Latest headcount
341,000
YoY change
+2.4%
Headcount CAGR
+6.6%
Revenue / employee
$807K
Employee count history for Costco
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 47,000 |
| 1997 | 57,000 |
| 1999 | 70,000 |
| 2002 | 92,000 |
| 2003 | 103,000 |
| 2004 | 113,000 |
| 2005 | 118,000 |
| 2006 | 71,000 |
| 2007 | 70,000 |
| 2008 | 75,000 |
| 2009 | 79,000 |
| 2010 | 82,000 |
| 2011 | 92,000 |
| 2012 | 96,000 |
| 2013 | 103,000 |
| 2014 | 112,000 |
| 2015 | 117,000 |
| 2016 | 126,000 |
| 2017 | 133,000 |
| 2018 | 143,000 |
| 2019 | 149,000 |
| 2020 | 156,000 |
| 2021 | 288,000 |
| 2022 | 304,000 |
| 2023 | 316,000 |
| 2024 | 333,000 |
| 2025 | 341,000 |
Revenue per employee for Costco
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $351K |
| 1997 | $384K |
| 1999 | $392K |
| 2002 | $421K |
| 2003 | $413K |
| 2004 | $426K |
| 2005 | $449K |
| 2006 | $847K |
| 2007 | $920K |
| 2008 | $966K |
| 2009 | $904K |
| 2010 | $951K |
| 2011 | $966K |
| 2012 | $1.03M |
| 2013 | $1.02M |
| 2014 | $1.01M |
| 2015 | $993K |
| 2016 | $942K |
| 2017 | $970K |
| 2018 | $990K |
| 2019 | $1.02M |
| 2020 | $1.07M |
| 2021 | $680K |
| 2022 | $747K |
| 2023 | $767K |
| 2024 | $764K |
| 2025 | $807K |
Earnings per employee for Costco
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 | -$2.39K |
| 1997 | $5.48K |
| 1999 | $5.68K |
| 2002 | $7.61K |
| 2003 | $7K |
| 2004 | $7.81K |
| 2005 | $9.01K |
| 2006 | $15.5K |
| 2007 | $15.5K |
| 2008 | $17.1K |
| 2009 | $13.7K |
| 2010 | $15.9K |
| 2011 | $15.9K |
| 2012 | $17.8K |
| 2013 | $19.8K |
| 2014 | $18.4K |
| 2015 | $20.3K |
| 2016 | $18.7K |
| 2017 | $20.1K |
| 2018 | $21.9K |
| 2019 | $24.6K |
| 2020 | $25.7K |
| 2021 | $17.4K |
| 2022 | $19.2K |
| 2023 | $19.9K |
| 2024 | $22.1K |
| 2025 | $23.8K |
Employee count history for Costco (COST)
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.
- 2025341,000+2.4%
- 2024333,000+5.4%
- 2023316,000+3.9%
- 2022304,000+5.6%
- 2021288,000+84.6%
- 2020156,000+4.7%
- 2019149,000+4.2%
- 2018143,000+7.5%
- 2017133,000+5.6%
- 2016126,000+7.7%
- 2015117,000+4.5%
- 2014112,000+8.7%
- 2013103,000+7.3%
- 201296,000+4.3%
- 201192,000+12.2%
- 201082,000+3.8%
- 200979,000+5.3%
- 200875,000+7.1%
- 200770,000-1.4%
- 200671,000-39.8%
- 2005118,000+4.4%
- 2004113,000+9.7%
- 2003103,000+12.0%
- 200292,000—
- 200186,000+10.3%
- 200078,000—
- 199970,000—
- 199863,000—
- 199757,000—
- 199653,000+1.9%
- 199552,000—
- 199447,000—
About Costco's employee count
Costco (COST) employed 341,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +8,000 (+2.4%) from 333,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 47,000 to 341,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +6.6% per year.
Costco generated about $807K of revenue and $23.8K 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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