List of largest employers in the United States

This is a list of largest employers in the United States. Note that for some companies the United States does not comprise the majority of total employees.

Employment by company

United States Largest Private Employers (as of 2016)[1][2][3][4][5]
RankEmployerGlobal number of EmployeesMedian annual pay
1Walmart2,300,000$19,177
2Amazon541,900$28,466
3Kroger443,000$21,075
4Yum! Brands420,000$9,111
5The Home Depot406,000$21,095
6International Business Machines380,000$54,491
7McDonald's375,000$7,017
8Berkshire Hathaway367,700$53,510
9FedEx335,767$50,017
10United Parcel Service335,520$53,443
11Target Corporation323,000$20,581
12Walgreens Boots Alliance300,000
13General Electric295,000$57,211
14Albertsons273,000
15Wells Fargo269,100$60,466
16AT&T268,540$78,437
17PepsiCo264,000$47,801
18Cognizant Technology Solutions260,200$31,998
19UnitedHealth Group260,000$58,378
20Starbucks254,000
21Deloitte244,400
22J.P. Morgan Chase243,355$77,799
23Lowe's240,000$23,905
24TJX235,000$11,243
25Ernst & Young231,000

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.[6]

All employees, private industries, by branches
Employment by major industry sector[7][8]
Industry SectorEmployee count (as of Jan. 2013)
Total [A]145,000,000
Total nonfarm133,074,000
Total private111,342,000
Goods-producing18,071,000
Mining and logging838,000
Logging48,900
Mining800,500
Oil and gas extraction192,300
Mining, except oil and gas204,900
Coal mining78,200
Support activities for mining392,000
Construction5,353,000
Construction of buildings1,208,700
Residential building565,100
Nonresidential building192,300
Heavy and civil engineering construction773,800
Specialty trade contractors3,370,200
Residential specialty trade contractors1,409,800
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors1,960,400
Manufacturing11,880,000
Durable goods7,468,000
Wood products340,700
Nonmetallic mineral products354,600
Primary metals397,900
Fabricated metal products1,412,300
Machinery1,100,900
Computer and electronic products1,071,300
Computer and peripheral equipment156,000
Communications equipment104,500
Semiconductors and electronic components377,500
Electronic instruments394,000
Electrical equipment and appliances373,800
Transportation equipment1,488,900
Motor vehicles and parts797,600
Furniture and related products349,900
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing577,900
Nondurable goods4,412,000
Food manufacturing1,442,000
Textile mills116,300
Textile product mills115,500
Apparel145,300
Paper and paper products378,800
Printing and related support activities452,700
Petroleum and coal products109,700
Chemicals787,100
Plastics and rubber products644,800
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing219,900
Private service-providing93,271,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities25,505,000
Wholesale trade5,663,000
Durable goods2,841,300
Nondurable goods1,955,800
Electronic markets and agents and brokers865,900
Retail trade14,852,100
Motor vehicle and parts dealers1,737,200
Automobile dealers1,107,100
Furniture and home furnishings stores447,300
Electronics and appliance stores515,700
Building material and garden supply stores1,126,600
Food and beverage stores2,883,700
Health and personal care1,007,900
Gasoline stations838,600
Clothing and clothing accessories stores1,420,800
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores596,100
General merchandise stores3,041,600
Department stores1,377,400
Miscellaneous store retailers778,400
Nonstore retailers458,200
Transportation and warehousing4,440,300
Air transportation446,000
Rail transportation230,200
Water transportation62,600
Truck transportation1,343,700
Transit and ground passenger transportation460,000
Pipeline transportation43,300
Scenic and sightseeing transportation20,500
Support activities for transportation591,000
Couriers and messengers546,900
Warehousing and storage696,100
Utilities549,700
Information2,635,000
Publishing industries, except Internet732,100
Motion picture and sound recording industries315,700
Broadcasting, except Internet284,400
Telecommunications853,500
Data processing, hosting and related services263,000
Other information services186,600
Financial activities7,783,000
Finance and insurance5,850,200
Monetary authorities-central bank17,500
Credit intermediation and related activities2,614,000
Depository credit intermediation1,742,100
Commercial banking1,322,400
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts854,500
Insurance carriers and related activities2,364,200
Real estate and rental and leasing1,932,400
Real estate1,411,800
Rental and leasing services497,100
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets23,500
Professional and business services17,845,000
Professional and technical services8,012,800
Legal services1,122,800
Accounting and bookkeeping services989,300
Architectural and engineering services1,314,000
Computer systems design and related services1,659,200
Management and technical consulting services1,131,400
Management of companies and enterprises2,059,800
Administrative and waste services7,773,000
Administrative and support services7,402,700
Employment services3,031,800
Temporary help services2,409,300
Business support services7,783,000
Services to buildings and dwellings1,681,000
Waste management and remediation services369,300
Education and health services20,791,000
Educational services3,232,900
Health care and social assistance17,558,500
Health care14,365,700
Ambulatory health care services6,389,000
Offices of physicians2,414,400
Outpatient care centers663,700
Home health care services1,203,800
Hospitals4,780,700
Nursing and residential care facilities3,196,000
Nursing care facilities1,651,300
Social assistance3,192,800
Child day care services855,000
Leisure and hospitality13,324,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation1,768,600
Performing arts and spectator sports364,300
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions126,400
Amusements, gambling, and recreation1,277,900
Accommodation and food services11,555,300
Accommodation1,745,800
Food services and drinking places9,809,500
Other services5,388,000
Repair and maintenance1,194,300
Personal and laundry services1,315,200
Membership associations and organizations2,878,400
Government21,732,000
Federal government2,786,000
Federal government, except U.S. Postal Service2,185,200
U.S. Postal Service600,600
State government4,928,000
State government education2,273,900
State government, excluding education2,654,000
Local government14,018,000
Local government education7,880,000
Local government, excluding education6,138,100

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/filtered?sortBy=employees&first500
  2. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/
  3. ↑ http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2311821
  4. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-companies-large-and-small-pay-their-workers/
  5. ↑ https://www.wsj.com/graphics/how-does-your-pay-stack-up/
  6. ↑ Thompson, Derek (2018-01-09). "Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest Employer". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  7. ↑ http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
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