U.S. wireless carriers: number of employees 2010-2012

This statistic shows the number of employees working for major wireless carriers in the United States in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2011, AT&T employed a total of 256,420 workers, down by approximately 10,000 from 2010.

Number of employees at major U.S. wireless carriers from 2010 to 2012

Wireless telecommunication provider	2010	2011	2012
AT&T	266,590	256,420	241,810
Verizon	194,400	193,900	183,400
Sprint Nextel	40,000	40,000	39,000
T-Mobile USA	37,795	36,000	3,700
Leap Wireless	4,362	3,891	3,292
Clearwire	4,200	914	-

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Release date

September 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2012

Supplementary notes

The data for this statistic was extracted from the annual reports of the respective wireless telecommunication providers.
The data represents numbers of employees in the U.S. and may include employees working in areas other than wireless services if applicable.
Figures do not include outsourced employees.

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