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194 Best Employers In California: New Forbes List
A new list from Forbes ranks the best employers in all 50 states and D.C. You may be shocked at who beat the fancy tech firms.
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.
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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:
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- Costco
- In-N-Out Burger
- Workday
- Microsoft
- Trader Joe's
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
- Boeing
- Lululemon Athletica
- E. & J. Gallo Winery
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
- Southwest Airlines
- Kaiser Permanente
- Cisco Systems
- University of California, Irvine
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- San Diego Zoo
- Hilton
- Apple
- Nordstrom
- County of San Diego
- T-Mobile
- Marriott International
- Ernst & Young
- Sutter Health
- FedEx
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Johnson & Johnson
- County of Sutter
- Sharp HealthCare
- Express
- UCSF Medical Center
- NVIDIA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Whole Foods Market
- County of Riverside
- NASA
- Intuit
- hoag
- Intel
- Adidas
- Medtronic
- University of California, Davis
- Adobe
- Stanford Health Care
- Coca-Cola
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Community Medical Centers - Central California
- Sony
- Foot Locker
- Panera Bread
- Deloitte
- Salesforce.com
- Capital Group Companies
- City and County of San Francisco
- Sempra Energy
- Northrop Grumman
- CBS
- Dell
- IKEA
- Esri
- Nestle
- Keller Williams Realty
- Nike
- DPR Construction
- KPMG
- United States Department of Defense
- Monterey County
- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
- Intercontinental Hotels Group
- Toyota North America
- Walt Disney
- VSP Global
- Anthem
- Delta Air Lines
- First Republic Bank
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Best Buy
- Lockheed Martin
- PG&E
- Manteca Unified School District
- Starbucks
- Ulta Beauty
- General Electric
- Amazon
- PayPal
- Illumina
- San Diego State University
- The Cheesecake Factory
- YMCA of the USA
- Air Products & Chemicals
- Xilinx
- West Coast University
- Nissan Motor
- Takeda Pharmaceutical
- Boston Scientific
- Raley's
- NBCUniversal Media
- Century 21 Real Estate
- Cadence
- Merrill Lynch
- Universal Music Group
- JPMorgan Chase
- Dignity Health
- VF
- Acushnet Company
- Loma Linda University Health
- Long Beach Unified School District
- EMCOR Group
- Accredited Home Health Services
- University of California, San Francisco
- City of Los Angeles
- BMC Software
- DOT - Department of Transportation
- Stryker
- California Institute of Technology
- FirstGroup America
- Lodi Unified School District
- The Auto Club Group
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
- TJX Companies
- Compass Group
- Jimmy John's
- San Diego Unified School District
- Microchip Technology
- Capital One Financial
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Comerica
- Edwards Lifescience
- Caltrans
- San Joaquin County
- Target
- Peet's Coffee and Tea
- Johnson Controls
- American Automobile Association
- Golden 1 Credit Union
- TD Ameritrade Holding
- Kraft Heinz Company
- Accounting Principals
- Rent-A-Center
- General Atomics
- ITT
- Chick-fil-A
- California State University, Channel Islands
- Verizon Communications
- Charter Communications
- Accenture
- AEG
- United Parcel Service
- University of California, Berkeley
- Pandora
- Torrance Memorial Medical Center
- Chevron
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Synopsys
- Hot Topic
- Enterprise Holdings
- Gap
- Del Monte Foods
- Vista Unified School District
- CA Technologies
- City of San Diego
- H&M - Hennes & Mauritz
- City of Hope
- Sunrise Senior Living
- Re/Max
- Scripps Health
- Genentech
- A&W Restaurants
- Zara
- Cognizant
- El Pollo Loco
- H&R Block
- VenturaCounty
- Gilead Sciences
- UnitedHealth Group
- UCLA Health
- Abbott Laboratories
- Amgen
- Cox Enterprises
- Aon
- Volkswagen Group
- Eisenhower Medical Center
- Black Angus Steakhouse
- Oracle
- Kroger
- Amtrak
- County of Sacramento
- Red Lobster
- SAP
- Sodexo
- 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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