Latest headcount
118,000
YoY change
+4.5%
Headcount CAGR
+2.6%
Revenue / employee
$573K
Employee count history for Caterpillar
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 51,250 |
| 1994 | 53,986 |
| 1995 | 54,352 |
| 2000 | 68,440 |
| 2002 | 68,990 |
| 2003 | 69,169 |
| 2005 | 38,128 |
| 2006 | 94,593 |
| 2007 | 101,333 |
| 2008 | 112,887 |
| 2009 | 93,813 |
| 2010 | 104,490 |
| 2011 | 125,099 |
| 2012 | 125,341 |
| 2013 | 118,501 |
| 2014 | 114,233 |
| 2015 | 105,700 |
| 2016 | 95,400 |
| 2017 | 98,400 |
| 2018 | 104,000 |
| 2019 | 102,300 |
| 2020 | 97,300 |
| 2021 | 107,700 |
| 2022 | 109,100 |
| 2023 | 113,200 |
| 2024 | 112,900 |
| 2025 | 118,000 |
Revenue per employee for Caterpillar
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $227K |
| 1994 | $265K |
| 1995 | $296K |
| 2000 | $295K |
| 2002 | $292K |
| 2003 | $330K |
| 2006 | $439K |
| 2007 | $444K |
| 2008 | $455K |
| 2009 | $345K |
| 2010 | $408K |
| 2011 | $481K |
| 2012 | $526K |
| 2013 | $470K |
| 2014 | $483K |
| 2015 | $445K |
| 2016 | $404K |
| 2017 | $462K |
| 2018 | $526K |
| 2019 | $526K |
| 2020 | $429K |
| 2021 | $473K |
| 2022 | $545K |
| 2023 | $592K |
| 2024 | $574K |
| 2025 | $573K |
Earnings per employee for Caterpillar
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) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $12.7K |
| 1994 | $17.7K |
| 1995 | $20.9K |
| 2000 | $15.4K |
| 2002 | $11.6K |
| 2003 | $15.9K |
| 2006 | $37.4K |
| 2007 | $34.9K |
| 2008 | $31.5K |
| 2009 | $9.54K |
| 2010 | $25.8K |
| 2011 | $39.4K |
| 2012 | $45.3K |
| 2013 | $32K |
| 2014 | $21.5K |
| 2015 | $23.8K |
| 2016 | -$702.31 |
| 2017 | $7.66K |
| 2018 | $59.1K |
| 2019 | $59.6K |
| 2020 | $30.8K |
| 2021 | $60.3K |
| 2022 | $61.5K |
| 2023 | $91.3K |
| 2024 | $95.6K |
| 2025 | $75.2K |
Employee count history for Caterpillar (CAT)
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.
- 2025118,000+4.5%
- 2024112,900-0.3%
- 2023113,200+3.8%
- 2022109,100+1.3%
- 2021107,700+10.7%
- 202097,300-4.9%
- 2019102,300-1.6%
- 2018104,000+5.7%
- 201798,400+3.1%
- 201695,400-9.7%
- 2015105,700-7.5%
- 2014114,233-3.6%
- 2013118,501-5.5%
- 2012125,341+0.2%
- 2011125,099+19.7%
- 2010104,490+11.4%
- 200993,813-16.9%
- 2008112,887+11.4%
- 2007101,333+7.1%
- 200694,593+148.1%
- 200643,878+15.1%
- 200538,128—
- 200369,169+0.3%
- 200268,990—
- 200172,004—
- 200068,440—
- 199966,896+1.6%
- 199865,824+10.0%
- 199759,863+5.0%
- 199657,026—
- 199554,352+0.7%
- 199453,986+5.3%
- 199351,250—
About Caterpillar's employee count
Caterpillar (CAT) employed 118,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +5,100 (+4.5%) from 112,900 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 51,250 to 118,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.6% per year.
Caterpillar generated about $573K of revenue and $75.2K 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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