 "I worked in Vernon for 14 years. If it wasn’t for the industry in Vernon who knows where I would have been today. The city is great because it offers a lot of job opportunities. It’s pro-union and everyone knows each other…it’s like living in a small town." Martin Perez JOBS IN VERNON, CA According to the 2008 Vernon Economic Impact Study, conducted by the Los Angeles County EDC, private-sector activities in Vernon today support an estimated total of 103,900 full-time jobs in Los Angeles County. Some 44,896 workers are employed by Vernon-based firms. An estimated 470 more employees work on privately-financed construction projects in the city. In addition, more than 58,500 indirect jobs are attributable to the spending of Vernon-based firms, construction contractors working on projects in Vernon, and the direct employees, for a total private-sector employment impact of 103,900 Vernon-related direct and indirect jobs.  The survey indicates that most employees working in Vernon live elsewhere in Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles is the single largest source of Vernon workers, home to 15,938 employees, more than 35% of the Vernon workforce. Vernon employees live all over Los Angeles, with significant numbers residing in South Central (3,863), near USC (3,540), in Boyle Heights (1,853), in Northeast L.A. (1,535), and in the Wilshire area (1,452). Other communities with large numbers of Vernon-based workers include Huntington Park, Bell, Bell Gardens and Cudahy, South Gate, Maywood, Long Beach, Whittier, East L.A., Downey, Lynwood, and Compton. Vernon is an important source of employment for several of these communities. LAEDC estimates that more than 13% of the workers who live in Maywood and Huntington Park have jobs in Vernon. 
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