The U.S. Auto Industry Drives Domestic Job Creation

From research labs and supplier factories to assembly lines and dealership showrooms, U.S. automakers, their suppliers, their dealerships, and the local businesses that support them are responsible for more than 7.25 million U.S. jobs. No manufacturing sector employs more U.S. workers.

Together, the 15 major automakers competing in the U.S. directly employ about 388,000 U.S. workers. FCA US, Ford, and General Motors employ 238,000 of these U.S. workers, meaning that FCA US, Ford, and General Motors employ nearly 2 out of 3 of America’s autoworkers.

The fact that FCA US, Ford, and General Motors account for 64% of U.S. auto jobs is remarkable, especially considering that they account for only 44% of U.S. market share.

FCA US, Ford, and General Motors produce more of their vehicles here, conduct more of their research here, and buy more of their parts here. As a result, they have based nearly seven times more of their global workforce in the U.S. than their competitors.

 

US Employment (YE 2018)

 

 

FCA US/Ford/ General Motors employ 2 out of 3 of America’s autoworkers, translating to 238,000 jobs.

 

 

Industries with Top 10 Highest Job Multipliers (2018)

 

 

  • Help Wanted: Ford’s Largest Salaried Hiring Initiative in More Than a Decade Grows by 800 Jobs to 3,000 New U.S. Hires

    DEARBORN, Mich., July 23, 2013 – Ford Motor Company will hire an additional 800 salaried employees for a total of more than 3,000 salaried employees in 2013. The new hiring represents a 36 percent increase over the original projection of 2,200 additional salaried jobs announced in January. With only a 2.7 percent attrition rate, the majority of these jobs are new.

    This salaried hiring initiative is the largest since 2000, and is necessary for Ford to meet surging demand for its products and continue its aggressive global growth. Ford’s U.S. market share is up almost a full percentage point from last year, and the company reported its best June sales since 2006, fueled by share gains on the east and west coasts and surging demand for Ford Escape and Ford F-150.
     

  • Ford boosts hiring of engineers, computer workers

    Ford Motor is dramatically stepping up its hiring of engineers, software workers and other salaried employees to meet the increased demand for a new high-tech era in the auto industry.

    Ford said it will increase white-collar hiring by 36%, or 800 jobs, to a total of 3,000.

    About 80% of the new hires will be engineers and information technology workers needed to design the next generation of vehicles that will succeed the Fusion, Focus, F-150 and other models on the road today.

  • Ford adds 800 more salaried workers to hiring plan

    The hallways at Ford Motor Co.’s world headquarters are about to get a little more crowded.

    The automaker, which shed 13,000 U.S. white-collar jobs during the auto crisis, is in the midst of its largest salaried hiring spree in more than a decade. Most of the 3,000 new workers it is hiring will set up shop on the automaker’s Dearborn campus. About half of the new positions already have been filled.

     

  • Ford Plans to Increase Salaried Hiring to 3,000

    Ford Motor Co. (F) said it will hire 3,000 salaried employees this year, 800 more than originally planned, as it moves to fill positions in engineering and other technical areas.

    Of the new hires, 2,400 will be professionals for product development, manufacturing, quality, purchasing and information technology, according to an e-mailed statement.