Editing Costa Mesa, California (section)

===Top employers ===
According to the city's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.costamesaca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/56330/638477324029000000 | work = City of Costa Mesa | title = 22-23 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report | access-date = April 28, 2024}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
|1
|[[El Pollo Loco|EPL Intermediate, Inc.]]
|3,998
|-
|2
|[[Experian]]
|3,700
|-
|3
|Coast Community College District
|2,900
|-
|4
|[[Orange Coast College]]
|1,900
|-
|5
|[[Automobile Club of Southern California]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cardine |first=Sara |date=2024-08-01 |title=On the road again — AAA's plans to grow Costa Mesa hub may resume after long hiatus |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-07-31/on-the-road-again-aaas-plans-to-grow-costa-mesa-site-may-resume-after-long-hiatus |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=Daily Pilot |language=en-US}}</ref>
|1,773
|-
|6
|[[Anduril Industries]]
|1,100
|-
|7
|[[Deloitte|Deloitte & Touche LLP]]
|700
|-
|8
|[[FileNet]]
|600
|-
|9
|[[Vans]]
|550
|-
|10
|[[Vanguard University]]
|319
|}