States
Company City U.S. employees
Adobe Systems San Jose (HQ) 1,761
Adobe Systems San Francisco 989
American Fidelity Assurance Ontario 47
Aéropostale San Ysidro 151
Brocade Communications Systems San Jose (HQ) 2,028
Build-A-Bear Workshop Anaheim 96
Cisco San Jose (HQ) 17,335
DPR Construction Redwood City (HQ) 229
DPR Construction San Diego 177
DreamWorks Animation SKG Glendale (HQ) 1,470
DreamWorks Animation SKG Redwood City 508
Four Seasons Hotels Beverly Hills 1,642
Genentech South San Francisco (HQ) 8,560
Genentech Vacaville 879
Genentech Oceanside 486
Google Mountain View (HQ) N.A.
Google San Francisco N.A.
Intel Folsom 5,345
Intel Santa Clara (HQ) 4,687
Intuit Mountain View (HQ) 1,364
Intuit San Diego 1,102
Intuit Woodland Hills 623
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants San Francisco 1,322
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants San Francisco (HQ) 90
Marriott International San Francisco 5,336
Mattel El Segundo (HQ) 1,601
National Instruments Santa Rosa 19
NetApp Sunnyvale (HQ) 2,665
Nordstrom San Diego 1,270
Nordstrom San Francisco 968
Nugget Market Woodland 273
Nugget Market Davis 234
Nugget Market West Sacramento 112
Nugget Market Woodland (HQ) 78
Qualcomm San Diego (HQ) 10,770
Qualcomm Santa Clara 614
S.C. Johnson & Son Fresno 88
Salesforce.com San Francisco (HQ) 1,901
Salesforce.com San Mateo 215
Scottrade Los Angeles 82
Scripps Health La Jolla 2,516
Scripps Health San Diego 2,454
Scripps Health La Jolla 2,208
Scripps Health San Diego (HQ) 1,507
Stryker San Jose 1,303
From the Feb. 7, 2011 issue
Notes:
Company headquarters and top 3 locations by size are listed on state pages.
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2008 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.
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