List of largest United States–based employers globally

This is a list of United States–based companies having the most employees globally. Note that for some companies listed, the majority of total employees live and work in other countries.

Employment by company

United States-based Largest Private Employers
Rank	Employer	Global number of Employees
1	Walmart	2,200,000
2	Amazon	1,298,000
3	FedEx Corporation	600,000
4	Yum China	450,000
5	Kroger	435,000
6	Home Depot	415,700
7	Berkshire Hathaway	391,500
8	International Business Machines	383,800
9	United Parcel Service	377,640
10	Target Corporation	368,000
11	Starbucks	346,000
12	UnitedHealth Group	325,000
13	Deloitte	310,000
14	Cognizant Technology Solutions	292,500
15	CVS Health	290,000
16	Walgreens Boots Alliance	287,000
17	TJX	286,000
18	PricewaterhouseCoopers	276,000
19	Albertsons	267,000
20	PepsiCo	267,000
21	Bank of America	257,000
22	J.P. Morgan Chase	256,981
23	Allied Universal	250,000
24	AT&T	247,800
25	HCA Healthcare	245,000
26	Raytheon Technologies	243,200
27	Synnex	240,900

Employment by major industry sector

According to research from the Federal Reserve Economic Data, 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.

Employment by major industry sector
Industry Sector	Employee count (as of Jan. 2013)
Total [A]	145,000,000
Total nonfarm	133,074,000
Total private	111,342,000
Goods-producing	18,071,000
Mining and logging	838,000
Logging	48,900
Mining	800,500
Oil and gas extraction	192,300
Mining, except oil and gas	204,900
Coal mining	78,200
Support activities for mining	392,000
Construction	5,353,000
Construction of buildings	1,208,700
Residential building	565,100
Nonresidential building	192,300
Heavy and civil engineering construction	773,800
Specialty trade contractors	3,370,200
Residential specialty trade contractors	1,409,800
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors	1,960,400
Manufacturing	11,880,000
Durable goods	7,468,000
Wood products	340,700
Nonmetallic mineral products	354,600
Primary metals	397,900
Fabricated metal products	1,412,300
Machinery	1,100,900
Computer and electronic products	1,071,300
Computer and peripheral equipment	156,000
Communications equipment	104,500
Semiconductors and electronic components	377,500
Electronic instruments	394,000
Electrical equipment and appliances	373,800
Transportation equipment	1,488,900
Motor vehicles and parts	797,600
Furniture and related products	349,900
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing	577,900
Nondurable goods	4,412,000
Food manufacturing	1,442,000
Textile mills	116,300
Textile product mills	115,500
Apparel	145,300
Paper and paper products	378,800
Printing and related support activities	452,700
Petroleum and coal products	109,700
Chemicals	787,100
Plastics and rubber products	644,800
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing	219,900
Private service-providing	93,271,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities	25,505,000
Wholesale trade	5,663,000
Durable goods	2,841,300
Nondurable goods	1,955,800
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	865,900
Retail trade	14,852,100
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	1,737,200
Automobile dealers	1,107,100
Furniture and home furnishings stores	447,300
Electronics and appliance stores	515,700
Building material and garden supply stores	1,126,600
Food and beverage stores	2,883,700
Health and personal care	1,007,900
Gasoline stations	838,600
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	1,420,800
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores	596,100
General merchandise stores	3,041,600
Department stores	1,377,400
Miscellaneous store retailers	778,400
Nonstore retailers	458,200
Transportation and warehousing	4,440,300
Air transportation	446,000
Rail transportation	230,200
Water transportation	62,600
Truck transportation	1,343,700
Transit and ground passenger transportation	460,000
Pipeline transportation	43,300
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	20,500
Support activities for transportation	591,000
Couriers and messengers	546,900
Warehousing and storage	696,100
Utilities	549,700
Information	2,635,000
Publishing industries, except Internet	732,100
Motion picture and sound recording industries	315,700
Broadcasting, except Internet	284,400
Telecommunications	853,500
Data processing, hosting and related services	263,000
Other information services	186,600
Financial activities	7,783,000
Finance and insurance	5,850,200
Monetary authorities-central bank	17,500
Credit intermediation and related activities	2,614,000
Depository credit intermediation	1,742,100
Commercial banking	1,322,400
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts	854,500
Insurance carriers and related activities	2,364,200
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,932,400
Real estate	1,411,800
Rental and leasing services	497,100
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets	23,500
Professional and business services	17,845,000
Professional and technical services	8,012,800
Legal services	1,122,800
Accounting and bookkeeping services	989,300
Architectural and engineering services	1,314,000
Computer systems design and related services	1,659,200
Management and technical consulting services	1,131,400
Management of companies and enterprises	2,059,800
Administrative and waste services	7,773,000
Administrative and support services	7,402,700
Employment services	3,031,800
Temporary help services	2,409,300
Business support services	7,783,000
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,681,000
Waste management and remediation services	369,300
Education and health services	20,791,000
Educational services	3,232,900
Health care and social assistance	17,558,500
Health care	14,365,700
Ambulatory health care services	6,389,000
Offices of physicians	2,414,400
Outpatient care centers	663,700
Home health care services	1,203,800
Hospitals	4,780,700
Nursing and residential care facilities	3,196,000
Nursing care facilities	1,651,300
Social assistance	3,192,800
Child day care services	855,000
Leisure and hospitality	13,324,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,768,600
Performing arts and spectator sports	364,300
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	126,400
Amusements, gambling, and recreation	1,277,900
Accommodation and food services	11,555,300
Accommodation	1,745,800
Food services and drinking places	9,809,500
Other services	5,388,000
Repair and maintenance	1,194,300
Personal and laundry services	1,315,200
Membership associations and organizations	2,878,400
Government	21,732,000
Federal government	2,786,000
Federal government, except U.S. Postal Service	2,185,200
U.S. Postal Service	600,600
State government	4,928,000
State government education	2,273,900
State government, excluding education	2,654,000
Local government	14,018,000
Local government education	7,880,000
Local government, excluding education	6,138,100

See also

• List of largest employers
• List of the largest software companies
• List of largest Internet companies
• List of largest technology companies by revenue