Fairfield, California
# Employer # of Employees
1 Travis Air Force Base 13,414
2 Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District 2,187
3 County of Solano 2,133
4 NorthBay Medical Center 1,969
5 Solano Community College 750
6 Partnership Health Plan 561
7 City of Fairfield 541
8 Jelly Belly 489
9 Sutter Regional Medical Foundation 475
10 Westamerica Bank 418
Industry and major employers -- Top employers
According to the City 's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , [ 18 ] the top employers in the city are :
Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Solano County, California, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of both cities, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from the city center of Oakland, less than 19 miles (31 km) from Napa Valley, 16 miles (26 km) from the Carquinez Bridge, and 14 miles (23 km) from the Benicia Bridge. Fairfield was founded in 1856 by clippership captain Robert H. Waterman, and named after his former hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the home of Travis Air Force Base and the headquarters of Jelly Belly. With a population of 108,321 at the 2010 census, it is slightly smaller in population than Vallejo. Other nearby cities include Suisun City, Vacaville, Rio Vista, Benicia, and Napa.