Editing Palo Alto, California (section)

===Top employers===
[[File:TeslaMotors HQ PaloAlto.jpg|thumb|Former [[Tesla Motors]] headquarters]]
According to the city's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/administrative-services/city-budgets/fy-2023-city-budget/fy-2023-annual-comprehensive-financial-report.pdf |title=City of Palo Alto FY 2023 CAFR| publisher=Cityofpaloalto.org| access-date=October 16, 2024}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

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! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Hewlett-Packard]]
|14,673
|-
|2
|[[SAP Labs]]
|14,164
|-
|3
|[[VMware]]
|10,720
|-
|4
|[[Stanford Health Care]]
|5,500
|-
|5
|[[Stanford University]]
|4,060
|-
|6
|[[VA Palo Alto Health Care System|Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System]]
|4,400
|-
|7
|[[Varian Medical Systems]]
|3,490
|-
|8
|[[Cooley LLP]]
|2,324
|-
|9
|[[Palantir Technologies]]
|2,026
|-
|10
|[[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati]]
|1,701
|}