Shell employees are worth more than those at Apple or Google, research finds

Focusing on the top 100 companies in the world by revenue and the number of employees they have, analysts at Expert Market have worked how much each employee is worth.

Apple employees walk towards the Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California (AFP/Getty Images)

Tech companies are famous for the high salaries and bonuses potential candidates get when they join their firm. But the true value of the employee is actually much more, according to new research.

Focusing on the top 100 companies in the world by revenue and the number of employees they have, analysts at Expert Market have worked how much each employee is worth.

If each of these employees were paid what they were worth, there would be 1.1 million more millionaires in the world, the research showed.

Employees at Apple, recently named the most valuable brand in the world, would earn just over £1 million but the tech giant firm was not at the top brand of the list.

Expert Market worked out how much each employee was worth by dividing the revenue of a company by the number of employees and found the following:

10. Wal-Mart Stores: £144,228.16 per employee

The Wal-Mart store in Pico Rivera, California, was among five closed last week (Reuters)

Revenue: £317,433,952,550

Number of employees: 2,200

9. PepsiCo: £159,065.14 per employee

This Pepsi add clearly took inspiration from Back to the Future II

Revenue: £43,583,848,360

Number of employees: 274,000

8. Samsung: £251,933.78 per employee

A man walks past a billboard showing the Samsung Galaxy S6 series smartphone at the company's showroom in Seoul (AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE)

Revenue: £123,195,616,960

Number of employees: 489,000

7. Amazon: £377,457.93 per employee

Amazon had same-day delivery before Argos, but you have to pay for an Amazon Prime membership to get it (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Revenue: £58,166,266,730

Number of employees: 154,100

6. Microsoft: £478,601.10 per employee

The updated term reveals that Microsoft can disable pirated games (TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Revenue: £56,754,432,410

Number of employees: 118,584

5. Ford Motor: £503,607.37 per employee

A Caravan of US car maker Ford is on display at the expo 'Caravan Salon Duesseldorf' at the fair grounds in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on September 3, 2015 (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Revenue: £94,174,578,160

Number of employees: 187,000

4. BMW: £546,281.22 per employee

BMW shares fell by more than 5 per cent after magazine claims (DPA/Getty Images)

Revenue: £43,139,382,000

Number of employees: 116,324

3. Google: £754,871.25per employee

The Google logo is spelled out in heliostats (mirrors that track the sun and reflect the sunlight onto a central receiving point) during a tour of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border February 13, 2014 (REUTERS/Steve Marcus)

Revenue: £43,139,382,000

Number of employees: 57,148

2. Apple: £1,219,214.44 per employee

A woman looks at the screen of her mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in downtown Shanghai September 10, 2013. Apple Inc is expected to introduce a cheaper version of the iPhone on Tuesday, bringing one of the industry's costliest smartphones within reach of the masses in poorer emerging markets (REUTERS)

Revenue: £119,483,015,600

Number of employees: 98,00

1.Shell: £2,681,470.00 per employee

The Shell logo is shown at a Shell petrol station in London, England (GETTY IMAGES)

Revenue: £252,058,180,010

Number of employee: 94,000