List of largest employers

Largest employers

Below is the list of largest employers including government owned companies and institutions in 2022.

Rank	Employer	Employees (mn)	Country	State-owned	Ref
1	Ministry of Defence (India)	2.99	India		[1]
2	Department of Defense (USA)	2.93	United States		[1]
3	People's Liberation Army	2.55	China		[1]
4	Walmart	2.30	United States		[1]
5	Amazon	1.61	United States		[1]
6	China National Petroleum	1.45	China		[1]
7	National Health Service	1.38	United Kingdom		[1]
8	Foxconn	1.29	Taiwan		[1]
9	Indian Railways	1.21	India		[2]
10	Tata Group	1.02	India		[3]

Fortune Global 500

Following is the list of Fortune 500 companies providing the most jobs worldwide, according to a list published in 2023 by Fortune magazine.^[4]

Rank	Employer	Country	Employees (mn)	State-owned
1	Walmart	United States	2.1
2	Amazon	United States	1.55
3	State Grid	China	1.36
4	China National Petroleum	China	1.09
5	BYD Company	China	0.90
6	Accenture	United States	0.8
7	Foxconn	Taiwan	0.76
8	China Post Group	China	0.75
9	Volkswagen Group	Germany	0.68	Partially
10	United States Postal Service	United States	0.63

See also

• Fortune Global 500
• Forbes Global 2000
• List of multinational corporations
• List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue
• List of largest financial services companies by revenue
• List of the largest software companies
• List of largest Internet companies
• List of largest technology companies by revenue
• List of private-equity firms
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of public corporations by market capitalization
• List of largest corporate profits and losses
• Lists of occupations
• List of types of tradesman
• Lists of companies – company-related list articles on Wikipedia
• List of largest United States–based employers globally
• List of wealthiest religious organizations