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US Fortune 500: Before COVID-19
In the US, more than 1.2 million people are infected with corona virus, and 72,000+ people have lost their lives so far. The global pandemic has impacted all the global economies. According to Bloomberg report, the US GDP is likely to shrink by 2.4% during the fiscal due to COVID-19. Top 500 companies in the US had revenues of USD 13.7 trillion during the year ended March 2019. The list for this year is expected to be out soon.
DXC Technology, Jones Lang LaSalle and Pioneer Natural Resources are the top three companies which improved their rankings by more 150, while Jefferies Financial Group, Fidelity National Financial and Devon Energy slipped the most in the rankings.
Break-up of Fortune 500 by sectors

Others include Household Products, Telecommunications, Apparel and Food & Drug Stores.
Sector-wise revenue per employee, in USD thousands

Average revenue per employee for the US Fortune 500 companies was USD 478,348.
Comparing Revenue/Employee, Global Fortune 500 Vs US Fortune 500 by sector

The Apparel, Chemicals, Household Products, Retailing and Wholesalers sector companies from the list of US Fortune 500 generate less revenue per employee as compared that from Global Fortune 500.
Sector-wise top two companies
Aerospace and Defense (Company, Revenues, Number of Employees)
Boeing, $101,127 million, 153,000
United Technologies, $66,501 million, 240,200
Apparel
Nike, $36,397 million, 73,100
VF, $12,862 million, 69,000
Business Services
Manpower Group, $21,991 million, 30,000
Visa, $20,609 million, 17,000
Chemicals
DuPont, $85,977 million, 98,000
Sherwin-Williams, $17,535 million, 53,368
Energy
Exxon Mobil, $290,212 million, 71,000
Chevron, $166,339 million, 48,600
Engineering & Construction
Lennar, $20,572 million, 11,626
AECOM, $20,156 million, 87,000
Financials
Berkshire Hathaway, $247,837 million, 389,000
JPMorgan Chase, $131,412 million, 256,105
Food & Drug Stores
Walgreens Boots Alliance, $131,537 million, 299,000
Kroger, $121,162 million, 453,000
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
PepsiCo, $64,661 million, 267,000
Archer Daniels Midland, $64,341 million, 31,600
Healthcare
United Health Group, $226,247 million, 300,000
McKesson, $214,319 million, 70,000
Hotels, Restaurants & Resorts
Starbucks, $24,720 million, 291,000
McDonald's. $21,025 million, 210,000
Household Products
Procter & Gamble, $66,832 million, 92,000
Kimberly-Clark, $18,486 million, 41,000
Industrials
General Electric, $120,268 million, 283,000
Caterpillar, $54,722 million, 104,000
Materials
Nucor, $25,067 million, 26,300
International Paper, $23,306 million, 53,000
Media
Walt Disney, $59,434 million, 201,000
Twenty-First Century Fox, $30,400 million, 22,400
Motor Vehicles & Parts
Ford Motor, $160,338 million, 199,000
General Motors, $147,049 million, 173,000
Retailing
Walmart, $514,405 million, 2,200,000
Amazon.com, $232,887 million, 647,500
Technology
Apple, $265,595 million, 132,000
Alphabet, $136,819 million, 98,771
Telecommunication
AT&T, $170,756 million, 268,220
Verizon Communications, $130,863 million, 144,500
Transportation
United Parcel Service, $71,861 million, 364,575
FedEx, $65,450 million, 359,000
Wholesalers
Sysco, $58,727 million, 67,000
Tech Data, $37,239 million, 14,000
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