Featured Industry: Utilities The simple act of walking into a restroom, turning on the light, and washing your hands, uses the products of perhaps four different utilities. Electricity powers the light, water supply systems provide water for washing, wastewater treatment plants treat the sewage, and natural gas or electricity heats the water. The utilities industry includes companies and government agencies that generate, transmit, and distribute electrical power, distribute natural gas, treat and distribute fresh water, and treat wastewater.  Find out more...

California Employers and Industries
Major industry sectors in California include: electronic components and equipment, aerospace, film production, food processing, petroleum, computers and computer software, and tourism.

Fortune Top California Employers
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency

Sample California STEM Employers
This list represents some of the larger employers, but of course those considering a career in STEM may also find employment in small firms and government agencies.

Adobe Systems
American Express
Amgen
Apple
BP
Bechtel Corporation
California Pacific Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Chevron
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Cisco Systems
City of Hope, Duarte
Clorox
Dole Food Company
DreamWorks Animation
eBay
Electronic Arts
Freedom Imaging
Genentech
Google
Health Net
Hewlett-Packard
Ingram Micro
Intel
Intuit
John Muir Medical Center
L.A. County & USC Medical Center
Laguna Honda Hospital Rehab Center
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
McKesson
NASA
National Semiconductor
Northrop Grumman
Occidental Petroleum
Oracle
PG&E Corp.
Pixar
Qualcomm
Rady Children's Hospital
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
SanDisk
Scripps Health
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Symantec
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Walt Disney Company
Yahoo