East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area) - Major Employers

Major Employers

The East Bay, as a part of the greater Bay Area, is a highly developed region, and is a major center for new and established economic ventures. Along with the county governments of Alameda and Contra Costa, the largest employers are:

1. University of California, Berkeley with approximately 20,000 employees
2. AT&T Inc. with approximately 11,000 employees
3. The U.S. Postal Service with around 10,000 employees
4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with approximately 8,750 employees
5. Chevron Corp. (world headquarters in San Ramon) with 8,730 employees
6. Safeway (world headquarters in Pleasanton) with 7,922 employees
7. Bank of America with 7,081 employees
8. PG&E with approximately 5,200 employees
9. Kaiser Permanente (US headquarters in Oakland) with 4,730 employees
10. Lucky Stores with 4,631 employees
11. Bio-Rad Laboratories with 4,300 employees
12. Wells Fargo with about 4,000 employees
13. Mount Diablo Unified School District with 3,700 employees
14. West Contra Costa Unified School District with 3,360 employees
15. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center with 3,100 employees
16. John Muir Medical Center with 3,023 employees

Other major companies with headquarters in the East Bay include Clorox, Dreyer's, Pixar, and ANG Newspapers. Mervyn's headquarters were located in the East Bay until they declared bankruptcy. The New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) automobile manufacturing plant employed about 5,100 employees at its peak. Tesla Motors has taken over part of the NUMMI plant, which is still the only automobile manufacturing plant in California.