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Major Employers: Out of Town Companies

Rank

Company

Headquarters

Employees

Business

1 May Department Stores St. Louis 137,000Department stores
2 McDonald's Oak Brook, Ill. 700,000 Fast-food restaurants
3 Verizon New York 260,000Telecommunications
4 Northrop Grumman Los Angeles 39,300Defense and technology contractor
5 Science Applications International San Diego 41,000Technology and defense contractor
6 Royal Ahold NV Zaandam, the Netherlands 332,086Food retail and distribution
7 Safeway Pleasanton, Calif. 200,000Supermarkets
8 Computer Sciences Corp. El Segundo, Calif. 58,000Information technology provider, systems integrator
9 WorldCom Clinton, Miss. 71,200Telecommunications
10 United Parcel Services Atlanta 365,000Package delivery


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