9 CA Companies Ranked Among Forbes' 'America's Best Large Employers'

CALIFORNIA — Thousands of workers in California are are searching for jobs following dramatic layoffs in the tech industry that started last fall. But job seekers are in a position to be choosey about where they work with the U.S. having an historically low 3.4 percent unemployment rate, according to Forbes, which on Wednesday released its annual list of "America's Best Large Employers."

The business magazine partnered with the market research firm Statista to compile the ranking, based on a survey of about 45,000 workers at companies and institutions with 5,000 or more employees.

They were asked questions such as whether they would recommend their current workplace to family or friends and were also given the chance to cite other employers they would recommend. The 500 large employers on the list are those that received the most recommendations.

The California companies that made the top 100 are:

• In-N-Out Burger
• Google
• Trader Joe's
• Salesforce
• UCLA Health
• University of California, San Diego
• Live Nation Entertainment
• Apple
• Cisco Systems

Keep in mind that these are just the companies headquartered in California. There could be many employment opportunities in your town with companies in the Top 100 that have their headquarters in another state, including online options. » Read more on Forbes

Nationally, the Top 10 large employers on Forbes' list are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Houston Methodist (Texas)
3. Mayo Clinic (Minnesota)
4. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
5. H-E-B (Texas)
6. University of Kentucky
7. Fidelity Investments (Massachusetts)
8. Microsoft (Washington)
9. In-N-Out Burger (California)
10. Cincinnati Children's (Ohio)