| 2009 LARGEST EMPLOYERS COMPANY |
# of Employees |
|
| Edwards Air Force Base |
12,515 |
| China Lake Navel Weapons |
6,080 |
| County of Los Angeles |
3,757 |
| Lockheed Martin |
3,320 |
| Palmdale School District |
2,728 |
| Antelope Valley Hospital |
2,561 |
| Northrop Grumman |
2,300 |
| Wal-Mart (5) |
2,150 |
| AV Union High School District |
2,106 |
| California Correctional Institute Tehachapi |
1,957 |
| Antelope Valley Mall |
1,800 |
| Bank of America |
1,800 |
| California State Prison-Los Angeles County |
1,720 |
| Lancaster School District |
1,380 |
| Westside School District |
917 |
| Antelope Valley College |
895 |
| Kaiser Permanente |
851 |
| Rio Tinto |
723 |
| Rite Aid Distribution Center |
673 |
| Boeing (2) |
650 |
| Lancaster Community Hospital |
650 |
| Sierra Sands School District |
600 |
| City of Palmdale |
577 |
| Albertsons (6) |
567 |
| High Desert Health System |
512 |
| Tehachapi Unified School District |
500 |
| Home Depot (4) |
495 |
| California City Correctional Facility |
453 |
| Starwood |
450 |
| Keppel School District |
427 |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital |
405 |
| South Kern School District |
390 |
| High Desert Medical Group |
375 |
| Lowe's (3) |
357 |
| Deluxe Checks |
351 |
| Scaled Composites |
351 |
| Mojave Unified School District |
300 |
| City of Lancaster |
300 |
| Eastside School District |
300 |
| Costco Distribution |
280 |
| Michael's Distribution Center |
230 |
| Muroc School District |
230 |
| Antelope Valley Press |
200 |
| SYGMA |
200 |
| Sam's Club |
196 |
| Wilsona School District |
189 |
| U.S. Pole |
183 |
| Acton-Agua Dulce School District |
180 |
| Cerro Coso College |
173 |
| BAE-Mojave |
159 |
| Best Buy |
138 |
| Delta Scientific |
130 |
| Time Warner |
130 |
| Wells Fargo |
120 |
| Lance Campers |
106 |
| TOTAL |
62,087 |
|
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| |
GREATER ANTELOPE VALLEY:
LOS ANGELES AND KERN COUNTIES
EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRY BY SECTOR |
Quarterly |
| |
2008 |
2008:Q2 |
2009:Q2 |
| Federal Government |
1,486 |
1,491 |
1,470 |
| State Government |
4,218 |
4,257 |
4,298 |
| Local Government |
17,747 |
18,573 |
18,170 |
| Agriculture and Mining |
1,726 |
1,739 |
1,400 |
| Utilities |
586 |
578 |
665 |
| Construction |
5,210 |
5,533 |
3,958 |
| Manufacturing |
10,445 |
10,576 |
10,033 |
| Wholesale Trade |
1,568 |
1,601 |
1,412 |
| Retail Trade |
14,619 |
14,602 |
13,316 |
| Transportation and Warehousing |
2,754 |
2,774 |
2,606 |
| Mgmnt of Companies and Enterprises |
| & Admin and Support and Waste |
| Mgmnt and Remediation Services |
4,035 |
4,101 |
3,639 |
| Information |
1,175 |
1,185 |
1,123 |
| Finance and Insurance |
3,246 |
3,300 |
3,494 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing |
1,240 |
1,265 |
1,160 |
| Professional, Scientific, and |
| Technical Services |
4,161 |
4,110 |
4,103 |
| Educational Services |
767 |
794 |
795 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance |
9,040 |
8,965 |
9,073 |
| Arts, Entertainment and Recreation |
998 |
1,105 |
953 |
| Accommodation and Food Services |
9,582 |
9,716 |
9,096 |
| Other Services |
5,868 |
5,834 |
6,237 |
| TOTALS EMPLOYMENT |
100,471 |
102,099 |
97,001 |
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