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 Rank Employer Global number of employees 1 Walmart 2,100,000 2 Amazon.com 1,525,000 3 Allied Universal 800,000 4 Accenture742,000 5 FedEx Corporation 547,000 6 United Parcel Service 536,000 7 Home Depot 465,0008Concentrix Corporation440,000 9 UnitedHealth Group 440,000 10Target Corporation415,000 11 Kroger 414,000 12Marriott International411,000 13 Ernst & Young 395,442 14 Berkshire Hathaway 383,000 15 Starbucks 381,000 16 Marsh McLennan 365,000 17 TJX 349,000 18 Cognizant Technology Solutions 344,400 19 Walgreens Boots Alliance 330,00020Costco Wholesale Corporation316,000 21 PepsiCo 318,000 22 J.P. Morgan Chase 309,92623Lowe's Companies300,000 24 IBM 282,200 25 HCA Healthcare 220,000 26 CVS Health 365,000 27 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.

Employment by major industry sector Industry sector Employee count (as of April 2024) Total 169,583,000 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 1,841,000 Motor vehicles and parts 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 3,516,500 Temporary help services 2,736,700 Business support services 709,800Travel arrangement and reservation services 194,400Investigation and security measures 1,015,200 Services to buildings and dwellings 2,284,000Other 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 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

List of largest United States–based employers globally

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