Latest headcount
73,100
YoY change
-3.6%
Headcount CAGR
+2.5%
Revenue / employee
$611K
Employee count history for Deere & Company
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 33,070 |
| 2002 | 43,000 |
| 2003 | 43,200 |
| 2004 | 46,500 |
| 2005 | 47,400 |
| 2006 | 46,500 |
| 2007 | 52,000 |
| 2008 | 56,700 |
| 2009 | 51,300 |
| 2010 | 55,700 |
| 2011 | 61,300 |
| 2012 | 66,900 |
| 2013 | 67,000 |
| 2014 | 59,600 |
| 2015 | 57,200 |
| 2016 | 56,800 |
| 2017 | 60,500 |
| 2018 | 74,000 |
| 2019 | 73,500 |
| 2020 | 69,600 |
| 2021 | 75,600 |
| 2022 | 82,200 |
| 2023 | 83,000 |
| 2024 | 75,847 |
| 2025 | 73,100 |
Revenue per employee for Deere & Company
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $233K |
| 2002 | $324K |
| 2003 | $360K |
| 2004 | $413K |
| 2005 | $447K |
| 2006 | $466K |
| 2007 | $453K |
| 2008 | $492K |
| 2009 | $441K |
| 2010 | $456K |
| 2011 | $512K |
| 2012 | $530K |
| 2013 | $554K |
| 2014 | $591K |
| 2015 | $492K |
| 2016 | $456K |
| 2017 | $473K |
| 2018 | $493K |
| 2019 | $522K |
| 2020 | $499K |
| 2021 | $569K |
| 2022 | $624K |
| 2023 | $726K |
| 2024 | $666K |
| 2025 | $611K |
Earnings per employee for Deere & Company
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 | -$27.8K |
| 2002 | $7.42K |
| 2003 | $14.9K |
| 2004 | $30.2K |
| 2005 | $30.5K |
| 2006 | $36.4K |
| 2007 | $35K |
| 2008 | $36.2K |
| 2009 | $17K |
| 2010 | $33.5K |
| 2011 | $45.7K |
| 2012 | $45.8K |
| 2013 | $52.8K |
| 2014 | $53K |
| 2015 | $33.9K |
| 2016 | $26.8K |
| 2017 | $35.7K |
| 2018 | $32K |
| 2019 | $44.3K |
| 2020 | $39.5K |
| 2021 | $78.9K |
| 2022 | $86.8K |
| 2023 | $122K |
| 2024 | $93.6K |
| 2025 | $68.8K |
Employee count history for Deere & Company (DE)
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.
- 202573,100-3.6%
- 202475,847-8.6%
- 202383,000+1.0%
- 202282,200+8.7%
- 202175,600+8.6%
- 202069,600-5.3%
- 201973,500-0.7%
- 201874,000+22.3%
- 201760,500+6.5%
- 201656,800-0.7%
- 201557,200-4.0%
- 201459,600-11.0%
- 201367,000+0.1%
- 201266,900+9.1%
- 201161,300+10.1%
- 201055,700+8.6%
- 200951,300-9.5%
- 200856,700+9.0%
- 200752,000+11.8%
- 200646,500-1.9%
- 200547,400+1.9%
- 200446,500+7.6%
- 200343,200+0.5%
- 200243,000—
- 200145,100+3.2%
- 200043,700+12.9%
- 199938,700+4.6%
- 199837,000+7.6%
- 199734,400+1.5%
- 199633,900+1.5%
- 199533,400-2.6%
- 199434,300—
- 199333,070—
About Deere & Company's employee count
Deere & Company (DE) employed 73,100 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -2,747 (-3.6%) from 75,847 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 33,070 to 73,100 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.5% per year.
Deere & Company generated about $611K of revenue and $68.8K 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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