Latest headcount
23,000
YoY change
-2.1%
Headcount CAGR
-1.7%
Revenue / employee
$613K
Employee count history for CSX
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 40,000 |
| 1998 | 46,000 |
| 1999 | 47,500 |
| 2003 | 37,516 |
| 2004 | 50 |
| 2005 | 35,000 |
| 2006 | 36,000 |
| 2007 | 35,000 |
| 2008 | 34,000 |
| 2009 | 30,000 |
| 2010 | 30,000 |
| 2011 | 31,000 |
| 2012 | 32,000 |
| 2013 | 31,000 |
| 2014 | 32,000 |
| 2015 | 29,000 |
| 2016 | 27,000 |
| 2017 | 24,000 |
| 2018 | 22,500 |
| 2019 | 21,000 |
| 2020 | 19,300 |
| 2021 | 20,900 |
| 2022 | 22,500 |
| 2023 | 23,000 |
| 2024 | 23,500 |
| 2025 | 23,000 |
Revenue per employee for CSX
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $224K |
| 1998 | $215K |
| 1999 | $228K |
| 2003 | $208K |
| 2004 | $160M |
| 2005 | $246K |
| 2006 | $266K |
| 2007 | $287K |
| 2008 | $331K |
| 2009 | $301K |
| 2010 | $355K |
| 2011 | $379K |
| 2012 | $367K |
| 2013 | $388K |
| 2014 | $396K |
| 2015 | $407K |
| 2016 | $410K |
| 2017 | $475K |
| 2018 | $544K |
| 2019 | $568K |
| 2020 | $548K |
| 2021 | $599K |
| 2022 | $660K |
| 2023 | $637K |
| 2024 | $619K |
| 2025 | $613K |
Earnings per employee for CSX
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 | $8.98K |
| 1998 | $11.7K |
| 1999 | $42.11 |
| 2003 | $6.56K |
| 2004 | $6.78M |
| 2005 | $20.5K |
| 2006 | $36.4K |
| 2007 | $38.2K |
| 2008 | $40.1K |
| 2009 | $37.6K |
| 2010 | $52.1K |
| 2011 | $58.8K |
| 2012 | $58.1K |
| 2013 | $60.2K |
| 2014 | $60.2K |
| 2015 | $67.8K |
| 2016 | $63.4K |
| 2017 | $228K |
| 2018 | $147K |
| 2019 | $159K |
| 2020 | $143K |
| 2021 | $181K |
| 2022 | $183K |
| 2023 | $159K |
| 2024 | $148K |
| 2025 | $126K |
Employee count history for CSX (CSX)
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.
- 202523,000-2.1%
- 202423,500+2.2%
- 202323,000+2.2%
- 202222,500+7.7%
- 202120,900+8.3%
- 202019,300-8.1%
- 201921,000-6.7%
- 201822,500-6.3%
- 201724,000-11.1%
- 201627,000-6.9%
- 201529,000-9.4%
- 201432,000+3.2%
- 201331,000-3.1%
- 201232,000+3.2%
- 201131,000+3.3%
- 201030,0000.0%
- 200930,000-11.8%
- 200834,000-2.9%
- 200735,000-2.8%
- 200636,000+2.9%
- 200535,000+69,900.0%
- 200450-99.9%
- 200337,516—
- 199947,500+3.3%
- 199846,000—
- 199746,911-0.9%
- 199647,314-1.4%
- 199547,965+2.6%
- 199446,747—
- 199340,000—
About CSX's employee count
CSX (CSX) employed 23,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -500 (-2.1%) from 23,500 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 40,000 to 23,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.7% per year.
CSX generated about $613K of revenue and $126K 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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