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Table 3 summarizes the California Employment Development Department’s estimated average annual
employment for the County, for various employment categories. Separate figures for the City are not
maintained. Percentages indicate the percentage of the total employment for each type of employment for
the given year. For purposes of comparison, the most recent employment data for the State is also
summarized.

Table 3
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
ESTIMATED INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR FORCE
(1)
County of Los Angeles State of California
2019 2019
Agricultural 5,000 424,100
Mining and Logging 2,900 22,500
Construction 126,100 882,600
Manufacturing 368,200 1,322,500
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 822,200 3,051,900
Information 207,600 562,600
Financial Activities 215,600 841,200
Professional and Business Services 593,800 2,721,100
Educational and Health Services 745,900 2,803,400
Leisure and Hospitality 486,600 2,033,200
Other Services 151,000 576,100
Government 568,500 2,608,000
Total 4,293,500 17,849,200
(2)
(1) Since 2000, the California Economic Development Department has converted employer records from the Standard Industrial
Classification coding system to the North American Industry Classification System.
(2) Total may not equal sum of parts due to independent rounding.
Note: Based on surveys distributed to employers; not directly comparable to Civilian Labor Force data reported in Table 2.

Source: California Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division. Based on March 2019 Benchmark
report released March 13, 2020.

Major Employers
Table 4 lists the top 10 major non-governmental employers in the County.

Table 4
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
MAJOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS

Employer Product/Service Employees
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Nonprofit health care plan 40,309
University of Southern California Private university 21,710
Northrop Grumman Corp. Defense contractor 18,000*
Providence St. Joseph Health southern California Health care 15,952
Target Corp. Retailer 15,000
Cedars-Sinai Health system 14,713
Allied Universal Security professionals 13,972
Ralphs/Food 4 Less (Kroger Co. Division) Grocery retailer 13,271
Walt Disney Co. Media and entertainment 13,000*
NBCUniversal Media and entertainment 12,000
*Business Journal estimate.
Source: Los Angeles Business Journal, Weekly Lists, originally published August 26, 2019.

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