Latest headcount
1,576,000
YoY change
+1.3%
Headcount CAGR
+27.8%
Revenue / employee
$455K
Employee count history for Amazon
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 2,100 |
| 1999 | 7,600 |
| 2002 | 7,500 |
| 2003 | 7,800 |
| 2004 | 9,000 |
| 2005 | 12,000 |
| 2006 | 13,900 |
| 2007 | 17,000 |
| 2008 | 20,700 |
| 2009 | 24,300 |
| 2010 | 33,700 |
| 2011 | 56,200 |
| 2012 | 88,400 |
| 2013 | 117,300 |
| 2014 | 154,100 |
| 2015 | 230,800 |
| 2016 | 341,400 |
| 2017 | 566,000 |
| 2018 | 647,500 |
| 2019 | 798,000 |
| 2020 | 1,298,000 |
| 2021 | 1,608,000 |
| 2022 | 1,541,000 |
| 2023 | 1,525,000 |
| 2024 | 1,556,000 |
| 2025 | 1,576,000 |
Revenue per employee for Amazon
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | $290K |
| 1999 | $216K |
| 2002 | $524K |
| 2003 | $675K |
| 2004 | $769K |
| 2005 | $708K |
| 2006 | $771K |
| 2007 | $873K |
| 2008 | $926K |
| 2009 | $1.01M |
| 2010 | $1.01M |
| 2011 | $855K |
| 2012 | $691K |
| 2013 | $635K |
| 2014 | $577K |
| 2015 | $464K |
| 2016 | $398K |
| 2017 | $314K |
| 2018 | $360K |
| 2019 | $352K |
| 2020 | $297K |
| 2021 | $292K |
| 2022 | $334K |
| 2023 | $377K |
| 2024 | $410K |
| 2025 | $455K |
Earnings per employee for Amazon
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) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | -$59.3K |
| 1999 | -$94.7K |
| 2002 | -$20K |
| 2003 | $4.49K |
| 2004 | $65.3K |
| 2005 | $27.8K |
| 2006 | $13.7K |
| 2007 | $28K |
| 2008 | $31.2K |
| 2009 | $37.1K |
| 2010 | $34.2K |
| 2011 | $11.2K |
| 2012 | -$441.18 |
| 2013 | $2.34K |
| 2014 | -$1.56K |
| 2015 | $2.58K |
| 2016 | $6.94K |
| 2017 | $5.36K |
| 2018 | $15.6K |
| 2019 | $14.5K |
| 2020 | $16.4K |
| 2021 | $20.7K |
| 2022 | -$1.77K |
| 2023 | $20K |
| 2024 | $38.1K |
| 2025 | $49.3K |
Employee count history for Amazon (AMZN)
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.
- 20251,576,000+1.3%
- 20241,556,000+2.0%
- 20231,525,000-1.0%
- 20221,541,000-4.2%
- 20211,608,000+23.9%
- 20201,298,000+62.7%
- 2019798,000+23.2%
- 2018647,500+14.4%
- 2017566,000+65.8%
- 2016341,400+47.9%
- 2015230,800+49.8%
- 2014154,100+31.4%
- 2013117,300+32.7%
- 201288,400+57.3%
- 201156,200+66.8%
- 201033,700+38.7%
- 200924,300+17.4%
- 200820,700+21.8%
- 200717,000+22.3%
- 200613,900+15.8%
- 200512,000+33.3%
- 20049,000+15.4%
- 20037,800+4.0%
- 20027,500—
- 20017,800-13.3%
- 20009,000—
- 19997,600+261.9%
- 19982,100—
- 1997614—
About Amazon's employee count
Amazon (AMZN) employed 1,576,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +20,000 (+1.3%) from 1,556,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1998–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 2,100 to 1,576,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +27.8% per year.
Amazon generated about $455K of revenue and $49.3K 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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