Latest headcount
12,300
YoY change
+7.0%
Headcount CAGR
+7.7%
Revenue / employee
$902K
Employee count history for eBay
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,927 |
| 2001 | 2,560 |
| 2002 | 4,000 |
| 2003 | 5,700 |
| 2004 | 8,100 |
| 2005 | 11,600 |
| 2006 | 13,200 |
| 2007 | 15,500 |
| 2008 | 16,200 |
| 2009 | 16,400 |
| 2010 | 17,700 |
| 2011 | 27,770 |
| 2012 | 31,500 |
| 2013 | 33,500 |
| 2014 | 34,600 |
| 2015 | 11,600 |
| 2016 | 12,600 |
| 2017 | 14,100 |
| 2018 | 14,000 |
| 2019 | 13,300 |
| 2020 | 12,700 |
| 2021 | 10,800 |
| 2022 | 11,600 |
| 2024 | 11,500 |
| 2025 | 12,300 |
Revenue per employee for eBay
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $224K |
| 2001 | $293K |
| 2002 | $304K |
| 2003 | $380K |
| 2004 | $404K |
| 2005 | $392K |
| 2006 | $452K |
| 2007 | $495K |
| 2008 | $527K |
| 2009 | $532K |
| 2010 | $517K |
| 2011 | $420K |
| 2012 | $447K |
| 2013 | $246K |
| 2014 | $254K |
| 2015 | $741K |
| 2016 | $738K |
| 2017 | $704K |
| 2018 | $618K |
| 2019 | $559K |
| 2020 | $700K |
| 2021 | $965K |
| 2022 | $844K |
| 2024 | $894K |
| 2025 | $902K |
Earnings per employee for eBay
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) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $25.1K |
| 2001 | $35.3K |
| 2002 | $62.5K |
| 2003 | $77.5K |
| 2004 | $96.1K |
| 2005 | $93.3K |
| 2006 | $85.3K |
| 2007 | $22.5K |
| 2008 | $110K |
| 2009 | $146K |
| 2010 | $102K |
| 2011 | $116K |
| 2012 | $82.8K |
| 2013 | $85.3K |
| 2014 | $1.33K |
| 2015 | $149K |
| 2016 | $577K |
| 2017 | -$72.1K |
| 2018 | $181K |
| 2019 | $134K |
| 2020 | $446K |
| 2021 | $1.26M |
| 2022 | -$109K |
| 2024 | $172K |
| 2025 | $165K |
Employee count history for eBay (EBAY)
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.
- 202512,300+7.0%
- 202411,500—
- 202312,300—
- 202211,600+7.4%
- 202110,800-15.0%
- 202012,700-4.5%
- 201913,300-5.0%
- 201814,000-0.7%
- 201714,100+11.9%
- 201612,600+8.6%
- 201511,600-66.5%
- 201434,600+3.3%
- 201333,500+6.3%
- 201231,500+13.4%
- 201127,770+56.9%
- 201017,700+7.9%
- 200916,400+1.2%
- 200816,200+4.5%
- 200715,500+17.4%
- 200613,200+13.8%
- 200511,600+43.2%
- 20048,100+42.1%
- 20035,700+42.5%
- 20024,000+56.3%
- 20012,560+32.8%
- 20001,927—
- 1998138—
About eBay's employee count
eBay (EBAY) employed 12,300 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +800 (+7.0%) from 11,500 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,927 to 12,300 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +7.7% per year.
eBay generated about $902K of revenue and $165K 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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