ExxonMobil's employment figures 2001-2021

There were some 63,000 people employed by ExxonMobil at the end of 2021, this was the lowest employment figures in the period of consideration. Since 2001, ExxonMobil's workforce has decreased, with the greatest number of employees recorded in 2001, at 97,900 people.

Big Oil and state-owned competitors

ExxonMobil is considered one of the so-called Big Oil supermajors, consisting of the world’s largest six publicly owned oil and gas companies. Apart from the supermajors, state-owned entities such as China's Sinopec and Russia's Gazprom are among the largest companies within the industry. Being among the most profitable, they also consistently top the list of largest oil and gas companies worldwide by employment, with public companies such as ExxonMobil often only employing a fraction of that number.

ExxonMobil's business segments

ExxonMobil was founded in November 1999. It has operations all over the world and has also acquired many related companies such as XTO Energy, a company that develops and produces unconventional resources. ExxonMobil has three main operating divisions including Upstream, Downstream, and Chemical. One of the largest refiners in the world, ExxonMobil's petroleum product sales amounted to 4.9 million barrels per day.