These companies are the top 10 employers in India as per Hurun list 2022

Dec 2, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

Total number of employees

The report has listed the most valuable companies in India – from a 234-year-old sugar and nutraceutical firm to a year-old startup. The 500 companies together employ 7.3 million people.

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Average number of employees

Around 137 companies out of the 500 have more than 10,000 employees and 103 companies have less than 1,000 employees, according to the report.

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Tata Consultancy Services

Number of employees: 5,92,195 | IT major TCS employs the highest number of people among all 500 companies named in the Hurun list. According to the report, it spent ₹1,07,554 crore on its employees.

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Quess Corp

Number of employees: 4,36,907 | Around 73,771 people joined the workforce between FY21 and FY22 at the business services provider. It is ranked second on the list of top employees and spent ₹11,687 crore on its employees.

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Reliance Industries

Number of employees: 3,40,000 | The Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate spent ₹18,775 crore on its employees.

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Infosys

Number of employees: 3,14,015 | Around 54,396 employees joined Infosys in the period. The IT major with one of the highest attrition rates has spent ₹63,986 crore on its employees.

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Larsen & Toubro

Number of employees: 2,52,217 | The number of employees in the engineering and construction conglomerate has fallen by 1.09 lakh compared to a year ago. It spent around ₹29,734 crore on its employees in the last one year.

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Wipro

Number of employees: 2,47,073 | Despite the IT major’s high attrition rate, 45,000 people joined its workforce in the last one year. It spent around ₹45,007 crore on its employees.

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HCL Technologies

Number of employees: 2,24,834 | It added around 42,915 employees in the workforce in the last one year.

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SIS

Number of employees: 1,44,017 | The security company saw employees reduce by 11,012 in the last one year. The employee cost of the company was ₹7,811 crore.

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HDFC Bank

Number of employees: 1,41,579 | The banking and financial services company valued at ₹8.33 lakh crore, spent around ₹15,897 crore on its employees in the last one year.

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Motherson Sumi Systems

Number of employees: 1,28,564 | The manufacturer of wiring harnesses and plastic components has been ranked tenth on the list of largest employers. It spent ₹15,375 crore on its employees.

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