Global 500 
Top industries
Revenues per employee
1 Petroleum Refining 1,934,198
2 Health Care: Other 1,790,522
3 Wholesalers: Health Care 1,447,124
4 Insurance: Life, Health (stock) 1,396,090
5 Securities 1,079,558
6 Homebuilders 1,062,499
7 Insurance: P & C (stock) 909,589
8 Trading 840,036
9 Health Care: Insurance & Managed Care 811,525
10 Utilities 806,300
11 Energy 707,688
12 Chemicals 650,896
13 Mining, Crude-Oil Production 564,409
14 Network and Other Communications Equipment 533,957
15 Banks: Commercial and Savings 491,127
16 Diversified Financials 477,231
17 Tobacco 455,576
18 Entertainment 452,003
19 Metals 401,659
20 Industrial & Farm Equipment 396,400
21 Pharmaceuticals 375,543
22 Telecommunications 346,138
23 Motor Vehicles & Parts 344,834
24 Beverages 338,160
25 Household and Personal Products 316,121
26 Specialty Retailers 292,537
27 Airlines 291,038
28 Computers, Office Equipment 289,696
29 Aerospace and Defense 273,675
30 Food & Drug Stores 271,918
31 Building Materials, Glass 247,490
32 Electronics, Electrical Equipment 234,910
33 Engineering, Construction 233,394
34 Food Consumer Products 224,042
35 General Merchandisers 187,017
36 Computer Services and Software 180,319
37 Mail, Package, Freight Delivery 125,835
From the July 24, 2006 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 170
Japan 70
Britain, France (tied) 38
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Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,800,000
China National Petroleum 1,090,232
State Grid 844,031
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130
Royal Dutch Shell 25,311
Citigroup 24,589
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Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 185,805
Sinopec 98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 94,869
Honda Motor 87,510
State Grid 86,984
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