Latest headcount
7,800
YoY change
-6.0%
Headcount CAGR
+4.1%
Revenue / employee
$659K
Employee count history for Albemarle
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,000 |
| 2002 | 3,000 |
| 2003 | 3,000 |
| 2004 | 3,700 |
| 2006 | 3,560 |
| 2007 | 4,130 |
| 2008 | 4,130 |
| 2009 | 3,950 |
| 2010 | 4,020 |
| 2011 | 4,260 |
| 2012 | 4,304 |
| 2013 | 4,231 |
| 2014 | 3,625 |
| 2015 | 6,963 |
| 2016 | 5,000 |
| 2017 | 5,400 |
| 2018 | 5,900 |
| 2019 | 6,000 |
| 2020 | 5,900 |
| 2021 | 6,000 |
| 2022 | 7,400 |
| 2023 | 9,000 |
| 2024 | 8,300 |
| 2025 | 7,800 |
Revenue per employee for Albemarle
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $314K |
| 2002 | $336K |
| 2003 | $370K |
| 2004 | $409K |
| 2006 | $665K |
| 2007 | $566K |
| 2008 | $597K |
| 2009 | $508K |
| 2010 | $588K |
| 2011 | $673K |
| 2012 | $585K |
| 2013 | $566K |
| 2014 | $675K |
| 2015 | $406K |
| 2016 | $535K |
| 2017 | $569K |
| 2018 | $572K |
| 2019 | $598K |
| 2020 | $530K |
| 2021 | $555K |
| 2022 | $989K |
| 2023 | $1.07M |
| 2024 | $648K |
| 2025 | $659K |
Earnings per employee for Albemarle
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) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $22.7K |
| 2002 | $24.3K |
| 2003 | $24K |
| 2004 | $14.8K |
| 2006 | $40.2K |
| 2007 | $55.6K |
| 2008 | $47K |
| 2009 | $45.2K |
| 2010 | $78.6K |
| 2011 | $92K |
| 2012 | $72.4K |
| 2013 | $97.7K |
| 2014 | $36.8K |
| 2015 | $48.1K |
| 2016 | $129K |
| 2017 | $10.2K |
| 2018 | $118K |
| 2019 | $88.9K |
| 2020 | $63.7K |
| 2021 | $20.6K |
| 2022 | $363K |
| 2023 | $175K |
| 2024 | -$142K |
| 2025 | -$65.5K |
Employee count history for Albemarle (ALB)
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.
- 20257,800-6.0%
- 20248,300-7.8%
- 20239,000+21.6%
- 20227,400+23.3%
- 20216,000+1.7%
- 20205,900-1.7%
- 20196,000+1.7%
- 20185,900+9.3%
- 20175,400+8.0%
- 20165,000-28.2%
- 20156,963+92.1%
- 20143,625-14.3%
- 20134,231-1.7%
- 20124,304+1.0%
- 20114,260+6.0%
- 20104,020+1.8%
- 20093,950-4.4%
- 20084,1300.0%
- 20074,130+16.0%
- 20063,560—
- 20063,700—
- 20043,700+23.3%
- 20033,0000.0%
- 20023,0000.0%
- 20013,000—
- 2000122—
About Albemarle's employee count
Albemarle (ALB) employed 7,800 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -500 (-6.0%) from 8,300 a year earlier.
Across the 2001–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 3,000 to 7,800 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.1% per year.
Albemarle generated about $659K of revenue and -$65.5K 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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