Latest headcount
57,700
YoY change
+18.0%
Headcount CAGR
+9.5%
Revenue / employee
$3.86M
Employee count history for Cardinal Health
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 3,500 |
| 1995 | 4,000 |
| 1996 | 4,800 |
| 1997 | 11,000 |
| 1999 | 36,000 |
| 2000 | 42,200 |
| 2002 | 50,000 |
| 2003 | 50,000 |
| 2004 | 55,000 |
| 2005 | 55,000 |
| 2006 | 55,000 |
| 2007 | 43,500 |
| 2008 | 47,600 |
| 2009 | 46,500 |
| 2010 | 31,200 |
| 2011 | 31,900 |
| 2012 | 32,500 |
| 2013 | 33,600 |
| 2014 | 34,000 |
| 2015 | 34,500 |
| 2016 | 37,300 |
| 2017 | 40,400 |
| 2018 | 50,200 |
| 2019 | 49,500 |
| 2020 | 48,000 |
| 2021 | 47,300 |
| 2022 | 46,500 |
| 2023 | 48,000 |
| 2024 | 48,900 |
| 2025 | 57,700 |
Revenue per employee for Cardinal Health
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $1.65M |
| 1995 | $2.09M |
| 1996 | $1.93M |
| 1997 | $1.67M |
| 1999 | $698K |
| 2000 | $909K |
| 2002 | $1.02M |
| 2003 | $1.13M |
| 2004 | $1.17M |
| 2005 | $1.32M |
| 2006 | $1.45M |
| 2007 | $2M |
| 2008 | $1.84M |
| 2009 | $2.06M |
| 2010 | $3.16M |
| 2011 | $3.22M |
| 2012 | $3.31M |
| 2013 | $3.01M |
| 2014 | $2.68M |
| 2015 | $2.97M |
| 2016 | $3.26M |
| 2017 | $3.22M |
| 2018 | $2.73M |
| 2019 | $2.94M |
| 2020 | $3.19M |
| 2021 | $3.43M |
| 2022 | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $4.27M |
| 2024 | $4.64M |
| 2025 | $3.86M |
Earnings per employee for Cardinal Health
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $10K |
| 1995 | $21.3K |
| 1996 | $23.3K |
| 1997 | $16.5K |
| 1999 | $12.7K |
| 2000 | $16.1K |
| 2002 | $21.1K |
| 2003 | $28.1K |
| 2004 | $26.8K |
| 2005 | $19.1K |
| 2006 | $18.2K |
| 2007 | $44.4K |
| 2008 | $27.3K |
| 2009 | $24.8K |
| 2010 | $20.6K |
| 2011 | $30.1K |
| 2012 | $32.9K |
| 2013 | $9.94K |
| 2014 | $34.3K |
| 2015 | $35.2K |
| 2016 | $38.3K |
| 2017 | $31.9K |
| 2018 | $5.1K |
| 2019 | $27.5K |
| 2020 | -$76.9K |
| 2021 | $12.9K |
| 2022 | -$20.2K |
| 2023 | $6.88K |
| 2024 | $17.4K |
| 2025 | $27.1K |
Employee count history for Cardinal Health (CAH)
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.
- 202557,700+18.0%
- 202448,900+1.9%
- 202348,000+3.2%
- 202246,500-1.7%
- 202147,300-1.5%
- 202048,000-3.0%
- 201949,500-1.4%
- 201850,200+24.3%
- 201740,400+8.3%
- 201637,300+8.1%
- 201534,500+1.5%
- 201434,000+1.2%
- 201333,600+3.4%
- 201232,500+1.9%
- 201131,900+2.2%
- 201031,200-32.9%
- 200946,500-2.3%
- 200847,600+9.4%
- 200743,500-20.9%
- 200655,0000.0%
- 200555,0000.0%
- 200455,000+10.0%
- 200350,0000.0%
- 200250,000—
- 200148,900—
- 200042,200+17.2%
- 199936,000—
- 199811,200—
- 199711,000+129.2%
- 19964,800+20.0%
- 19954,000+14.3%
- 19943,500—
About Cardinal Health's employee count
Cardinal Health (CAH) employed 57,700 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +8,800 (+18.0%) from 48,900 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 3,500 to 57,700 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.5% per year.
Cardinal Health generated about $3.86M of revenue and $27.1K 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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