Latest headcount
115,000
YoY change
+0.9%
Headcount CAGR
+2.7%
Revenue / employee
$385K
Employee count history for Abbott Laboratories
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 49,659 |
| 1994 | 49,464 |
| 1996 | 52,817 |
| 1997 | 54,487 |
| 1998 | 56,236 |
| 2000 | 60,571 |
| 2002 | 71,819 |
| 2003 | 72,200 |
| 2004 | 60,600 |
| 2005 | 59,735 |
| 2006 | 66,663 |
| 2007 | 68,000 |
| 2008 | 69,000 |
| 2009 | 73,000 |
| 2010 | 90,000 |
| 2011 | 91,000 |
| 2012 | 91,000 |
| 2013 | 69,000 |
| 2014 | 77,000 |
| 2015 | 74,000 |
| 2016 | 75,000 |
| 2017 | 99,000 |
| 2018 | 103,000 |
| 2019 | 107,000 |
| 2020 | 109,000 |
| 2021 | 113,000 |
| 2022 | 115,000 |
| 2023 | 114,000 |
| 2024 | 114,000 |
| 2025 | 115,000 |
Revenue per employee for Abbott Laboratories
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $169K |
| 1994 | $185K |
| 1996 | $209K |
| 1997 | $218K |
| 1998 | $222K |
| 2000 | $227K |
| 2002 | $246K |
| 2003 | $273K |
| 2004 | $325K |
| 2005 | $374K |
| 2006 | $337K |
| 2007 | $381K |
| 2008 | $428K |
| 2009 | $421K |
| 2010 | $391K |
| 2011 | $427K |
| 2012 | $438K |
| 2013 | $317K |
| 2014 | $263K |
| 2015 | $276K |
| 2016 | $278K |
| 2017 | $277K |
| 2018 | $297K |
| 2019 | $298K |
| 2020 | $318K |
| 2021 | $381K |
| 2022 | $380K |
| 2023 | $352K |
| 2024 | $368K |
| 2025 | $385K |
Earnings per employee for Abbott Laboratories
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) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $28.2K |
| 1994 | $30.7K |
| 1996 | $35.6K |
| 1997 | $38.2K |
| 1998 | $41.5K |
| 2000 | $46K |
| 2002 | $38.9K |
| 2003 | $38.1K |
| 2004 | $53.4K |
| 2005 | $56.5K |
| 2006 | $25.8K |
| 2007 | $53K |
| 2008 | $70.7K |
| 2009 | $78.7K |
| 2010 | $51.4K |
| 2011 | $52K |
| 2012 | $65.5K |
| 2013 | $37.3K |
| 2014 | $29.7K |
| 2015 | $59.8K |
| 2016 | $18.7K |
| 2017 | $4.82K |
| 2018 | $23K |
| 2019 | $34.5K |
| 2020 | $41.2K |
| 2021 | $62.6K |
| 2022 | $60.3K |
| 2023 | $50.2K |
| 2024 | $118K |
| 2025 | $56.7K |
Employee count history for Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
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.
- 2025115,000+0.9%
- 2024114,0000.0%
- 2023114,000-0.9%
- 2022115,000+1.8%
- 2021113,000+3.7%
- 2020109,000+1.9%
- 2019107,000+3.9%
- 2018103,000+4.0%
- 201799,000+32.0%
- 201675,000+1.4%
- 201574,000-3.9%
- 201477,000+11.6%
- 201369,000-24.2%
- 201291,0000.0%
- 201191,000+1.1%
- 201090,000+23.3%
- 200973,000+5.8%
- 200869,000+1.5%
- 200768,000+2.0%
- 200666,663+11.6%
- 200559,735-1.4%
- 200460,600-16.1%
- 200372,200+0.5%
- 200271,819—
- 200171,426—
- 200060,571—
- 199957,100—
- 199856,236+3.2%
- 199754,487+3.2%
- 199652,817—
- 199550,241—
- 199449,464-0.4%
- 199349,659—
About Abbott Laboratories's employee count
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) employed 115,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +1,000 (+0.9%) from 114,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 49,659 to 115,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.7% per year.
Abbott Laboratories generated about $385K of revenue and $56.7K 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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