Latest headcount
233,000
YoY change
-1.7%
Headcount CAGR
+4.2%
Revenue / employee
$407K
Employee count history for FedEx
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 87,400 |
| 2003 | 86,000 |
| 2004 | 84,500 |
| 2005 | 87,100 |
| 2006 | 87,400 |
| 2007 | 93,000 |
| 2008 | 94,700 |
| 2009 | 93,000 |
| 2010 | 93,000 |
| 2011 | 95,000 |
| 2012 | 101,000 |
| 2013 | 112,000 |
| 2014 | 112,000 |
| 2015 | 114,000 |
| 2016 | 115,000 |
| 2017 | 117,000 |
| 2018 | 166,000 |
| 2019 | 177,000 |
| 2020 | 183,000 |
| 2021 | 228,000 |
| 2022 | 345,000 |
| 2023 | 328,000 |
| 2024 | 241,000 |
| 2025 | 237,000 |
| 2026 | 233,000 |
Revenue per employee for FedEx
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $236K |
| 2003 | $261K |
| 2004 | $292K |
| 2005 | $337K |
| 2006 | $369K |
| 2007 | $379K |
| 2008 | $401K |
| 2009 | $382K |
| 2010 | $373K |
| 2011 | $414K |
| 2012 | $423K |
| 2013 | $395K |
| 2014 | $407K |
| 2015 | $416K |
| 2016 | $438K |
| 2017 | $516K |
| 2018 | $394K |
| 2019 | $394K |
| 2020 | $378K |
| 2021 | $368K |
| 2022 | $271K |
| 2023 | $275K |
| 2024 | $364K |
| 2025 | $371K |
| 2026 | $407K |
Earnings per employee for FedEx
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) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $8.12K |
| 2003 | $9.65K |
| 2004 | $9.92K |
| 2005 | $16.6K |
| 2006 | $20.7K |
| 2007 | $21.7K |
| 2008 | $11.9K |
| 2009 | $1.05K |
| 2010 | $12.7K |
| 2011 | $15.3K |
| 2012 | $20.1K |
| 2013 | $13.9K |
| 2014 | $18.7K |
| 2015 | $9.21K |
| 2016 | $15.8K |
| 2017 | $25.6K |
| 2018 | $27.5K |
| 2019 | $3.05K |
| 2020 | $7.03K |
| 2021 | $22.9K |
| 2022 | $11.1K |
| 2023 | $12.1K |
| 2024 | $18K |
| 2025 | $17.3K |
| 2026 | $19K |
Employee count history for FedEx (FDX)
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.
- 2026233,000-1.7%
- 2025237,000-1.7%
- 2024241,000-26.5%
- 2023328,000-4.9%
- 2022345,000+51.3%
- 2021228,000+24.6%
- 2020183,000+3.4%
- 2019177,000+6.6%
- 2018166,000+41.9%
- 2017117,000+1.7%
- 2016115,000+0.9%
- 2015114,000+1.8%
- 2014112,0000.0%
- 2013112,000+10.9%
- 2012101,000+6.3%
- 201195,000+2.2%
- 201093,0000.0%
- 200993,000-1.8%
- 200894,700+1.8%
- 200793,000+6.4%
- 200687,400+0.3%
- 200587,100+3.1%
- 200484,500-1.7%
- 200386,000-1.6%
- 200287,400—
- 200188,000-8.3%
- 200096,000—
About FedEx's employee count
FedEx (FDX) employed 233,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -4,000 (-1.7%) from 237,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 87,400 to 233,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.2% per year.
FedEx generated about $407K of revenue and $19K 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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