List of largest United States–based employers globally
This is a list of United States–based companies having the most employees globally. For some companies listed, the majority of total employees live and work in other countries.
Employees are mixed and composed of various Economic sectors such as the Business sector , Private sector , Public sector , and the Voluntary sector . Additional classifications include the Agricultural (or primary) sector , Industrial (or secondary) sector , Service (or tertiary) sector , Information (or quaternary) sector , and Human (or quinary) sector .
Employment by company
United States-based largest private employers[ 1] [ 2]
Rank
Employer
Global number of employees
1
Walmart, Inc.
2,100,000[ 3]
2
Amazon.com, Inc.
1,525,000[ 4]
3
Allied Universal
800,000[ 5]
4
Accenture
742,000[ 6]
18
DHL
594,879
5
FedEx Corporation
547,000[ 7]
7
United Parcel Service
536,000
6
Home Depot
465,000
24
Concentrix Corporation
440,000
10
UnitedHealth Group
440,000
9
Target Corporation
415,000
8
Kroger
414,000
14
Marriott International, Inc.
411,000
19
Ernst & Young
395,442
12
Berkshire Hathaway
383,000
13
Starbucks
381,000
15
Target Corporation
368,000
16
PricewaterhouseCoopers
364,232
21
TJX
349,000
17
Cognizant Technology Solutions
344,400
20
Walgreens Boots Alliance
330,000
22
Siemens
320,000
23
Costco Wholesale Corporation
316,000
25
PepsiCo
318,000
26
J.P. Morgan Chase
309,926
27
Lowe's Companies
300,000
11
IBM
282,200
29
HCA Healthcare
220,000
28
CVS Health
219,000
30
Bank of America
212,000
Employment by major industry sector
According to research from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (more specifically, provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ), health care has now surpassed both manufacturing and retail as the engine for employment growth in the coming decades. There were approximately 16 million people employed in the health care sector in 2017.[ 8]
Employment by major industry sector [ 9]
Industry sector
Employee count (as of April 2024)[ a]
Total
169,583,000[ b] [ 10]
Total nonfarm
158,286,000
Total private
135,015,000
Goods -producing
21,821,000
Mining and logging
641,000
Logging
42,200
Mining , quarrying , and oil and gas extraction
593,300
Oil and gas extraction
118,500
Mining , except oil and gas
189,700
Coal mining
44,100
Metal ore mining
42,900
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying
102,700
Support activities for mining
290,100
Construction worker
8,219,000
Construction of buildings
1,867,300
Residential building
950,000
Nonresidential building
917,300
Heavy and civil engineering construction
1,146,300
Specialty trade contractors
5,205,100
Residential specialty trade contractors
2,407,400
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors
2,797,700
Manufacturing
12,961,000
Durable goods
8,144,000
Wood products
415,700
Nonmetallic mineral products
422,000
Primary metals
370,700
Fabricated metal products
1,469,600
Machinery
1,139,400
Computer and electronic products
1,102,300
Computer and peripheral equipment
161,000
Communications equipment
85,400
Semiconductors and electronic components
392,100
Navigational , measuring , electromedical , and control instruments
432,900
Magnetic and optical media and audio and visual equipment
31,000
Electrical equipment, appliances , and components
411,100
Transportation equipment [ c]
1,841,000
Motor vehicles and parts [ d]
1,063,900
Furniture and related products
345,900
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing
626,500
Non-durable goods
4,817,000
Food manufacturing
1,735,500
Textile mills
88,700
Textile product mills
95,400
Apparel
83,400
Paper and paper products
350,300
Printing and related support activities
366,700
Petroleum and coal products
109,200
Chemicals
898,200
Plastics and rubber products
728,100
Beverage , tobacco , and leather and allied products
361,900
Private service-providing
113,194,000
Trade, transportation , and utilities
29,011,000
Wholesale trade
6,169,700
Durable goods
3,425,300
Nondurable goods
2,230,800
Agents and brokers
513,600
Retail trade
15,677,900
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
2,072,700
Automobile dealers
1,298,600
Other motor vehicle dealers
170,900
Automotive parts , accessories , and tire retailers
603,200
Building material and garden supply stores
1,375,600
Food and beverage stores
3,264,400
Furniture , home furnishings , electronics, and appliance stores
821,700
Furniture and home furnishing stores
425,500
Electronics and appliance stores
396,200
General merchandise stores
3,041,600
Department stores
1,377,400
Warehouse clubs , supercenters , and other general merchandise
2,306,500
Health and personal care
1,099,600
Gasoline stations
1,080,600
Clothing , clothing accessories , shoe , and jewelry stores
1,137,800
Sporting goods , hobby , music , book , and miscellaneous stores
1,544,300
Transportation and warehousing
6,575,800
Air transportation
573,900
Rail transportation
153,400
Water transportation
74,900
Truck transportation
1,557,800
Transit and ground passenger transportation
435,100
Pipeline transportation
53,600
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
31,900
Support activities for transportation
839,700
Couriers and messengers
1,079,900
Warehousing and storage
1,775,600
Utilities
587,400
Information
3,013,000
Motion picture and sound recording industries
434,400
Publishing industries
932,400
Broadcasting and content providers
341,100
Telecommunications
630,000
Computing infrastructure , data processing , hosting and related services
498,800
Web search portals , libraries , archives , and other information services
176,400
Financial activities
9,233,000
Finance and insurance
6,732,500
Monetary authorities -central bank
22,600
Credit intermediation and related activities
2,587,700
Depository credit intermediation
1,777,500
Commercial banking
1,366,700
Nondepository credit intermediation
525,700
Activities related to credit intermediation
284,500
Securities , commodity contracts , investments , and funds and trusts
1,112,600
Insurance carriers and related activities
3,009,600
Real estate and rental and leasing
2,500,900
Real estate
1,878,800
Rental and leasing services
598,600
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (excluding copyrighted works)
23,500
Professional and business services
22,942,000
Professional , scientific , and technical services
10,995,500
Legal services
1,190,300
Accounting , tax preparation , bookkeeping , and payroll services
1,164,000
Architectural , engineering , and related services
1,688,800
Specialized design services
154,600
Computer systems design and related services
2,544,300
Management , scientific, and technical consulting services
1,896,400
Scientific research and development services
957,100
Advertising , public relations , and related services
522,900
Other professional, scientific, and technical services
877,100
Management of companies and enterprises
2,555,700
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,390,300
Administrative and support services
8,872,400
Office administrative services
631,400
Facilities support services
176,700
Employment services [ e]
3,516,500
Temporary help services
2,736,700
Business support services
709,800
Travel arrangement and reservation services
194,400
Investigation and security measures
1,015,200
Services to buildings and dwellings
2,284,000
Other support services
344,400
Waste management and remediation services
517,900
Private education and health services
26,194,000
Private educational services
3,869,300
Health care and social assistance
22,324,300
Health care [ f]
17,549,500
Ambulatory health care services
8,754,700
Offices of physicians
3,012,600
Offices of dentists
1,036,300
Offices of other health practitioners
1,203,600
Outpatient care centers
1,081,900
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
322,500
Home health care services
1,741,200
Other ambulatory health care services
356,700
Hospitals
5,527,400
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,267,400
Nursing care facilities
1,466,600
Residential intellectual and developmental disability , mental health , and substance abuse facilities
666,900
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living for the elderly
970,800
Other residential facilities
163,200
Social Assistance
4,774,800
Individual and family services
3,189,600
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
227,800
Vocational rehabilitation services
289,900
Child care services
1,067,400
Leisure and hospitality
16,897,000
Arts , entertainment , and recreation
2,641,400
Performing arts , spectator sports , and related industries
621,400
Museums , historical sites , and similar institutions
179,400
Amusements , gambling , and recreation
1,840,600
Accommodation and food services
14,255,200
Accommodation
1,923,900
Food services and drinking places
12,331,300
Other services
5,904,000
Repair and maintenance
1,482,200
Personal and laundry services
1,553,800
Religious , grantmaking , civic , professional , and similar organizations
2,867,800
Government
23,271,000
Federal government
2,993,000
Federal government, except U.S. Postal Service
2,386,700
U.S. Postal Service
606,200
State government
5,451,000
State government education
2,669,100
State government, excluding education
2,781,500
Local government
14,827,000
Local government education
8,078,400
Local government, excluding education
6,748,200
^ Seasonally Adjusted
^ Total includes all nonfarm industries, plus the 2022 statistics on all workers who are in agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, as well as those who are self-employed.
^ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
^ Includes motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing.
^ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
^ Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
See also
References
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