Latest headcount
8,336
YoY change
-8.4%
Headcount CAGR
+1.3%
Revenue / employee
$1.47M
Employee count history for AES
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 5,700 |
| 1997 | 10,000 |
| 1998 | 11,700 |
| 1999 | 14,500 |
| 2000 | 26,606 |
| 2001 | 38,000 |
| 2002 | 36,000 |
| 2003 | 30,000 |
| 2004 | 30,000 |
| 2005 | 30,000 |
| 2006 | 32,000 |
| 2007 | 28,000 |
| 2008 | 25,000 |
| 2009 | 27,000 |
| 2010 | 29,000 |
| 2011 | 27,000 |
| 2012 | 25,000 |
| 2013 | 22,000 |
| 2014 | 18,500 |
| 2015 | 4,100 |
| 2016 | 4,300 |
| 2017 | 4,500 |
| 2018 | 2,400,000 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 8,200 |
| 2021 | 8,450 |
| 2022 | 9,100 |
| 2023 | 9,600 |
| 2024 | 9,100 |
| 2025 | 8,336 |
Revenue per employee for AES
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $146K |
| 1997 | $141K |
| 1998 | $205K |
| 1999 | $224K |
| 2000 | $233K |
| 2001 | $166K |
| 2002 | $205K |
| 2003 | $313K |
| 2004 | $313K |
| 2005 | $342K |
| 2006 | $362K |
| 2007 | $485K |
| 2008 | $643K |
| 2009 | $516K |
| 2010 | $571K |
| 2011 | $642K |
| 2012 | $725K |
| 2013 | $722K |
| 2014 | $925K |
| 2015 | $3.44M |
| 2016 | $2.37M |
| 2017 | $2.33M |
| 2018 | $4.48K |
| 2019 | $3.4B |
| 2020 | $1.18M |
| 2021 | $1.32M |
| 2022 | $1.39M |
| 2023 | $1.32M |
| 2024 | $1.35M |
| 2025 | $1.47M |
Earnings per employee for AES
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $21.9K |
| 1997 | $18.5K |
| 1998 | $26.6K |
| 1999 | $15.7K |
| 2000 | $29.9K |
| 2001 | $7.18K |
| 2002 | -$98.9K |
| 2003 | $6.97K |
| 2004 | $6.97K |
| 2005 | $18.4K |
| 2006 | $8.84K |
| 2007 | $20.2K |
| 2008 | $49.1K |
| 2009 | $29.9K |
| 2010 | -$1.9K |
| 2011 | -$1.04K |
| 2012 | -$37.1K |
| 2013 | $12.1K |
| 2014 | $44.6K |
| 2015 | $74.6K |
| 2016 | -$2.56K |
| 2017 | -$122K |
| 2018 | $418.33 |
| 2019 | $101M |
| 2020 | $5.24K |
| 2021 | -$48.9K |
| 2022 | -$60K |
| 2023 | $25.2K |
| 2024 | $185K |
| 2025 | $114K |
Employee count history for AES (AES)
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.
- 20258,336-8.4%
- 20249,100-5.2%
- 20239,600+5.5%
- 20229,100+7.7%
- 20218,450+3.0%
- 20208,200+273,233.3%
- 20193-100.0%
- 20182,400,000+53,233.3%
- 20174,500+4.7%
- 20164,300+4.9%
- 20154,100-77.8%
- 201418,500-15.9%
- 201322,000-12.0%
- 201225,000-7.4%
- 201127,000-6.9%
- 201029,000+7.4%
- 200927,000+8.0%
- 200825,000-10.7%
- 200728,000-12.5%
- 200632,000+6.7%
- 200530,0000.0%
- 200430,0000.0%
- 200330,000-16.7%
- 200236,000-5.3%
- 200138,000+42.8%
- 200026,606+83.5%
- 199914,500+23.9%
- 199811,700+17.0%
- 199710,000+75.4%
- 19965,700—
About AES's employee count
AES (AES) employed 8,336 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -764 (-8.4%) from 9,100 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 5,700 to 8,336 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +1.3% per year.
AES generated about $1.47M of revenue and $114K 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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