Latest headcount
6,578
YoY change
+0.3%
Headcount CAGR
+14.7%
Revenue / employee
$469K
Employee count history for F5
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 187 |
| 2000 | 496 |
| 2001 | 490 |
| 2002 | 467 |
| 2003 | 507 |
| 2004 | 613 |
| 2005 | 792 |
| 2006 | 1,068 |
| 2007 | 1,582 |
| 2008 | 1,694 |
| 2009 | 1,646 |
| 2010 | 2,012 |
| 2011 | 2,488 |
| 2012 | 3,029 |
| 2013 | 3,356 |
| 2014 | 3,834 |
| 2015 | 4,178 |
| 2016 | 4,395 |
| 2017 | 4,366 |
| 2018 | 4,409 |
| 2019 | 5,325 |
| 2020 | 6,109 |
| 2021 | 6,461 |
| 2022 | 7,089 |
| 2023 | 6,524 |
| 2024 | 6,557 |
| 2025 | 6,578 |
Revenue per employee for F5
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $149K |
| 2000 | $219K |
| 2001 | $219K |
| 2002 | $232K |
| 2003 | $229K |
| 2004 | $279K |
| 2005 | $355K |
| 2006 | $369K |
| 2007 | $332K |
| 2008 | $384K |
| 2009 | $397K |
| 2010 | $438K |
| 2011 | $463K |
| 2012 | $455K |
| 2013 | $441K |
| 2014 | $452K |
| 2015 | $460K |
| 2016 | $454K |
| 2017 | $479K |
| 2018 | $490K |
| 2019 | $421K |
| 2020 | $385K |
| 2021 | $403K |
| 2022 | $380K |
| 2023 | $431K |
| 2024 | $429K |
| 2025 | $469K |
Earnings per employee for F5
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) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | -$23K |
| 2000 | $27.5K |
| 2001 | -$62.8K |
| 2002 | -$18.4K |
| 2003 | $8.06K |
| 2004 | $59.3K |
| 2005 | $59.2K |
| 2006 | $61.8K |
| 2007 | $48.7K |
| 2008 | $43.9K |
| 2009 | $55.6K |
| 2010 | $75.1K |
| 2011 | $97K |
| 2012 | $90.9K |
| 2013 | $82.6K |
| 2014 | $81.2K |
| 2015 | $87.4K |
| 2016 | $83.2K |
| 2017 | $96.4K |
| 2018 | $103K |
| 2019 | $80.3K |
| 2020 | $50.3K |
| 2021 | $51.3K |
| 2022 | $45.4K |
| 2023 | $60.5K |
| 2024 | $86.4K |
| 2025 | $105K |
Employee count history for F5 (FFIV)
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.
- 20256,578+0.3%
- 20246,557+0.5%
- 20236,524-8.0%
- 20227,089+9.7%
- 20216,461+5.8%
- 20206,109+14.7%
- 20195,325+20.8%
- 20184,409+1.0%
- 20174,366-0.7%
- 20164,395+5.2%
- 20154,178+9.0%
- 20143,834+14.2%
- 20133,356+10.8%
- 20123,029+21.7%
- 20112,488+23.7%
- 20102,012+22.2%
- 20091,646-2.8%
- 20081,694+7.1%
- 20071,582+48.1%
- 20061,068+34.8%
- 2005792+29.2%
- 2004613+20.9%
- 2003507+8.6%
- 2002467-4.7%
- 2001490-1.2%
- 2000496+165.2%
- 1999187—
About F5's employee count
F5 (FFIV) employed 6,578 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +21 (+0.3%) from 6,557 a year earlier.
Across the 1999–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 187 to 6,578 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +14.7% per year.
F5 generated about $469K of revenue and $105K 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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