List of largest employers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the world's
largest public, private, and government employers by number of employees.
2012 BBC
The
BBC includes non-corporate employers in its list.
2010 Economist
The Economist includes non-corporate employers in its list.
Fortune 2007 and 2009
The rankings below are from the
Fortune Global 500 and does not include non-corporate public employers.
| 1. |
 Walmart |
2,055,001 |
2,100,000 |
$408,214 |
$14,335 |
1 |
| 2. |
 Indian Railways |
1,900,000 |
1,361,519 |
$19,130 |
$211 |
501 |
| 3. |
 State Grid |
1,486,000 |
1,533,800 |
$86,984 |
$1,074 |
24 |
| 4. |
China National Petroleum |
1,117,345 |
1,649,992 |
$83,557 |
$12,950 |
25 |
| 5. |
 Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) |
920,000 |
611,000 |
$59,300 |
$2,200 |
25 |
| 6. |
U.S. Postal Service |
573,929 (career employees) |
574,000 |
$69,907 |
-$8,500 |
109 |
| 7. |
Sinopec |
634,011 |
633,383 |
$98,785 |
$2,668 |
23 |
| 8. |
 G4S |
625,000 |
630,000 |
$11,407 |
$357 |
N/A |
| 9. |
 Carrefour |
590,042 |
475,976 |
$94,455 |
$1,784 |
25 |
| 10. |
 ISS A/S |
522,700 |
522,700 |
$14,111 |
$101 |
N/A |
| 11. |
 Deutsche Post |
502,545 |
424,686 |
$59,990 |
$2,777 |
75 |
| 12. |
Agricultural Bank of China |
478,895 |
441,144 |
$17,166 |
$0,127 |
377 |
| 13. |
Siemens |
461,000 |
405,000 |
$100,099 |
$2,855 |
22 |
| 14. |
McDonald's |
447,000 |
385,000 |
$20,460 |
$2,602 |
318 |
| 15. |
Tesco |
440,000 |
472,000 |
$71,128 |
$2,821 |
59 |
| 16. |
Compass Group |
410,074 |
386,170 |
$23,469 |
$0,002 |
260 |
| 17. |
China Telecommunications |
407,982 |
312,520 |
$22,736 |
$2,376 |
279 |
| 18. |
UPS |
407,000 |
408,000 |
$42,581 |
$3,870 |
129 |
| 19. |
IBM |
399,409 |
426,751 |
$91,134 |
$7,934 |
29 |
| 20. |
Coal India Limited |
397,138 |
383,347 |
$11,590 |
$2,140 |
N/A |
| 21. |
 Gazprom |
396,571 |
376,300 |
$50,824 |
$14,865 |
102 |
| 22. |
Daimler |
382,724 |
260,100 |
$186,106 |
$3,536 |
7 |
| 23. |
Sodexo |
380,000 |
379,140 |
$20,800 |
$1,051 |
459 |
| 24. |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China |
361,623 |
389,827 |
$29,167 |
$4,114 |
199 |
| 25. |
 Hitachi |
355,879 |
361,745 |
$83,596 |
$0,330 |
38 |
| 26. |
Sears Holdings |
355,000 |
280,000 |
$49,124 |
$0,858 |
107 |
| 27. |
Volkswagen |
344,902 |
368,500 |
$118,377 |
$1,392 |
17 |
| 28. |
Target Corporation |
338,000 |
355,000 |
$52,620 |
$2,408 |
97 |
| 29. |
General Motors |
335,000 |
209,000 |
$192,604 |
-$10,567 |
5 |
| 30. |
Panasonic Corporation |
334,402 |
365,899 |
$78,558 |
$1,364 |
47 |
| 31. |
General Electric |
316,000 |
304,000 |
$157,153 |
$16,353 |
11 |
| 32. |
La Poste |
303,405 |
287,174 |
$24,018 |
$0,692 |
252 |
| 33. |
Citigroup |
303,000 |
260,000 |
$131,045 |
$24,589 |
14 |
| 34. |
China Construction Bank |
300,288 |
301,537 |
$22,771 |
$5,749 |
277 |
| 35. |
BSNL |
299,840 |
281,635 |
$7,210 |
N/A |
N/A |
| 36. |
Kroger |
290,000 |
334,000 |
$60,553 |
$0,958 |
73 |
| 37. |
Home Depot |
289,800 |
321,000 |
$81,511 |
$5,838 |
43 |
| 38. |
Toyota Motor |
285,977 |
317,734 |
$185,805 |
$12,120 |
8 |
| 39. |
HSBC Holdings |
284,000 |
295,995 |
$93,494 |
$15,873 |
26 |
| 40. |
China Railway Group |
280,581 |
220,000 |
$15,294 |
$0,083 |
441 |
| 41. |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
276,000 |
270,687 |
$62,593 |
$3,148 |
119 |
| 42. |
Veolia Environnement |
271,153 |
291,000 |
$31,368 |
$0,774 |
185 |
| 43. |
 Nestlé |
250,000 |
281,000 |
$74,659 |
$6,416 |
53 |
Number of employees at year end 2009 not listed under 2007 above:
- Aviation Industry Corporation (China) - 30,254
- China Southern Power Grid - 3,184
- Edeka Zentrale - 289,60
- Bank of America - 283,71
- AT&T - 282,720
- ArcelorMittal - 281,703
- China North Industries Group - 279,472
- China Resources National - 11,111
- Wells Fargo - 267,300
- Bank of China - 262,566
- Jardine Matheson - 261,000
- Deutsche Telekom - 259,920
- Telefónica - 257,426
