Major Employers

According to the Sacramento Business Journal (May 2, 2003), the Sacramento area has escaped much of the economic malaise of the country in general: "Sacramento's affordability has been a powerful lure not only to homebuyers, but business too. Only one metro region in California, the Riverside area, is growing jobs at a faster clip than Sacramento."

Here's a quick look at some of the major employers in El Dorado Hills, neighboring Folsom, and beyond.

Major employers in El Dorado Hills

About 200 companies and 6,000 employees work in the El Dorado Hills Business Park, one minute south of Highway 50 on Latrobe Road. Businesses range from light manufacturing to software companies to financial planners.

The business park is home to the two largest employers in El Dorado Hills: Blue Shield of California and DST Output:

Blue Shield of California
4203 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills. (916) 350-7800
Health insurance provider Blue Shield has 4,200 employees and 20 offices throughout the state of California. About 1,000 people work in El Dorado Hills in areas including information technology, e-business, healthcare services, and consumer operations.

DST Output
5220 Robert J. Matthews Parkway, El Dorado Hills. (916) 939-5546
DST Output, which specializes in print and electronic communications services for businesses, was named one of the 10 best plants to work for in North America by Industry Week magazine in September 2002. About 1,500 people work in El Dorado Hills. DST Output is a subsidiary of DST Systems Inc.

Major employers in Folsom

Intel Corporation
1900 Prairie City Road, Folsom. (916) 356-8080
Intel's 236-acre research and development center in Folsom, built in 1984, has grown to employ some 7,000 people. The microchip maker is the largest private-industry employer in Folsom and, together with the Intel Sacramento campus, is one of the largest private employers in the Sacramento region.

Verizon Wireless
Parkshore Drive, Folsom. (916) 984-1200
Verizon, the nation's leading provider of wireless communications, employs about 1,000 people at its 200,000-square-foot facility in Folsom.

Major employers in Roseville

Hewlett-Packard Co.
8000 Foothills Blvd., Roseville. (916) 786-8000
HP has 141,000 employees worldwide, with about 6,000 in the greater Sacramento area. In addition to Roseville, these local employees work at HP sites in Sacramento, Rocklin and Lincoln. At the 500-acre Roseville site, established in 1979, employees invent, manufacture, market and sell a variety of the company's computer products as well as provide after-sales customer support.

Major employers in Davis

University of California at Davis
1 Shields Ave., Davis. (530) 752-1011
UC Davis, including the Health System, employs almost 26,000 people, from professors to management staff to part-time student employees. The campus's reputation has attracted a distinguished faculty of scholars and scientists in all fields. UC Davis faculty ranks 16th in quality among comprehensive public universities nationwide.

Major employers in the Sacramento area

Companies with 5,000-plus employees

CHW/Mercy Healthcare Sacramento
10540 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova. (916) 851-2000

SBC Pacific Bell
2700 Watt Ave., Sacramento. (800) 310-2355

Kaiser Permanente
1650 Response Road, Suite 2A, Sacramento. (926) 614-4530

Raley's Inc.
500 West Capitol Ave., West Sacramento. (916) 373-6111

Sutter Health Central
2800 L Street, 7th Floor, Sacramento. (916) 454-6695

State of California
Various locations in the state capitol, about a half-hour drive from El Dorado Hills.