US Multinational Company Research

U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) employed 30.1 million workers worldwide in 2003, of which 21.8 million were employed in the United States by U.S. parent companies and 8.4 million were employed abroad by majority-owned foreign affiliates.

The employment of U.S. parents accounted for about one-fifth of total U.S. employment in private industries. Capital expenditures by U.S. MNCs totaled $435.7 billion; U.S. parents accounted for $319.3 billion and majority-owned foreign affiliates accounted for $116.4 billion. Sales by U.S. parent companies totaled $6,614.3 billion, and those by majority-owned foreign affiliates totaled $2,948.5 billion.

Majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs employed 5.2 million workers in 2003, accounting for 5 percent of total U.S. employment in private industries. Capital expenditures by these affiliates totaled $109.0 billion and their sales totaled $2,130.7 billion.

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