List of largest employers in the United States

Employment by Company in the United States

United States Largest Private Employers (as of 2015)
Rank	Employer	Employees
1	Wal-Mart Stores	2,200,000
2	McDonald's (franchise)	420,000
3	International Business Machines	412,775
4	Kroger	400,000
5	The Home Depot	371,000
6	Target	347,000
7	United Parcel Service	336,150
8	Berkshire Hathaway	316,000
9	General Electric	305,000
10	Yum! Brands	303,405
11	Hewlett-Packard	302,000
12	FedEx	298,099
13	PepsiCo	271,000
14	Albertsons	265,000
15	Wells Fargo	264,500
16	AT&T	243,620
17	JPMorgan Chase	241,359
18	Citigroup	241,000
19	Bank of America	223,715
20	Lowe's	220,500
21	General Motors	216,000
22	Aramark	216,000
23	Walgreens	213,000
24	Ernst & Young	212,000
25	United Technologies	211,500
26	Cognizant Technology Solutions	211,500
27	PricewaterhouseCoopers	208,000
28	Darden Restaurants	206,489
29	TJX	198,000
30	HCA Holdings	197,000
31	Sears Holdings	196,000
32	Starbucks	191,000
33	Ford Motor	187,000
34	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	180,400
35	The Walt Disney Company	180,000
36	CVS Health	177,800
37	Verizon Communications	177,300
38	Publix Super Markets	175,000
39	UnitedHealth Group	170,000
40	Johnson Controls	168,000
41	Macy's	166,900
42	Boeing	165,500
43	Hilton Worldwide Holdings	157,000
44	Amazon.com	154,100
45	Costco Wholesale	153,500
46	Cargill	153,000
47	Xerox	147,500
48	Jabil Circuit	142,000
49	Gap	141,000
50	Comcast	139,000
51	Safeway	137,000
52	The Coca-Cola Company	129,200
53	Microsoft	128,000
54	Honeywell International	127,000
55	Johnson & Johnson	126,500
56	Lear Corporation	125,200
57	Best Buy	125,000
58	Convergys	125,000
59	Tyson Foods	124,000
60	Marriott International	123,500
61	Oracle Corporation	122,000
62	Community Health Systems	119,000
63	Procter & Gamble	118,000
64	ABM Industries	118,000
65	Emerson Electric	115,100
66	Caterpillar Inc.	114,233
67	J. C. Penney	114,000
68	American Airlines	113,300
69	Lockheed Martin	112,000
70	Intel	106,700
71	Dollar General	105,500
72	Mondelez International	104,000
73	Whirlpool	100,000
74	Bloomin' Brands	100,000
75	Dell	100,000
76	Koch Industries	100,000
77	General Dynamics	99,500
78	Apple Inc.	97,200
79	Tenet Healthcare	96,456
80	Enterprise Holdings	91,000
81	3M	89,800
82	Kohl's	84,500
83	Western Digital	84,072
84	United Continental Holdings	84,000
85	Exxon Mobil	83,700
86	Philip Morris International	82,500
87	Halliburton	80,000
88	HE Butt Grocery	80,000
89	Delta Air Lines	79,655
90	Pfizer	78,300
91	Hy-Vee	78,000
92	Abbott Laboratories	77,000
93	Meijer	76,000
94	Mars, Incorporated	75,000
95	Cisco Systems	74,042
96	Omnicom Group	74,000
97	State Farm Insurance	73,262
98	TRW Automotive Holdings	72,900
99	Whole Foods Market	72,650
100	Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	72,000

Employment by Major Industry Sector in United States

All employees, private industries, by branches

Employment by Major Industry Sector
Industry Sector	Employee count (as of Jan. 2013)
Total	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 companies of the United States
• List of largest employers
• List of the largest software companies
• List of largest Internet companies
• List of the largest information technology companies