Latest headcount
56,000
YoY change
-1.8%
Headcount CAGR
-1.7%
Revenue / employee
$495K
Employee count history for Baker Hughes
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 64,000 |
| 2018 | 66,000 |
| 2019 | 68,000 |
| 2020 | 55,000 |
| 2021 | 54,000 |
| 2022 | 55,000 |
| 2023 | 58,000 |
| 2024 | 57,000 |
| 2025 | 56,000 |
Revenue per employee for Baker Hughes
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $268K |
| 2018 | $347K |
| 2019 | $351K |
| 2020 | $376K |
| 2021 | $380K |
| 2022 | $385K |
| 2023 | $440K |
| 2024 | $488K |
| 2025 | $495K |
Earnings per employee for Baker Hughes
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) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | -$953.13 |
| 2018 | $2.95K |
| 2019 | $1.88K |
| 2020 | -$181K |
| 2021 | -$4.06K |
| 2022 | -$10.9K |
| 2023 | $33.5K |
| 2024 | $52.3K |
| 2025 | $46.2K |
Employee count history for Baker Hughes (BKR)
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.
- 202556,000-1.8%
- 202457,000-1.7%
- 202358,000+5.5%
- 202255,000+1.9%
- 202154,000-1.8%
- 202055,000-19.1%
- 201968,000+3.0%
- 201866,000+3.1%
- 201764,000—
About Baker Hughes's employee count
Baker Hughes (BKR) employed 56,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-1.8%) from 57,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2017–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 64,000 to 56,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.7% per year.
Baker Hughes generated about $495K of revenue and $46.2K 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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