FAIRFIELD — Although the Department of Defense does not dominate the workforce in Solano County to the degree it did in the past, employment at Travis Air Force Base continues to keep that military installation first on the list of the largest employers in the county.
An estimated 13,400 people work at the base, which has an estimated economic impact of $1.6 billion annually.
Others on the list of top 12 employers in Solano range from school districts to hospitals to biotech companies. Here are the top 12 county employers:
1. Travis Air Force Base: 13,414
2. Kaiser Permanente (Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Call Center): 6,356
3. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (California Medical Facility, Vacaville; California State Prison, Solano): 3,438
4. Solano County: 3,015
5. Fairfield-Suisun School District: 2,707
6. NorthBay Healthcare (NorthBay Medical Center, NorthBay VacaValley Hospital): 2,419
7. Six Flag Discovery Kingdom: 1,600
8. Vacaville School District: 1,380
9. Vallejo City School District: 1,184
10: Sutter Solano Medical Center/Sutter Regional Medical Foundation: 1,165
11. Genentech: 1,004
12. Solano Community College: 867
