Latest headcount
7,900
YoY change
-2.5%
Headcount CAGR
+13.4%
Revenue / employee
$661K
Employee count history for First Solar
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 723 |
| 2007 | 1,462 |
| 2008 | 3,524 |
| 2009 | 4,700 |
| 2010 | 6,100 |
| 2011 | 7,000 |
| 2012 | 5,600 |
| 2013 | 4,850 |
| 2014 | 6,060 |
| 2015 | 6,350 |
| 2016 | 5,400 |
| 2017 | 4,100 |
| 2018 | 6,400 |
| 2019 | 6,600 |
| 2020 | 5,100 |
| 2021 | 4,800 |
| 2022 | 5,500 |
| 2023 | 6,700 |
| 2024 | 8,100 |
| 2025 | 7,900 |
Revenue per employee for First Solar
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2006 | $187K |
| 2007 | $345K |
| 2008 | $354K |
| 2009 | $440K |
| 2010 | $420K |
| 2011 | $395K |
| 2012 | $602K |
| 2013 | $682K |
| 2014 | $560K |
| 2015 | $648K |
| 2016 | $538K |
| 2017 | $717K |
| 2018 | $351K |
| 2019 | $464K |
| 2020 | $532K |
| 2021 | $609K |
| 2022 | $476K |
| 2023 | $495K |
| 2024 | $519K |
| 2025 | $661K |
Earnings per employee for First Solar
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) |
|---|---|
| 2006 | $5.5K |
| 2007 | $108K |
| 2008 | $98.8K |
| 2009 | $136K |
| 2010 | $109K |
| 2011 | -$5.64K |
| 2012 | -$17.2K |
| 2013 | $72.3K |
| 2014 | $65.3K |
| 2015 | $93.4K |
| 2016 | -$77.1K |
| 2017 | -$40.4K |
| 2018 | $22.6K |
| 2019 | -$17.4K |
| 2020 | $78.1K |
| 2021 | $97.6K |
| 2022 | -$8.03K |
| 2023 | $124K |
| 2024 | $160K |
| 2025 | $193K |
Employee count history for First Solar (FSLR)
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.
- 20257,900-2.5%
- 20248,100+20.9%
- 20236,700+21.8%
- 20225,500+14.6%
- 20214,800-5.9%
- 20205,100-22.7%
- 20196,600+3.1%
- 20186,400+56.1%
- 20174,100-24.1%
- 20165,400-15.0%
- 20156,350+4.8%
- 20146,060+24.9%
- 20134,850-13.4%
- 20125,600-20.0%
- 20117,000+14.8%
- 20106,100+29.8%
- 20094,700+33.4%
- 20083,524+141.0%
- 20071,462+102.2%
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About First Solar's employee count
First Solar (FSLR) employed 7,900 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -200 (-2.5%) from 8,100 a year earlier.
Across the 2006–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 723 to 7,900 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +13.4% per year.
First Solar generated about $661K of revenue and $193K 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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