Latest headcount
57,000
YoY change
-8.1%
Headcount CAGR
+5.0%
Revenue / employee
$250.7K
Employee count history for Estée Lauder Companies
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15,300 |
| 1999 | 17,700 |
| 2000 | 18,000 |
| 2001 | 19,900 |
| 2002 | 20,400 |
| 2003 | 21,500 |
| 2004 | 22,200 |
| 2005 | 23,700 |
| 2006 | 26,200 |
| 2007 | 28,500 |
| 2008 | 32,000 |
| 2009 | 31,300 |
| 2010 | 31,200 |
| 2011 | 32,300 |
| 2012 | 38,500 |
| 2013 | 40,200 |
| 2014 | 42,400 |
| 2015 | 44,000 |
| 2016 | 46,000 |
| 2017 | 46,000 |
| 2018 | 46,000 |
| 2019 | 48,000 |
| 2020 | 48,000 |
| 2021 | 62,000 |
| 2022 | 63,000 |
| 2023 | 62,000 |
| 2024 | 62,000 |
| 2025 | 57,000 |
Revenue per employee for Estée Lauder Companies
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | $236.5K |
| 1999 | $223.8K |
| 2000 | $242.6K |
| 2001 | $231.6K |
| 2002 | $232.5K |
| 2003 | $238K |
| 2004 | $260.8K |
| 2005 | $267.4K |
| 2006 | $246.7K |
| 2007 | $246.9K |
| 2008 | $247.2K |
| 2009 | $234K |
| 2010 | $249.9K |
| 2011 | $272.8K |
| 2012 | $252.3K |
| 2013 | $253.3K |
| 2014 | $258.7K |
| 2015 | $245K |
| 2016 | $244.8K |
| 2017 | $257K |
| 2018 | $297.5K |
| 2019 | $309.6K |
| 2020 | $297.8K |
| 2021 | $261.5K |
| 2022 | $281.5K |
| 2023 | $256.6K |
| 2024 | $251.7K |
| 2025 | $250.7K |
Earnings per employee for Estée Lauder Companies
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) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | $15.5K |
| 1999 | $15.4K |
| 2000 | $17.5K |
| 2001 | $15.3K |
| 2002 | $9.4K |
| 2003 | $14.9K |
| 2004 | $15.4K |
| 2005 | $17.1K |
| 2006 | $9.3K |
| 2007 | $15.8K |
| 2008 | $14.8K |
| 2009 | $7K |
| 2010 | $15.3K |
| 2011 | $21.7K |
| 2012 | $22.3K |
| 2013 | $25.4K |
| 2014 | $28.4K |
| 2015 | $24.7K |
| 2016 | $24.2K |
| 2017 | $27.2K |
| 2018 | $24.1K |
| 2019 | $37.2K |
| 2020 | $14.3K |
| 2021 | $46.3K |
| 2022 | $37.9K |
| 2023 | $16.2K |
| 2024 | $6.3K |
| 2025 | -$19.9K |
Employee count history for Estée Lauder Companies (EL)
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.
- 202557,000-8.1%
- 202462,0000.0%
- 202362,000-1.6%
- 202263,000+1.6%
- 202162,000+29.2%
- 202048,0000.0%
- 201948,000+4.3%
- 201846,0000.0%
- 201746,0000.0%
- 201646,000+4.5%
- 201544,000+3.8%
- 201442,400+5.5%
- 201340,200+4.4%
- 201238,500+19.2%
- 201132,300+3.5%
- 201031,200-0.3%
- 200931,300-2.2%
- 200832,000+12.3%
- 200728,500+8.8%
- 200626,200+10.5%
- 200523,700+6.8%
- 200422,200+3.3%
- 200321,500+5.4%
- 200220,400+2.5%
- 200119,900+10.6%
- 200018,000+1.7%
- 199917,700+15.7%
- 199815,300—
- 199714,700—
About Estée Lauder Companies's employee count
Estée Lauder Companies (EL) employed 57,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -5,000 (-8.1%) from 62,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1998–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 15,300 to 57,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.0% per year.
Estée Lauder Companies generated about $250.7K of revenue and -$19.9K 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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