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100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

States

California

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State	No. of Best Cos. headquarters
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Alabama	0
Alaska	0
Arizona	0
Arkansas	0
California	13
Colorado	1
Connecticut	2
Delaware	2
District of Columbia	2
Florida	4
Georgia	6
Hawaii	0
Idaho	0
Illinois	3
Indiana	0
Iowa	2
Kansas	0
Kentucky	0
Louisiana	0
Maine	0
Maryland	0
Massachusetts	5
Michigan	3
Minnesota	2
Mississippi	0
Missouri	3
Montana	0
Nebraska	0
Nevada	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	0
New Mexico	0
New York	9
North Carolina	2
North Dakota	0
Ohio	3
Oklahoma	2
Oregon	2
Pennsylvania	3
Rhode Island	0
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	0
Tennessee	1
Texas	11
Utah	0
Vermont	0
Virginia	6
Washington	6
West Virginia	0
Wisconsin	3
Wyoming	0

	Population
Best Places to Live in California
Claremont	35,900
Clayton	11,400
Coronado	25,900
El Dorado Hills	22,200
Grand Terrace	13,200
Granite Bay	24,800
La Mirada	48,600
La Palma	16,100
Moorpark	33,700
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Company	City	U.S. employees
Adobe Systems	San Jose (HQ)	1,893
Adobe Systems	San Francisco	669
Alcon Laboratories	Irvine	584
American Century Invest.	Mountain View	113
American Fidelity Assur.	Ontario	42
Amgen	Thousand Oaks (HQ)	7,784
Arnold & Porter	Los Angeles	135
Bain & Co.	San Francisco	243
Bingham McCutchen	San Francisco	359
Booz Allen Hamilton	San Diego	680
Bright Horizons	San Francisco	235
Cisco Systems	San Jose (HQ)	14,066
Four Seasons Hotels	Los Angeles	1,312
Four Seasons Hotels	Carlsbad	916
Genentech	South San Francisco (HQ)	7,408
Genentech	Vacaville	844
Genentech	Oceanside	507
Google	Mountain View (HQ)	4,132
Granite Construction	Watsonville (HQ)	519
Granite Construction	Sacramento	341
IKEA North America	Los Angeles	1,229
Intuit	Mountain View (HQ)	1,561
Intuit	San Diego	1,185
Marriott International	San Francisco	5,654
Medtronic	Northridge	1,601
Microsoft	Mountain View	1,195
Network Appliance	Sunnyvale (HQ)	1,931
Nordstrom	San Diego	1,541
Nordstrom	San Francisco	1,220
Nugget Market	Woodland (HQ)	304
Nugget Market	Davis	248
Nugget Market	West Sacramento	133
Qualcomm	San Diego (HQ)	7,559
Qualcomm	Campbell	216
Russell Investment Grp.	San Francisco	31
S.C. Johnson & Son	Fresno	74
Standard Pacific	Irvine (HQ)	386
Timberland	Ontario	133
Vision Service Plan	Rancho Cordova (HQ)	1,627
Vision Service Plan	Long Beach	15
Yahoo	Sunnyvale (HQ)	4,012
Yahoo	Burbank	1,067

From the January 22, 2007 issue

Notes:

N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2005 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of salaried and hourly employees.

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Highest pay

Salaried employees at these Best Companies enjoy the highest average compensation.

Company	Average annual pay*
Nixon Peabody	$181,099
Bingham McCutchen	$180,050
Alston & Bird	$166,300
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Best companies by state

These states are headquarters for the highest number of America's Top Employers.

State	No. of top employers
California	13
Texas	11
New York	9
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Job growth

Google added 2,229 jobs last year, making it the fastest-growing of our Best Companies.

Company	% job growth
Google	67
Capital One Financial	59
Adobe Systems	33
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Best benefits

These companies have the best benefit options.

Child care:	Men's Wearhouse
Telecommuting:	Cisco Systems
Work-life balance:	Recreational Equipment (REI)
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How we pick the 100 best

To choose the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we partner with Great Place to Work® Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. More than 105,000 employees from 446 companies responded to a 57-question survey. (more)

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