Latest headcount
14,300
YoY change
-6.5%
Headcount CAGR
+6.9%
Revenue / employee
$504K
Employee count history for Autodesk
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,788 |
| 1997 | 2,044 |
| 1998 | 2,470 |
| 2001 | 3,484 |
| 2002 | 3,646 |
| 2003 | 3,498 |
| 2004 | 3,493 |
| 2005 | 3,477 |
| 2006 | 4,813 |
| 2007 | 5,169 |
| 2008 | 7,300 |
| 2009 | 7,800 |
| 2010 | 6,800 |
| 2011 | 6,800 |
| 2012 | 7,500 |
| 2013 | 7,300 |
| 2014 | 7,600 |
| 2015 | 8,823 |
| 2016 | 9,500 |
| 2017 | 9,000 |
| 2018 | 8,800 |
| 2019 | 9,600 |
| 2020 | 10,100 |
| 2021 | 11,500 |
| 2022 | 12,600 |
| 2023 | 13,700 |
| 2024 | 14,100 |
| 2025 | 15,300 |
| 2026 | 14,300 |
Revenue per employee for Autodesk
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $254K |
| 1997 | $243K |
| 1998 | $311K |
| 2001 | $269K |
| 2002 | $260K |
| 2003 | $236K |
| 2004 | $272K |
| 2005 | $356K |
| 2006 | $319K |
| 2007 | $356K |
| 2008 | $298K |
| 2009 | $297K |
| 2010 | $252K |
| 2011 | $287K |
| 2012 | $295K |
| 2013 | $317K |
| 2014 | $299K |
| 2015 | $285K |
| 2016 | $264K |
| 2017 | $226K |
| 2018 | $234K |
| 2019 | $268K |
| 2020 | $324K |
| 2021 | $330K |
| 2022 | $348K |
| 2023 | $365K |
| 2024 | $390K |
| 2025 | $401K |
| 2026 | $504K |
Earnings per employee for Autodesk
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) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $31.7K |
| 1997 | $20.4K |
| 1998 | $22.8K |
| 2001 | $26.8K |
| 2002 | $24.8K |
| 2003 | $9.12K |
| 2004 | $34.4K |
| 2005 | $63.6K |
| 2006 | $69.3K |
| 2007 | $56K |
| 2008 | $48.8K |
| 2009 | $23.5K |
| 2010 | $8.53K |
| 2011 | $31.2K |
| 2012 | $38K |
| 2013 | $33.9K |
| 2014 | $30.1K |
| 2015 | $9.27K |
| 2016 | -$34.8K |
| 2017 | -$64.7K |
| 2018 | -$64.4K |
| 2019 | -$8.42K |
| 2020 | $21.2K |
| 2021 | $105K |
| 2022 | $39.4K |
| 2023 | $60.1K |
| 2024 | $64.3K |
| 2025 | $72.7K |
| 2026 | $78.6K |
Employee count history for Autodesk (ADSK)
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.
- 202614,300-6.5%
- 202515,300+8.5%
- 202414,100+2.9%
- 202313,700+8.7%
- 202212,600+9.6%
- 202111,500+13.9%
- 202010,100+5.2%
- 20199,600+9.1%
- 20188,800-2.2%
- 20179,000-5.3%
- 20169,500+7.7%
- 20158,823+16.1%
- 20147,600+4.1%
- 20137,300-2.7%
- 20127,500+10.3%
- 20116,8000.0%
- 20106,800-12.8%
- 20097,800+6.8%
- 20087,300+41.2%
- 20075,169+7.4%
- 20064,813+38.4%
- 20053,477-0.5%
- 20043,493-0.1%
- 20033,498-4.1%
- 20023,646+4.6%
- 20013,484—
- 20003,024+11.5%
- 19992,712—
- 19982,470+20.8%
- 19972,044—
- 19961,894—
- 19951,788—
About Autodesk's employee count
Autodesk (ADSK) employed 14,300 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-6.5%) from 15,300 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,788 to 14,300 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +6.9% per year.
Autodesk generated about $504K of revenue and $78.6K 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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