Latest headcount
1,650
YoY change
-15.4%
Headcount CAGR
-11.7%
Revenue / employee
$356K
Employee count history for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,700 |
| 2016 | 5,000 |
| 2017 | 4,800 |
| 2018 | 4,000 |
| 2019 | 2,400 |
| 2020 | 2,100 |
| 2021 | 1,800 |
| 2022 | 2,163 |
| 2023 | 2,250 |
| 2024 | 1,950 |
| 2025 | 1,650 |
Revenue per employee for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $308K |
| 2016 | $316K |
| 2017 | $325K |
| 2018 | $266K |
| 2019 | $358K |
| 2020 | $270K |
| 2021 | $395K |
| 2022 | $282K |
| 2023 | $323K |
| 2024 | $368K |
| 2025 | $356K |
Earnings per employee for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises
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) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3.36K |
| 2016 | -$23.1K |
| 2017 | -$79.1K |
| 2018 | -$181K |
| 2019 | -$50.8K |
| 2020 | -$4.91K |
| 2021 | $17.2K |
| 2022 | -$10.6K |
| 2023 | -$87.6K |
| 2024 | -$30.7K |
| 2025 | -$21.9K |
Employee count history for Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW)
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.
- 20251,650-15.4%
- 20241,950-13.3%
- 20232,250+4.0%
- 20222,163+20.2%
- 20211,800-14.3%
- 20202,100-12.5%
- 20192,400-40.0%
- 20184,000-16.7%
- 20174,800-4.0%
- 20165,000-12.3%
- 20155,700—
About Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises's employee count
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW) employed 1,650 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -300 (-15.4%) from 1,950 a year earlier.
Across the 2015–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 5,700 to 1,650 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -11.7% per year.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises generated about $356K of revenue and -$21.9K 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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