10 companies that have created the most jobs for Americans
CEOs of big corporations love to tout job creation as much as President Trump does, but who is really delivering?
While Trump has credited his leadership for the current economic boom and low unemployment rate in many tweets, personal finance website GoBankingRates.com listed which companies are truly responsible for some of the hiring since 2016.
45,000 construction & manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. $20 billion investment. We are already winning again, America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 6, 2017
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! pic.twitter.com/wAkQMKdPXA
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2017
Unsurprisingly, Apple, the most valuable company in the world, came out on top by creating more than 20,000 jobs.
Early last year, the technology giant announced its plans to create a record number of opportunities and establish a new U.S.-based campus as part of a new $350 billion initiative to give back to the U.S. economy after being critcized for years for outsourcing manufacturing to China.
I promised that my policies would allow companies like Apple to bring massive amounts of money back to the United States. Great to see Apple follow through as a result of TAX CUTS. Huge win for American workers and the USA! https://t.co/OwXVUyLOb1
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2018
And, while Amazon, which came in second as the biggest job creator, nixed its plans to build a second headquarters in New York in February, the e-commerce giant has plans to create more than 11,000 jobs for Americans this year.
Insurance giant Progressive wasn't far behind either with its announcement in January that it plans to hire more than 10,000 new employees over the next year.
Here are the top 10 companies that have created the most jobs since 2016
Apple
Jobs created: 20,000
Announced: January 2018
Amazon
Jobs created: 11,000
Announced: May-June 2018
Progressive
Jobs created: 10,000
Announced: January 2019
Jobs created: 7,000
Announced: December 2018
Fiat-Chrysler
Jobs created: 6,500
Announced: February 2019
Sprint
Jobs created: 5,000
Announced: December 2016
Infosys
Jobs created: 3,000
Announced: April 2018
Deloitte
Jobs created: 2,500
Announced: June 2018
Lockheed Martin
Jobs created: 2,200
Announced: January 2017
Intel
Jobs created: 1,750
Announced: February 2019