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Pasadena's economy centers on research, technology, and healthcare rather than the entertainment or tourism image the Rose Parade suggests. The California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech operates under contract to NASA, are the city's two largest employers. In 2024, Health Care & Social Assistance (11,311 workers), Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (10,097), and Educational Services (9,258) were Pasadena's largest industry sectors, with software engineering, aerospace applications, robotics, and data analytics named as areas of active growth.

Corporate headquarters add another layer: Parsons Corporation, Western Asset Management, Tetra Tech, and East-West Bank are all based in Pasadena. Huntington Memorial Hospital and Kaiser Permanente lead the healthcare sector. Commercially, Old Pasadena's 22-block historic district along Colorado Boulevard packs in more than 300 restaurants and shops, over half of them independent businesses, and doubles as the route for the Rose Parade each January, drawing regional foot traffic well beyond the resident population.

A workforce concentrated in research campuses, hospitals, and corporate offices, layered onto a historic district with hundreds of small independent retailers, creates steady year-round demand for local trades and professional services, from HVAC contractors maintaining older Old Pasadena buildings to dentists and attorneys serving Caltech and JPL-adjacent households. That density of competing small businesses also means local search rankings are contested territory.