THE TIMES 100 : THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA : THE HUMAN FACTOR : Top 100 Employers

Companies ranked by total employees worldwide in 1991.

Total Calif. % Total Rank Company Employ. Employ. Employ. 1 Safeway Inc. 110,100 24,221 22.0 2 Hewlett-Packard Co. 89,000 22,800 25.6 3 Rockwell International 87,004 28,192 32.4 4 Lockheed Corp. 72,300 31,000 42.9 5 Pacific Telesis Group 62,239 59,366 95.4 6 Dole Food Co. Inc. 60,000 10,000 16.7 7 Chevron Corp. 55,123 18,525 33.6 8 BankAmerica Corp. 54,369 37,500 69.0 9 Litton Industries Inc. 53,700 8,100 15.1 10 Walt Disney Co. 52,000 20,000 38.5 11 Nat’l Medical Enterprises 48,500 10,300 21.2 12 Pacific Enterprises 40,953 28,381 69.3 13 Seagate Technology 40,068 3,000 7.5 14 Security Pacific Corp. 39,700 20,000 50.4 15 Consolidated Freightways 37,700 5,000 13.3 16 Northrop Corp. 36,000 29,000 80.6 17 Pinkerton’s Inc. 36,000 8,000 22.2 18 Amer. Building Maint. 34,396 11,335 33.0 19 Gap Inc. 32,000 NA NA 20 Hilton Hotels Corp. 31,250 5,950 19.0 21 1st Interstate Bancorp 30,281 10,733 35.4 22 Nat’l Semiconductor 29,800 5,800 19.5 23 Teledyne Inc. 29,400 7,500 25.5 24 Times Mirror Co. 27,732 12,100 43.6 25 Atlantic Richfield Co. 27,700 5,000 18.1 26 Pacific Gas & Electric 26,700 26,700 100.0 27 Computer Sciences Corp. 25,000 3,966 15.9 28 Occidental Petroleum 24,700 800 3.2 29 Intel Corp. 24,600 5,000 20.3 30 Vons Cos. 21,250 20,500 96.5 31 Wells Fargo & Co. 21,000 18,600 88.6 32 Fluor Corp. 19,625 3,200 16.3 33 Price Co. 19,142 11,274 58.9 34 SCE Corp. 18,521 18,521 100.0 35 Unocal Corp. 17,248 6,830 39.6 36 Avery Dennison Corp. 17,000 2,303 13.5 37 Sizzler International 16,240 13,800 85.0 38 MagneTek Inc. 16,000 600 3.8 39 Long’s Drug Stores 15,100 8,801 58.3 40 Transamerica Corp. 14,980 7,749 51.7 41 Great Western Fin’l 14,786 8,865 60.0 42 Apple Computer Inc. 14,000 7,000 50.0 43 McKesson Corp. 13,987 3,500 25.0 44 Carl Karcher Enterpr. 13,074 13,074 100.0 45 Mattel Inc. 12,500 1,600 12.8 46 Sun Microsystems Inc. 12,480 7,000 56.1 47 House of Fabrics Inc. 12,000 4,000 33.3 48 Tandem Computers 11,327 5,015 44.3 49 Adv. Micro Devices Inc. 11,254 2,912 25.9 50 Fleetwood Enterprises 11,000 2,990 27.2 51 Applied Magnetics 10,958 1,368 12.5 52 Syntex Corp. 10,900 4,700 43.1 53 Raychem Corp. 10,487 4,285 40.9 54 Rohr Inc. 10,300 7,500 72.8 55 H. F. Ahmanson & Co. 10,292 7,000 68.0 56 Caesars World 9,566 200 2.1 57 Amdahl Corp. 9,400 5,600 59.6 58 Varian Associates Inc. 9,300 4,350 46.8 59 FHP International 9,109 6,099 67.0 60 Conner Peripherals 8,756 1,300 14.8 61 Maxtor Corp. 8,303 810 9.8 62 Ross Stores Inc. 7,800 3,900 50.0 63 First American Fin’l 7,585 3,115 41.1 64 Oracle Systems Corp. 7,466 2,250 30.1 65 Potlatch Corp. 7,439 225 3.0 66 Union Bank 7,283 7,283 100.0 67 Pic ‘N’ Save Corp. 7,000 4,000 57.1 68 Rykoff-Sexton Inc. 7,000 NA NA 69 Beckman Instruments 6,883 4,000 58.1 70 Comm. Psychiatric Cntrs. 6,586 2,000 30.4 71 McClatchy Newspapers 6,433 4,250 66.1 72 Western Digital Corp. 6,402 1,450 22.6 73 ICN Pharmaceuticals 6,300 550 8.7 74 Clorox Co. 6,100 1,750 28.7 75 Chart House Enterpr. 6,000 2,100 35.0 76 National Health Labs 5,560 451 8.1 77 SPI Pharmaceuticals 5,500 254 4.6 78 Allergan Inc. 5,400 1,650 30.6 79 Care Enterprises 5,200 3,900 75.0 80 American President Cos. 5,100 1,300 25.5 81 Grubb & Ellis Co. 5,000 2,200 44.0 82 Summit Health Ltd 4,775 3,750 78.5 83 Jacobs Engineering 4,606 920 20.0 84 Guy F. Atkinson Co. 4,529 550 12.1 85 National Education 4,500 658 14.6 86 Williams-Sonoma Inc. 4,500 1,500 33.3 87 LSI Logic Corp. 4,204 2,398 57.0 88 San Diego Gas & Electric 4,200 NA NA 89 Int’l Technology 4,027 928 23.0 90 Gottschalks Inc. 4,000 3,800 95.0 91 Raycomm Transworld 3,831 2,093 54.6 92 CalFed Inc. 3,801 3,004 79.0 93 Charles Schwab Corp. 3,800 2,300 60.5 94 Glenfed Inc. 3,791 2,834 74.8 95 Applied Material 3,543 1,850 52.2 96 Clothestime Inc. 3,442 1,919 55.8 97 Golden West Financial 3,422 2,700 78.9 98 Bergen Brunswig Corp. 3,400 1,480 43.5 99 Anthony Industries 3,357 350 10.4 100 Logicon Inc. 3,320 1,244 37.5

Source: MZ Group