Editing Santa Cruz County, California (section)

===Top employers===

According to Santa Cruz County's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |date=December 22, 2021 |title=Budget and Financial Reports |url=https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/Portals/0/County/auditor/acfr_2020-21/ACFR_2020-21.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509080026/https://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/Portals/0/County/auditor/acfr_2020-21/ACFR_2020-21.pdf |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us}}</ref> the top employers in the county are:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
!Product/Service
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[University of California, Santa Cruz]]
|Education
|1,000–4,999
|-
|2
|[[Pajaro Valley Unified School District]]
|Education
|1,000–4,999
|-
|3
|County of Santa Cruz
|County Services
|1,000–4,999
|-
|4
|[[Catholic Healthcare West|Dominican Hospital]]
|Hospital
|1,000–4,999
|-
|5
|Santa Cruz Governmental Center
|City Services
|1,000–4,999
|-
|6
|[[Graniterock]]
|Excavating Contractors
|500–999
|-
|7
|[[Plantronics]]
|Telephone Apparatus Mfg.
|500–999
|-
|8
|Watsonville Community Hospital
|Hospital
|500–999
|-
|9
|Source Naturals
|Vitamin Manufacturer
|500–999
|-
|10
|Santa Cruz Health Center
|Clinics
|500–999
|-
|11
|Monterey Mushrooms
|Agriculture
|500–999
|-
|12
|Larse Farms Inc
|Agriculture
|500–999
|-
|}