How many employees does McDonald's have?

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McDonald's has about 200,000 employees. This is the number of people who work directly for McDonald's, whether for their corporate operations or at restaurants owned by McDonald's, and it doesn't count the two million people who are employed by independent McDonald's franchises.

The number of employees who work for McDonald's directly has decreased by more than half since 2012, when 440,000 people were employed by the company. The greatest decrease in employees occurred in 2016 when the number dropped from 420,000 in 2015 to 375,000 in 2016.

In the U.S., it's estimated that one in eight Americans in the workforce have worked at McDonald's at some point in their lives, from college students to celebrities. However, despite the restaurant's pervasive presence in the U.S., 75% of McDonald's employees are based internationally rather than in the U.S.