194 Best Employers In California: New Forbes List

CALIFORNIA — Forbes has released a new list that identifies the best employers in California and you may be shocked by how many beat Google right here in its home state. In fact, two stores and a restaurant chain are ranked higher than Google. And take a look at Facebook - you'll be scrolling a long time to find the social media behemoth.

At a time when college loan debt is an increasing concern, many of these options give you an alternate route to success. You'll find public utilities, government agencies, financial institutions, real estate firms, delivery companies and more.

If you already have a degree, here are some ideas for your next career move.

Unlike Forbes’ annual list of the best employers in the country, the first-ever best employers by state feature consists of a unique list for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

According to Forbes, the best California employers are:

1. Costco
2. In-N-Out Burger
3. Workday
4. Microsoft
5. Trader Joe's
6. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
7. Google
8. Boeing
9. Lululemon Athletica
10. E. & J. Gallo Winery
11. LinkedIn
12. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
13. Southwest Airlines
14. Kaiser Permanente
15. Cisco Systems
16. University of California, Irvine
17. Warner Bros. Entertainment
18. San Diego Zoo
19. Hilton
20. Apple
21. Nordstrom
22. County of San Diego
23. T-Mobile
24. Marriott International
25. Ernst & Young
26. Sutter Health
27. FedEx
28. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
29. Johnson & Johnson
30. County of Sutter
31. Sharp HealthCare
32. Express
33. UCSF Medical Center
34. NVIDIA
35. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
36. Whole Foods Market
37. County of Riverside
38. NASA
39. Intuit
40. hoag
41. Intel
42. Adidas
43. Medtronic
44. University of California, Davis
45. Adobe
46. Stanford Health Care
47. Coca-Cola
48. Royal Dutch Shell
49. Community Medical Centers - Central California
50. Sony
51. Foot Locker
52. Panera Bread
53. Deloitte
54. Salesforce.com
55. Capital Group Companies
56. City and County of San Francisco
57. Sempra Energy
58. Northrop Grumman
59. CBS
60. Dell
61. IKEA
62. Esri
63. Nestle
64. Keller Williams Realty
65. Nike
66. DPR Construction
67. KPMG
68. United States Department of Defense
69. Monterey County
70. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
71. Intercontinental Hotels Group
72. Toyota North America
73. Walt Disney
74. VSP Global
75. Anthem
76. Delta Air Lines
77. First Republic Bank
78. University of California, Santa Barbara
79. Best Buy
80. Lockheed Martin
81. PG&E
82. Manteca Unified School District
83. Starbucks
84. Ulta Beauty
85. General Electric
86. Amazon
87. PayPal
88. Illumina
89. San Diego State University
90. The Cheesecake Factory
91. YMCA of the USA
92. Air Products & Chemicals
93. Xilinx
94. West Coast University
95. Nissan Motor
96. Takeda Pharmaceutical
97. Boston Scientific
98. Raley's
99. NBCUniversal Media
100. Century 21 Real Estate
101. Cadence
102. Merrill Lynch
103. Universal Music Group
104. JPMorgan Chase
105. Dignity Health
106. VF
107. Acushnet Company
108. Loma Linda University Health
109. Long Beach Unified School District
110. EMCOR Group
111. Accredited Home Health Services
112. University of California, San Francisco
113. City of Los Angeles
114. BMC Software
115. DOT - Department of Transportation
116. Stryker
117. California Institute of Technology
118. Facebook
119. FirstGroup America
120. Lodi Unified School District
121. The Auto Club Group
122. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
123. TJX Companies
124. Compass Group
125. Jimmy John's
126. San Diego Unified School District
127. Microchip Technology
128. Capital One Financial
129. Department of Veterans Affairs
130. Comerica
131. Edwards Lifescience
132. Caltrans
133. San Joaquin County
134. Target
135. Peet's Coffee and Tea
136. Johnson Controls
137. American Automobile Association
138. Golden 1 Credit Union
139. TD Ameritrade Holding
140. Kraft Heinz Company
141. Accounting Principals
142. Rent-A-Center
143. General Atomics
144. ITT
145. Chick-fil-A
146. California State University, Channel Islands
147. Verizon Communications
148. Charter Communications
149. Accenture
150. AEG
151. United Parcel Service
152. University of California, Berkeley
153. Pandora
154. Torrance Memorial Medical Center
155. Chevron
156. Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
157. Synopsys
158. Hot Topic
159. Enterprise Holdings
160. Gap
161. Del Monte Foods
162. Vista Unified School District
163. CA Technologies
164. City of San Diego
165. H&M - Hennes & Mauritz
166. City of Hope
167. Sunrise Senior Living
168. Re/Max
169. Scripps Health
170. Genentech
171. A&W Restaurants
172. Zara
173. Cognizant
174. El Pollo Loco
175. H&R Block
176. VenturaCounty
177. Gilead Sciences
178. UnitedHealth Group
179. UCLA Health
180. Abbott Laboratories
181. Amgen
182. Cox Enterprises
183. Aon
184. Volkswagen Group
185. Eisenhower Medical Center
186. Black Angus Steakhouse
187. Oracle
188. Kroger
189. Amtrak
190. County of Sacramento
191. Red Lobster
192. SAP
193. Sodexo
194. 99 Cents Only Stores

Forbes said it worked with Statista to come up with the rankings. An anonymous survey consisting of 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 500 employees was used to come up with the rankings. (You can read more about the methodology via Forbes)

You can see the full list and read more about the rankings via Forbes

Written by Patch editors Feroze Dhanoa and Bea Karnes

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