ORANGE COUNTY’S TOP 50 PRIVATE EMPLOYERS
Number of Rank Company Employees 1. Hughes Aircraft Co. 17,396 2. Rockwell International Corp. 12,115 3. McDonnell Douglas Corp. 7,112 4. Pacific Bell 6,500 5. Alpha Beta Co. 4,763 6. Disneyland 4,215 7. Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp. 3,600 8. Sav-On/Osco Drug 3,350 9. Parker Bertea Aerospace Group 3,125 10. Lucky Stores Inc. 3,050 11. CIGNA Healthplans of California 3,000 12. Ralphs Grocery Co. 2,960 13. Beatrice/Hunt-Wesson Inc. 2,600 14. Beckman Instruments Inc. 2,500 15. ITT Cannon 2,500 16. Vons Grocery Co. 2,400 17. The Orange County Register 2,345 18. Union Western Medical Centers 2,292 19. St. Joseph Hospital 2,200 20. J.C. Penney Co. 2,000 21. Northrop Corp. 2,000 22. Grace Restaurant Co. 1,972 23. El Torito Restaurants Inc. 1,965 24. Fluor Corp. 1,900 25. AirCal * 1,853 26. AT&T; 1,850 27. Burroughs Corp. 1,800 28. Interstate Electronics 1,800 29. Allergan Inc. 1,750 30. American Edwards Laboratories 1,700 31. Disneyland Hotel 1,600 32. Southern California Edison Co. 1,550 33. Oshman’s Sporting Goods 1,500 34. Bank of America 1,473 35. General Telephone 1,465 36. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. 1,460 37. Denny’s Inc. 1,417 38. Mervyn’s 1,400 39. Nordstrom Inc. 1,360 40. Kwikset Corp. 1,360 41. State Farm Insurance Cos. 1,350 42. Taco Bell Inc. 1,348 43. Hoag Memorial Hospital 1,340 44. Kendall American McGaw 1,333 45. AVCO Financial Services 1,300 46. Weiser/Falcon Lock 1,225 47. Albertson’s Inc. 1,205 48. Humana Inc. 1,203 49. J.W. Robinson Co. 1,200 50. Security Pacific National Bank 1,200
* AirCal has merged with American Airlines since this survey was completed.
Source: “Orange County’s Golden 500” 1987-88 edition, Orange County Chamber of Commerce
