or estimates. All numbers are for 2018 except where indicated.
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| County of Los Angeles | 107,400 1 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | 104,300 2 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 65,600 2 |
| City of Los Angeles (including DWP) | 61,900 2 |
| Federal Government (non-Defense Dept.)** | 43,600 1 |
| Kaiser Permanente | 37,400 3 |
| State of California (non-education) | 29,800 3 |
| University of Southern California | 21,000 3 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. | 16,600 3 |
| Providence Health & Services | 15,900 3 |
| Target Corp. | 15,000 3 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 14,900 3 |
| Ralphs / Food 4 Less (Kroger Co.) | 14,900 3 |
| Los Angeles Community College District | 13,200 5 |
| Walt Disney Co. | 13,000 3 |
| Allied Universal | 12,800 3 |
| Long Beach Unified School District | 12,700 2 |
| Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | 12,000 2 |
| NBCUniversal | 12,000 3 |
| AT&T Inc. | 11,500 3 |
| Home Depot | 11,200 3 |
| Albertsons / Vons / Pavilions | 10,200 3 |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 9,500 3 |
| California State University, Long Beach | 8,800 2 |
| California State University, Northridge | 8,800 2 |
| California Institute of Technology | 8,700 3 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 8,500 3 |
| ABM Industries Inc. | 8,000 3 |
| AHMC Healthcare Inc. | 7,000 4 |
| Fedex Corp. | 7,000 3 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 6,500 3 |
| City of Long Beach | 6,300 2 |
| Dignity Health | 6,200 3 |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) | 6,000 3 |
| City of Hope | 5,900 3 |
| Universal Services of America | 5,900 4 |
| Raytheon Co. | 5,800 3 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | 5,700 3 |
| Amgen Inc. | 5,600 4 |
| California State University, Los Angeles | 5,600 2 |
| Los Angeles County Superior Court | 5,600 2 |
| Costco Wholesale | 5,400 3 |
| SoCalGas | 5,400 3 |
| Mt. San Antonio Community College District | 5,200 2 |
| Boeing Co. | 5,000 3 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5,000 3 |
| Paramount Pictures Corp. | 5,000 3 |
| Torrance Memorial Medical Center | 5,000 3 |
| Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. | 4,900 3 |
| 99 Cents Only Stores | 4,400 3 |
| Edison International | 4,300 3 |
| Whole Foods Market | 4,200 3 |
| Adventist Health | 4,000 3 |
| Glendale Unified School District | 4,000 5 |
| Torrance Unified School District | 4,000 2 |
| Aerospace Corp. | 3,900 3 |
| Charter Communications Inc. (Spectrum) | 3,700 3 |
| Huntington Hospital | 3,700 3 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. | 3,700 3 |
| Long Beach Medical Center & Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach | 3,700 3 |
| Los Angeles County Office of Education | 3,700 2 |
| Time Warner Cable | 3,700 4 |
| Compton Unified School District | 3,600 2 |
| WalMart Inc. | 3,600 3 |
| ABC Unified School District | 3,500 5 |
| Centene Corp. | 3,500 3 |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | 3,500 2 |
| Pasadena Area Community College District | 3,500 2 |
| Federal Government (Defense Department) | 3,400 1 |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center | 3,400 3 |
| Downey Unified School District | 3,300 2 |
| El Camino Community College District | 3,300 2 |
| City National Bank | 3,200 3 |
| Six Flags Magic Mountain Valencia | 3,200 3 |
| City of Santa Monica | 3,000 2 |
| Sony Pictures Entertainment | 3,000 3 |
| Verizon | 3,000 4 |
* 2018 data were not yet available for a few private employers (source #4 below) and for all city government, school and community college districts, and public university employers (sources #2 & #5 below).
** Includes U.S. Postal Service
Sources:
1) California Employment Development Department, 2018 (see "Note" below)
2) Government Compensation in California, 2017 (see "Note" below)
3) Los Angeles Business Journal Employer Survey/Estimates, 2018
4) Los Angeles Business Journal Employer Survey/Estimates, 2017
5) Transparent California, 2017 (see "Note" below)
Note: Employment numbers from "Government Compensation in California" (source #2) may differ from employment numbers directly reported by the employer. Numbers from this source reflect every individual receiving a paycheck for any amount during any part of the year.
