Latest headcount
2,400
YoY change
-4.0%
Headcount CAGR
+0.3%
Revenue / employee
$1.29M
Employee count history for Equity Residential
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 2,189 |
| 1997 | 4,200 |
| 1998 | 6,000 |
| 1999 | 6,700 |
| 2000 | 7,400 |
| 2001 | 6,400 |
| 2002 | 6,400 |
| 2003 | 6,000 |
| 2004 | 6,000 |
| 2005 | 6,000 |
| 2006 | 5,200 |
| 2007 | 4,800 |
| 2008 | 4,700 |
| 2009 | 4,100 |
| 2010 | 4,000 |
| 2011 | 3,800 |
| 2012 | 3,600 |
| 2013 | 3,600 |
| 2014 | 3,500 |
| 2015 | 3,500 |
| 2016 | 2,700 |
| 2017 | 2,700 |
| 2018 | 2,700 |
| 2019 | 2,700 |
| 2020 | 2,600 |
| 2021 | 2,400 |
| 2022 | 2,400 |
| 2023 | 2,400 |
| 2024 | 2,500 |
| 2025 | 2,400 |
Revenue per employee for Equity Residential
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $219K |
| 1997 | $178K |
| 1998 | $223K |
| 1999 | $225K |
| 2000 | $274K |
| 2001 | $339K |
| 2002 | $312K |
| 2003 | $304K |
| 2004 | $292K |
| 2005 | $326K |
| 2006 | $383K |
| 2007 | $425K |
| 2008 | $447K |
| 2009 | $474K |
| 2010 | $498K |
| 2011 | $522K |
| 2012 | $485K |
| 2013 | $663K |
| 2014 | $747K |
| 2015 | $784K |
| 2016 | $898K |
| 2017 | $915K |
| 2018 | $955K |
| 2019 | $1M |
| 2020 | $989K |
| 2021 | $1.03M |
| 2022 | $1.14M |
| 2023 | $1.2M |
| 2024 | $1.19M |
| 2025 | $1.29M |
Earnings per employee for Equity Residential
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 | $46.4K |
| 1997 | $42K |
| 1998 | $43K |
| 1999 | $58.8K |
| 2000 | $74.3K |
| 2001 | $74K |
| 2002 | $65.8K |
| 2003 | $90.6K |
| 2004 | $78.7K |
| 2005 | $144K |
| 2006 | $206K |
| 2007 | $206K |
| 2008 | $89.4K |
| 2009 | $88.4K |
| 2010 | $70.9K |
| 2011 | $235K |
| 2012 | $234K |
| 2013 | $509K |
| 2014 | $180K |
| 2015 | $249K |
| 2016 | $1.59M |
| 2017 | $224K |
| 2018 | $244K |
| 2019 | $359K |
| 2020 | $351K |
| 2021 | $555K |
| 2022 | $324K |
| 2023 | $348K |
| 2024 | $414K |
| 2025 | $467K |
Employee count history for Equity Residential (EQR)
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.
- 20252,400-4.0%
- 20242,500+4.2%
- 20232,4000.0%
- 20222,4000.0%
- 20212,400-7.7%
- 20202,600-3.7%
- 20192,7000.0%
- 20182,7000.0%
- 20172,7000.0%
- 20162,700-22.9%
- 20153,5000.0%
- 20143,500-2.8%
- 20133,6000.0%
- 20123,600-5.3%
- 20113,800-5.0%
- 20104,000-2.4%
- 20094,100-12.8%
- 20084,700-2.1%
- 20074,800-7.7%
- 20065,200-13.3%
- 20056,0000.0%
- 20046,0000.0%
- 20036,000-6.3%
- 20026,4000.0%
- 20016,400-13.5%
- 20007,400+10.4%
- 19996,700+11.7%
- 19986,000+42.9%
- 19974,200+91.9%
- 19962,189—
About Equity Residential's employee count
Equity Residential (EQR) employed 2,400 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -100 (-4.0%) from 2,500 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 2,189 to 2,400 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.3% per year.
Equity Residential generated about $1.29M of revenue and $467K 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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