California is home to millions of businesses, operating in industries ranging from high tech and health care to restaurants and insurance.
Which are the best ones to work for?
Forbes recently ranked the best employers in the United States, according to the people who work there.
The publication partnered with market research firm Statista to survey more than 160,000 employees working for companies with at least 500 people within the United States.
A total of 1,294 organizations landed on Forbes’ list of America’s Best-In-State Employers for 2024.
Progressive Corp, based in Mayfield Village, Ohio, was No. 1 on Forbes’ list of the best employers in California.
Two companies headquartered in the Golden State landed next on the list. In-N-out Burger in Irvine came in second place, while Google, based in Mountain View, was third.
Here’s where Sacramento-area employers ranked
UC Davis Medical Center’s emergency room is seen in 2010. UC Davis Health is among the top 20 employers in California, according a new Forbes study.
What are the best employers in the Sacramento area?
UC Davis Health was the highest ranking Sacramento-based company on Forbes’ list of the best employers to work for in California, landing at No. 20.
Founded in 1973, the health care company has a total of 11,600 employees.
According to its website, UC Davis Health has a total of 15 medical facilities offering primary care in the Sacramento area, including locations in Auburn, Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Rocklin and Roseville.
Those include UC Davis Medical Center and UC Davis Children’s Hospital, both in Sacramento.
The company also operates a number of specialty care clinics.
Other Sacramento-based employers on the list included the California Department of Transportation, which landed at No. 38 on the list, and health care company Sutter Health at No. 50.
Caltrans has a total of 20,913 employees, while Sutter Health has 51,000 workers.
Further down the list, UC Davis was No. 67 on Forbes’ list of top employees, Golden 1 Credit Union was No. 90 and the state of California was No. 92.
Progressive Insurance is the No. 1 employer in California, according to Forbes.
What are the top 10 companies to work for in California?
These are the top 10 companies to work for in California, according to Forbes:
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Progressive
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In-N-Out Burger
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Google
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NVIDIA
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Microsoft
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Ford Motor
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Apple
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Caltech
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Sony
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Nike
A general view of the In-N-Out Burger on Sunset Blvd on October 21, 2021, in Hollywood. In-N-Out is among the top 10 employers in California, according to a new Forbes study.
Which industries rank the highest among California workers?
Tech companies dominated Forbes’ list of the best employers in California, with four companies in the informational technology software services industry landing in the top 20.
Ranking below Google and Microsoft were LinkedIn, at No. 11, and IBM at No. 16.
In addition, three companies in the top 20 specialize in semiconductors, electronics and electrical engineering. Apple, NVIDIA and Sony.
Three industries — education, restaurants and drugs and biotechnology — each had two companies that were included in the top 20 list.
Caltech was No. 8 and Stanford University landed at No. 15.
Fast food chains In-N-Out Burger and Chick-Fil-A landed at No. 2 and No. 14, respectively.
Meanwhile, drug company Pfizer was No. 13 and another pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson, was No. 18
Other industries represented in the top 20 include automotive, clothing, health care and aerospace and defense.
How did Forbes come up with its rankings?
Forbes worked with Statista to survey more than 160,000 employees in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
“Survey participants were asked how likely they were to recommend their employer on a scale of zero to 10,” Forbes said.
They were also asked to “evaluate employers they’d worked for within the past two years, and organizations they knew within their industry or through friends or family who worked there,” the publication said.
Researchers then tallied and incorporated those responses into a scoring system, along with survey data from the past three years
Companies that received the highest scores in each state made our list,” Forbes said.
