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
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]
See also
- List of companies of the United States by state
- List of largest companies in the United States by revenue
- List of largest employers
- List of multinational corporations
- List of wealthiest religious organizations
- List of largest corporate profits and losses
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of most valuable brands
- List of countries by GDP sector composition
References
- Fortune 500 Companies 2019: Who Made the List Fortune, retrieved 2020-08-10^
- Forbes list of largest US Private Companies Forbes, retrieved 2020-08-10^
- Walmart Location Facts Walmart Location Facts, retrieved 2024-06-09