Latest headcount
9,080
YoY change
+4.9%
Headcount CAGR
+8.9%
Revenue / employee
$525K
Employee count history for Ciena
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 841 |
| 1998 | 1,382 |
| 1999 | 1,928 |
| 2000 | 2,775 |
| 2001 | 3,778 |
| 2002 | 2,118 |
| 2003 | 1,816 |
| 2004 | 1,651 |
| 2005 | 1,497 |
| 2006 | 1,485 |
| 2007 | 1,797 |
| 2008 | 2,203 |
| 2009 | 2,163 |
| 2010 | 4,201 |
| 2011 | 4,339 |
| 2012 | 4,481 |
| 2013 | 4,754 |
| 2014 | 5,161 |
| 2015 | 5,345 |
| 2016 | 5,555 |
| 2017 | 5,737 |
| 2018 | 6,013 |
| 2019 | 6,383 |
| 2020 | 7,032 |
| 2021 | 7,241 |
| 2022 | 8,079 |
| 2023 | 8,483 |
| 2024 | 8,657 |
| 2025 | 9,080 |
Revenue per employee for Ciena
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $491K |
| 1998 | $368K |
| 1999 | $250K |
| 2000 | $309K |
| 2001 | $424K |
| 2002 | $171K |
| 2003 | $156K |
| 2004 | $181K |
| 2005 | $285K |
| 2006 | $380K |
| 2007 | $434K |
| 2008 | $410K |
| 2009 | $302K |
| 2010 | $294K |
| 2011 | $401K |
| 2012 | $409K |
| 2013 | $438K |
| 2014 | $443K |
| 2015 | $458K |
| 2016 | $468K |
| 2017 | $488K |
| 2018 | $515K |
| 2019 | $560K |
| 2020 | $502K |
| 2021 | $500K |
| 2022 | $450K |
| 2023 | $517K |
| 2024 | $464K |
| 2025 | $525K |
Earnings per employee for Ciena
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) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $138K |
| 1998 | $38.5K |
| 1999 | -$2.02K |
| 2000 | $29.3K |
| 2001 | -$475K |
| 2002 | -$754K |
| 2003 | -$213K |
| 2004 | -$478K |
| 2005 | -$291K |
| 2006 | $400.67 |
| 2007 | $46.1K |
| 2008 | $17.7K |
| 2009 | -$269K |
| 2010 | -$79.4K |
| 2011 | -$45.1K |
| 2012 | -$32.1K |
| 2013 | -$18K |
| 2014 | -$7.87K |
| 2015 | $2.18K |
| 2016 | $13.1K |
| 2017 | $220K |
| 2018 | -$57.3K |
| 2019 | $39.7K |
| 2020 | $51.4K |
| 2021 | $69.1K |
| 2022 | $18.9K |
| 2023 | $30K |
| 2024 | $9.7K |
| 2025 | $13.6K |
Employee count history for Ciena (CIEN)
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.
- 20259,080+4.9%
- 20248,657+2.1%
- 20238,483+5.0%
- 20228,079+11.6%
- 20217,241+3.0%
- 20207,032+10.2%
- 20196,383+6.2%
- 20186,013+4.8%
- 20175,737+3.3%
- 20165,555+3.9%
- 20155,345+3.6%
- 20145,161+8.6%
- 20134,754+6.1%
- 20124,481+3.3%
- 20114,339+3.3%
- 20104,201+94.2%
- 20092,163-1.8%
- 20082,203+22.6%
- 20071,797+21.0%
- 20061,485-0.8%
- 20051,497-9.3%
- 20041,651-9.1%
- 20031,816-14.3%
- 20022,118-43.9%
- 20013,778+36.1%
- 20002,775+43.9%
- 19991,928+39.5%
- 19981,382+64.3%
- 1997841—
About Ciena's employee count
Ciena (CIEN) employed 9,080 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +423 (+4.9%) from 8,657 a year earlier.
Across the 1997–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 841 to 9,080 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.9% per year.
Ciena generated about $525K of revenue and $13.6K 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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