Foreign-Headquartered Firms Employ 11.4% of US Workers, With IT Consulting at 41.1%
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Updated · reveliolabs.com · Jun 16
Foreign-Headquartered Firms Employ 11.4% of US Workers, With IT Consulting at 41.1%
3 articles · Updated · reveliolabs.com · Jun 16
Summary
11.4% of US workers are employed by companies whose ultimate parent is based abroad, according to a Revelio Labs analysis of online professional-profile data.
41.1% of US employees in IT consulting work for foreign firms—the highest industry share—while food and hospitality follows at 36%, underscoring how overseas employers cluster in market-facing sectors.
Texas, New Jersey and New York have the heaviest exposure, with foreign companies employing more than 13% of each state’s workforce, helped by concentrations in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, finance and consulting.
UK-headquartered firms account for about 2% of all US workers—nearly double Canada’s share—while German, Japanese and French companies each employ roughly 0.85%.
Foreign employers also skew toward engineering, sales and operations roles, suggesting trade, investment and geopolitical decisions made overseas can directly affect a sizable slice of the US labor market.