Latest headcount
86,200
YoY change
-4.6%
Headcount CAGR
+10.7%
Revenue / employee
$657K
Employee count history for Cisco
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 4,086 |
| 1996 | 8,782 |
| 1997 | 11,000 |
| 1998 | 15,000 |
| 2000 | 34,000 |
| 2001 | 38,000 |
| 2002 | 36,000 |
| 2003 | 34,000 |
| 2004 | 34,000 |
| 2005 | 38,413 |
| 2006 | 49,926 |
| 2007 | 61,535 |
| 2008 | 66,129 |
| 2009 | 65,550 |
| 2010 | 70,700 |
| 2011 | 71,825 |
| 2012 | 66,639 |
| 2013 | 75,049 |
| 2014 | 74,042 |
| 2015 | 70,000 |
| 2016 | 73,700 |
| 2017 | 72,900 |
| 2018 | 74,200 |
| 2019 | 75,900 |
| 2020 | 77,500 |
| 2021 | 79,500 |
| 2022 | 83,300 |
| 2023 | 84,900 |
| 2024 | 90,400 |
| 2025 | 86,200 |
Revenue per employee for Cisco
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $466K |
| 1997 | $585K |
| 1998 | $564K |
| 2000 | $557K |
| 2001 | $587K |
| 2002 | $525K |
| 2003 | $555K |
| 2004 | $648K |
| 2005 | $646K |
| 2006 | $571K |
| 2007 | $568K |
| 2008 | $598K |
| 2009 | $551K |
| 2010 | $566K |
| 2011 | $602K |
| 2012 | $691K |
| 2013 | $648K |
| 2014 | $637K |
| 2015 | $702K |
| 2016 | $668K |
| 2017 | $659K |
| 2018 | $665K |
| 2019 | $684K |
| 2020 | $636K |
| 2021 | $627K |
| 2022 | $619K |
| 2023 | $671K |
| 2024 | $595K |
| 2025 | $657K |
Earnings per employee for Cisco
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $104K |
| 1997 | $95.3K |
| 1998 | $90K |
| 2000 | $78.5K |
| 2001 | -$26.7K |
| 2002 | $52.6K |
| 2003 | $105K |
| 2004 | $129K |
| 2005 | $149K |
| 2006 | $112K |
| 2007 | $119K |
| 2008 | $122K |
| 2009 | $93.6K |
| 2010 | $110K |
| 2011 | $90.4K |
| 2012 | $121K |
| 2013 | $133K |
| 2014 | $106K |
| 2015 | $128K |
| 2016 | $146K |
| 2017 | $132K |
| 2018 | $1.48K |
| 2019 | $153K |
| 2020 | $145K |
| 2021 | $133K |
| 2022 | $142K |
| 2023 | $149K |
| 2024 | $114K |
| 2025 | $118K |
Employee count history for Cisco (CSCO)
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.
- 202586,200-4.6%
- 202490,400+6.5%
- 202384,900+1.9%
- 202283,300+4.8%
- 202179,500+2.6%
- 202077,500+2.1%
- 201975,900+2.3%
- 201874,200+1.8%
- 201772,900-1.1%
- 201673,700+5.3%
- 201570,000-5.5%
- 201474,042-1.3%
- 201375,049+12.6%
- 201266,639-7.2%
- 201171,825+1.6%
- 201070,700+7.9%
- 200965,550-0.9%
- 200866,129+7.5%
- 200761,535+23.3%
- 200649,926+30.0%
- 200538,413+13.0%
- 200434,0000.0%
- 200334,000-5.6%
- 200236,000-5.3%
- 200138,000+11.8%
- 200034,000—
- 199921,000—
- 199815,000+36.4%
- 199711,000+25.3%
- 19968,782+114.9%
- 19954,086—
About Cisco's employee count
Cisco (CSCO) employed 86,200 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -4,200 (-4.6%) from 90,400 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 4,086 to 86,200 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +10.7% per year.
Cisco generated about $657K of revenue and $118K 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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