List of largest employers
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Largest public and private employers in the world
Non-corporate employers are included in these lists:
| Employees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer | 2015[1] | 2010[2] | Headquarters |
| United States Department of Defense | 3.2 million | 3.2 million | United States |
| People's Liberation Army | 2.3 million | 2.3 million | China |
| Walmart | 2.1 million | 2.1 million | United States |
| McDonald's [note 1] | 1.9 million | 1.7 million | United States |
| National Health Service | 1.7 million | 1.4 million | United Kingdom |
| China National Petroleum Corporation | 1.6 million | 1.7 million | China |
| State Grid Corporation of China | 1.5 million | 1.6 million | China |
| Indian Railways | 1.4 million | 1.4 million | India |
| Indian Armed Forces | 1.3 million | [note 2] | India |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) | 1.2 million | 0.8 million | Taiwan |
Largest private employers
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The rankings below are the six private-sector companies providing the most jobs worldwide, which do not include government-owned corporations.
| The six companies with the most employees in the world, 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Employer | Country | Employees |
| 1 | Walmart |  United States
|
2,200,000 |
| 2 | Hon Hai Precision Industry T.A. Foxconn |  Taiwan
|
1,090,000 |
| 3 | Sinopec |  China
|
1,021,979 |
| 4 | G4S |  United Kingdom
|
620,000 |
| 5 | Tata Group |  India
|
602,000 |
| 6 | United States Postal Service | United States
|
601,601 |
| 7 | Tesco | United Kingdom
|
597,784 |
Notes
See also
- List of largest employers in the United States
- List of companies of the United States
- List of largest United Kingdom employers
- Fortune Global 500
- Forbes Global 2000
- List of multinational corporations
- List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue
- List of the largest software companies
- List of largest Internet companies
- List of the largest information technology companies
- List of private equity firms
- List of largest companies by revenue
- List of public corporations by market capitalization
- List of companies by profit and loss
- List of professions
- List of types of tradesman
- Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia
References
- ^ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Employment: Defending jobs - The Economist". 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-10-02.