Area Employment

Some of the larger employers in the West San Gabriel Valley are:

• The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL/NASA) - space development for the U.S. Government; affiliated with The California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech)

• The California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) - one of the finest universities in the country, specializing in science, engineering, mathematics, economics

• Parsons Corporation - international contractors.  

• The Huntington Memorial Hospital - a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Southern California (USC)

• Countrywide Credit Industries - one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country

• Pasadena Unified School District

• Kaiser Permanente - one of the oldest, largest, and most successful HMO's in the state  

• The Von's Grocery Company - headquarters of one the the largest supermarket chains in Southern California.  618 S. Michillinda Ave., Arcadia CA 91007, (626) 821-7000.

• Earthlink - One of the fastest growing Internet service providers in the country.

• Bank of America - Recently merged with Nations Bank, to become one of the largest banks in the country.