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Largest Employers in Orange County, 2002-2003
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Employer |
Employees in OC |
Employees Worldwide |
|
Disneyland |
21,000 |
117,000 |
|
County
of Orange* |
19,000 |
19,000 |
|
University of
California Irvine* |
15,000 |
15,000 |
|
CKE Restaurants Inc* |
14,000 |
31,000 |
| Federal Government** |
11,800 |
2,690,149 |
|
Boeing Aerospace |
10,800 |
167,000 |
| State of California |
10,000 |
471,430 |
|
Albertson's |
8,700 |
220,000 |
|
St Joseph Health Care
System* |
8,500 |
18,000 |
|
Tenet Healthcare |
8,300 |
114,000 |
|
Yum! Brands |
6,500 |
150,000 |
|
SBC Communications |
5,900 |
179,000 |
|
Target |
5,400 |
280,000 |
|
California State
University Fullerton* |
5,200 |
5,200 |
|
Bank of America |
4,800 |
134,000 |
|
The Kroger Co |
4,700 |
288,000 |
|
Employer |
Employees in OC |
Employees Worldwide |
|
Marriott International |
4,500 |
124,000 |
|
First American Corp* |
4,400 |
26,000 |
|
Home Depot |
4,100 |
290,000 |
|
Memorial Health
Services |
3,800 |
8,100 |
|
PacifiCare Health
Systems |
3,800 |
7,200 |
|
Edison International |
3,700 |
15,000 |
|
Wal-Mart Stores |
3,600 |
1,300,000 |
|
Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan |
3,500 |
128,000 |
|
Hoag Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian* |
3,500 |
3,500 |
|
May Department Stores |
3,200 |
137,000 |
|
Cedar Fair LP |
3,100 |
14,000 |
| Ingram Micro* |
3,000 |
12,700 |
|
Washington Mutual |
3,000 |
53,000 |
|
Stater Bros |
3,000 |
14,000 |
|
Automobile Club of
Southern California |
3,000 |
8,000 |
|
Flour Corp* |
2,800 |
48,000 |
|
Employer |
Employees in OC |
Employees Worldwide |
|
Pacific Life Insurance
Co |
2,700 |
4,000 |
|
St John Knits Inc* |
2,700 |
4,000 |
|
Beckman Coulter Inc* |
2,300 |
9,800 |
|
Del Taco |
2,100 |
16,000 |
|
Allergan Inc* |
1,900 |
5,200 |
|
Freedom Communications* |
1,800 |
5,500 |
|
Alstyle Apparel/A&G
Inc* |
1,800 |
4,000 |
|
Edwards Life Sciences
Corp* |
1,600 |
5,000 |
|
Universal Protection
Service* |
1,500 |
2,500 |
|
Children's Hospital of
Orange County* |
1,400 |
1,400 |
* Employers are based in OC
** Includes U.S. Postal
Service
Source: California Employment
Development Department, The Orange
County Business
Journal, and Almanac research
The
largest worldwide employer based in Orange County is the Fluor
Corporation of Aliso Viejo. In addition to the
2,800 workers employed
in Orange County, Fluor employs another 45,200
elsewhere.
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