Latest headcount
166,000
YoY change
+1.2%
Headcount CAGR
+9.1%
Revenue / employee
$2.51M
Employee count history for Apple
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 11,287 |
| 1995 | 13,191 |
| 1996 | 10,896 |
| 1997 | 8,437 |
| 1999 | 6,960 |
| 2000 | 8,568 |
| 2002 | 10,211 |
| 2003 | 10,912 |
| 2004 | 11,695 |
| 2005 | 14,800 |
| 2006 | 17,787 |
| 2007 | 21,600 |
| 2008 | 32,000 |
| 2009 | 34,300 |
| 2010 | 46,600 |
| 2011 | 60,400 |
| 2012 | 72,800 |
| 2013 | 80,300 |
| 2014 | 92,600 |
| 2015 | 110,000 |
| 2016 | 116,000 |
| 2017 | 123,000 |
| 2018 | 132,000 |
| 2019 | 137,000 |
| 2020 | 147,000 |
| 2021 | 154,000 |
| 2022 | 164,000 |
| 2023 | 161,000 |
| 2024 | 164,000 |
| 2025 | 166,000 |
Revenue per employee for Apple
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $814K |
| 1995 | $839K |
| 1996 | $902K |
| 1997 | $839K |
| 1999 | $881K |
| 2000 | $932K |
| 2002 | $562K |
| 2003 | $569K |
| 2004 | $708K |
| 2005 | $941K |
| 2006 | $1.09M |
| 2007 | $1.11M |
| 2008 | $1.01M |
| 2009 | $1.24M |
| 2010 | $1.4M |
| 2011 | $1.79M |
| 2012 | $2.15M |
| 2013 | $2.13M |
| 2014 | $1.97M |
| 2015 | $2.12M |
| 2016 | $1.86M |
| 2017 | $1.86M |
| 2018 | $2.01M |
| 2019 | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.87M |
| 2021 | $2.38M |
| 2022 | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2.38M |
| 2024 | $2.38M |
| 2025 | $2.51M |
Earnings per employee for Apple
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $27.5K |
| 1995 | $32.1K |
| 1996 | -$74.9K |
| 1997 | -$124K |
| 1999 | $86.4K |
| 2000 | $91.7K |
| 2002 | $6.37K |
| 2003 | $6.32K |
| 2004 | $22.7K |
| 2005 | $89.7K |
| 2006 | $112K |
| 2007 | $162K |
| 2008 | $151K |
| 2009 | $240K |
| 2010 | $301K |
| 2011 | $429K |
| 2012 | $573K |
| 2013 | $461K |
| 2014 | $427K |
| 2015 | $485K |
| 2016 | $394K |
| 2017 | $393K |
| 2018 | $451K |
| 2019 | $403K |
| 2020 | $391K |
| 2021 | $615K |
| 2022 | $609K |
| 2023 | $602K |
| 2024 | $572K |
| 2025 | $675K |
Employee count history for Apple (AAPL)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 2025166,000+1.2%
- 2024164,000+1.9%
- 2023161,000-1.8%
- 2022164,000+6.5%
- 2021154,000+4.8%
- 2020147,000+7.3%
- 2019137,000+3.8%
- 2018132,000+7.3%
- 2017123,000+6.0%
- 2016116,000+5.5%
- 2015110,000+18.8%
- 201492,600+15.3%
- 201380,300+10.3%
- 201272,800+20.5%
- 201160,400+29.6%
- 201046,600+35.9%
- 200934,300+7.2%
- 200832,000+48.1%
- 200721,600+21.4%
- 200617,787+20.2%
- 200514,800+26.5%
- 200411,695+7.2%
- 200310,912+6.9%
- 200210,211—
- 20019,603—
- 20008,568+23.1%
- 19996,960—
- 19986,658—
- 19978,437-22.6%
- 199610,896-17.4%
- 199513,191+16.9%
- 199411,287—
About Apple's employee count
Apple (AAPL) employed 166,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +2,000 (+1.2%) from 164,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 11,287 to 166,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.1% per year.
Apple generated about $2.51M of revenue and $675K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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