THE TIMES 100 : The Employer 100

Companies ranked by total number of employees worldwide in 1994.

Total Calif. % Rank Company employees employees Calif. 1 Safeway Inc. 110,000 NA NA 2 BankAmerica Corp. 98,556 58,000 59% 3 Hewlett-Packard Co. 98,400 27,000 27% 4 Lockheed Corp. 82,500 22,499 27% 5 Walt Disney Co. 74,000 18,000 24% 6 Rockwell Int’l Corp. 71,891 18,100 25% 7 Seagate Technology Inc. 53,000 3,175 6% 8 Pacific Telesis Group 48,000 48,000 100% 9 Dole Food Inc. 46,000 7,149 16% 10 Chevron Corp. 45,758 13,622 30% 11 Gap Inc. 44,000 NA NA 12 Hilton Hotels Corp. 43,000 7,200 17% 13 Pinkerton’s Inc. 43,000 7,382 17% 14 ABM Industries Inc. 42,000 12,761 30% 15 Northrop Grumman Corp. 41,000 18,300 45% 16 Consolidated Freightways 40,500 1,000 2% 17 Fluor Corp. 39,807 3,500 9% 18 National Medical Enter. 35,000 NA 0% 19 Computer Sciences Corp. 31,000 4,650 15% 20 Vons Cos. 30,200 29,000 96% 21 Intel Corp. 29,500 7,600 26% 22 Litton Industries Inc. 29,000 NA NA 23 First Interstate Bancorp 27,394 9,386 34% 24 Foodmaker Inc. 26,170 10,066 38% 25 Times Mirror Co. 24,256 8,170 34% 26 Atlantic Richfield Co. 23,200 4,500 19% 27 Broadway Stores Inc. 23,000 23,000 100% 28 Pacific Gas & Electric 23,000 21,000 91% 29 National Semiconductor 22,300 4,300 19% 30 Mattel Inc. 21,000 2,000 10% 31 Read-Rite Corp. 20,000 1,600 8% 32 Occidental Petroleum Corp 19,860 ,770 4% 33 Wells Fargo & Co. 19,600 19,572 100% 34 Southern Pacific Rail 18,982 7,500 40% 35 Fleetwood Enterprises 18,000 2,700 15% 36 Teledyne Inc. 18,000 4,680 26% 37 SCEcorp 16,351 16,300 100% 38 Sizzler International 16,000 3,800 24% 39 Great Western Fin. Corp. 15,644 9,509 61% 40 Avery Dennison Corp. 15,400 1,859 12% 41 Jacobs Engineering Group 15,250 1,000 7% 42 Longs Drug Stores Corp. 15,000 9,814 65% 43 Oracle Systems Corp. 14,830 4,301 29% 44 Western Atlas Inc. 14,400 ,165 1% 45 FHP International Corp. 14,000 5,800 41% 46 Nat’l Health Labs. Hold. 14,000 1,049 7% 47 Unocal Corp. 13,613 NA NA 48 Sun Microsystems Inc. 13,300 6,500 49% 49 McKesson Corp. 13,000 3,000 23% 50 House of Fabrics Inc. 12,580 NA NA 51 Advanced Micro Devices 12,060 2,858 24% 52 Apple Computer Inc. 11,287 NA NA 53 Raychem Corp. 10,769 4,000 37% 54 Transamerica Corp. 10,700 NA NA 55 Ross Stores Inc. 10,500 5,250 50% 56 CKE Restaurants Inc. 10,400 1,100 11% 57 Conner Peripherals Inc. 10,144 2,500 25% 58 Regency Health Services 10,000 7,500 75% 59 H.F. Ahmanson & Co. 9,859 7,299 74% 60 Pacific Enterprises 9,844 NA NA 61 First American Financial 9,033 3,100 34% 62 Tandem Computers Inc. 8,466 0% 63 Varian Associates Inc. 8,200 3,500 43% 64 Solectron Corp. 8,100 3,800 47% 65 Craig Corp. 8,000 0% 66 Foundation Health Corp. 8,000 3,500 44% 67 Chart House Enterprises 7,372 3,160 43% 68 AST Research Inc. 6,977 ,890 13% 69 Union Bank, San Francisco 6,923 6,923 100% 70 Mac Frugal’s Bargains 6,868 NA NA 71 Potlatch Corp. 6,700 ,120 2% 72 Western Digital Corp. 6,593 1,600 24% 73 Charles Schwab Corp. 6,500 2,860 44% 74 Applied Materials 6,497 3,100 48% 75 McClatchy Newspapers Inc 6,304 4,250 67% 76 Maxtor Corp 6,200 ,230 4% 77 AirTouch Communications 6,000 2,821 47% 78 Beckman Instruments Inc. 5,880 3,048 52% 79 Amdahl Corp. 5,600 2,400 43% 80 Jenny Craig Inc. 5,570 1,018 18% 81 GTI Corp. 5,542 ,210 4% 82 Applied Magnetics Corp. 5,500 ,850 15% 83 Gottschalks Inc. 5,500 5,000 91% 84 Sybase Inc. 5,500 1,870 34% 85 American President Cos. 5,434 1,100 20% 86 ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. 5,420 ,416 8% 87 Orchard Supply Hardware 5,000 5,000 100% 88 Homedco Group Inc. 4,911 ,979 20% 89 Allergan Inc. 4,903 1,560 32% 90 Rohr Inc. 4,900 2,500 51% 91 Silicon Graphics Inc. 4,889 3,030 62% 92 Countrywide Credit Ind. 4,867 2,341 48% 93 Golden West Financial 4,845 2,400 50% 94 Fidelity Nat’l Financial 4,700 NA NA 95 Clorox Co. 4,700 1,600 34% 96 WellPoint Health Networks 4,561 4,561 100% 97 Superior Industries Int’l 4,500 ,800 18% 98 Bergen Brunswig Corp. 4,243 1,320 31% 99 San Diego Gas & Electric 4,166 4,000 96% 100 Franklin Resources 4,100 2,959 72%