63 Calif. Companies Make Forbes 2018 List Of Best Employers

America’s best employer for 2018 is a company that employs thousands of Americans but is headquartered in France, according to Forbes’ annual rankings of the best employers in the country. The rankings of America’s best large employers placed tire manufacturer Michelin at the top of the list while the grocery chain Trader Joe’s took the No. 2 spot and Google came in at No. 3.

Forbes’ rankings were released on Tuesday and include 500 companies that have more than 5,000 employees. On the list are 63 companies that are based in California. The highest ranked California company on the list is Trader Joe's (No. 2), which is headquartered in Monrovia.

Here are all the California companies that made the list:

• Trader Joe's (#2) Monrovia, CA
• Google (#3) Mountain View, CA
• Stanford University (#15) Stanford, CA
• VMware (#21) Palo Alto
• Genentech (#22) San Francisco, CA
• Facebook (#31) Menlo Park, CA
• Salesforce.com (#32) San Francisco, CA
• VSP Global (#36) Rancho Cordova, CA
• Amgen (#44) Thousand Oaks, CA
• UCSF Medical Center (#49) San Francisco, CA
• Apple (#54) Cupertino, CA
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (#69) Pasadena, CA
• Roche Holding (#71) South San Francisco, CA
• Intuit (#74) Mountain View, CA
• Tesla (#80) Palo Alto, CA
• LinkedIn (#81) Mountain View, CA
• Cisco Systems (#97) San Jose, CA
• In-N-Out Burger (#101) Irvine, CA
• Sephora (#104) San Francisco, CA
• Qualcomm (#111) San Diego, CA
• County of Los Angeles (#133) Los Angeles, CA
• Walt Disney (#140) Burbank, CA
• UC Davis Health System (#146) Sacramento, CA
• loanDepot.com (#153) Foothill Ranch, CA
• Adobe Systems (#169) San Jose, CA
• Intel (#174) Santa Clara, CA
• Orange County (#185) Santa Ana, CA
• Juniper Networks (#192) Sunnyvale, CA
• Activision Blizzard (#195) Santa Monica, CA
• E. & J. Gallo Winery (#202) Modesto, CA
• Charles Schwab (#215) San Francisco, CA
• NetApp (#217) Sunnyvale, CA
• Honda Motor (#219) Torrance, CA
• Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants (#223) San Francisco, CA
• KIA Motors (#224) Irvine, CA
• City and County of San Francisco (#226) San Francisco, CA
• Chevron (#227) San Ramon, CA
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) (#229) Los Angeles, CA
• Warner Bros. Entertainment(#223) Burbank, CA
• NVIDIA (#257) Santa Clara, CA
• Visa (#258) San Francisco, CA
• County of San Diego (#268) San Diego, CA
• Nestle (#278) Glendale, CA
• Hot Topic (#282) City of Industry, CA
• Fresno County (#284) Fresno, CA
• Stater Bros (#290) San Bernardino, CA
• Mitsubishi (#291) Cypress, CA
• Parsons (#304) Pasadena, CA
• Aerojet Rocketdyne (#320) Rancho Cordova, CA
• Teledyne Technologies (#328) Thousand Oaks, CA
• The Wonderful Company (#345) Los Angeles, CA
• Agilent Technologies (#353) Santa Clara, CA
• County of Sacramento (#357) Sacramento, CA
• PayPal (#358) San Jose, CA
• Los Angeles County Sherrif's Department (#363) Los Angeles, CA
• First American (#364) Santa Ana, CA
• Globalfoundries (#373) Santa Clara, CA
• Raley's (#389) Sacramento, CA
• Symantec (#401) Mountain View, CA
• The Cheesecake Factory (#424) Calabasas Hills, CA
• PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) (#435) San Francisco, CA
• Mattel (#479) El Segundo, CA
• The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (#492) Los Angeles, CA

Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile the list. Statista surveyed 30,000 people, asking respondents to rate how likely they’d be to recommend their employer to others, Forbes explains. Respondents were also asked to nominate organizations outside of their own, according to Forbes. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news from your California neighborhood. Also, download the free Patch iPhone app or free Patch Android app. Also, be sure to follow your local Patch on Facebook!)

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