Latest headcount
117,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+4.3%
Revenue / employee
$449K
Employee count history for General Dynamics
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 30,500 |
| 1994 | 24,200 |
| 1996 | 23,100 |
| 1997 | 29,000 |
| 1998 | 31,000 |
| 1999 | 43,400 |
| 2000 | 43,300 |
| 2002 | 54,000 |
| 2003 | 67,600 |
| 2004 | 70,200 |
| 2005 | 72,200 |
| 2006 | 81,000 |
| 2007 | 83,500 |
| 2008 | 92,300 |
| 2009 | 91,700 |
| 2010 | 90,000 |
| 2011 | 95,100 |
| 2012 | 92,200 |
| 2013 | 96,000 |
| 2014 | 99,500 |
| 2015 | 99,900 |
| 2016 | 98,800 |
| 2017 | 98,600 |
| 2018 | 105,600 |
| 2019 | 102,900 |
| 2020 | 100,000 |
| 2021 | 103,100 |
| 2022 | 106,500 |
| 2023 | 111,600 |
| 2024 | 117,000 |
| 2025 | 117,000 |
Revenue per employee for General Dynamics
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $104K |
| 1994 | $126K |
| 1996 | $155K |
| 1997 | $206K |
| 1998 | $239K |
| 1999 | $206K |
| 2000 | $239K |
| 2002 | $256K |
| 2003 | $242K |
| 2004 | $272K |
| 2005 | $291K |
| 2006 | $297K |
| 2007 | $326K |
| 2008 | $317K |
| 2009 | $349K |
| 2010 | $361K |
| 2011 | $344K |
| 2012 | $336K |
| 2013 | $322K |
| 2014 | $310K |
| 2015 | $318K |
| 2016 | $309K |
| 2017 | $314K |
| 2018 | $343K |
| 2019 | $382K |
| 2020 | $379K |
| 2021 | $373K |
| 2022 | $370K |
| 2023 | $379K |
| 2024 | $408K |
| 2025 | $449K |
Earnings per employee for General Dynamics
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) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $29K |
| 1994 | $9.83K |
| 1996 | $11.7K |
| 1997 | $19.3K |
| 1998 | $19K |
| 1999 | $20.3K |
| 2000 | $20.8K |
| 2002 | $17K |
| 2003 | $14.9K |
| 2004 | $17.5K |
| 2005 | $20.2K |
| 2006 | $22.9K |
| 2007 | $24.8K |
| 2008 | $26.6K |
| 2009 | $26.1K |
| 2010 | $29.2K |
| 2011 | $26.6K |
| 2012 | -$3.6K |
| 2013 | $24.6K |
| 2014 | $25.5K |
| 2015 | $30.4K |
| 2016 | $26K |
| 2017 | $29.5K |
| 2018 | $31.7K |
| 2019 | $33.9K |
| 2020 | $31.7K |
| 2021 | $31.6K |
| 2022 | $31.8K |
| 2023 | $29.7K |
| 2024 | $32.3K |
| 2025 | $36K |
Employee count history for General Dynamics (GD)
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.
- 2025117,0000.0%
- 2024117,000+4.8%
- 2023111,600+4.8%
- 2022106,500+3.3%
- 2021103,100+3.1%
- 2020100,000-2.8%
- 2019102,900-2.6%
- 2018105,600+7.1%
- 201798,600-0.2%
- 201698,800-1.1%
- 201599,900+0.4%
- 201499,500+3.6%
- 201396,000+4.1%
- 201292,200-3.0%
- 201195,100+5.7%
- 201090,000-1.9%
- 200991,700-0.7%
- 200892,300+10.5%
- 200783,500+3.1%
- 200681,000+12.2%
- 200572,200+2.8%
- 200470,200+3.8%
- 200367,600+25.2%
- 200254,000—
- 200151,700—
- 200043,300-0.2%
- 199943,400+40.0%
- 199831,000+6.9%
- 199729,000+25.5%
- 199623,100—
- 199527,700—
- 199424,200-20.7%
- 199330,500—
About General Dynamics's employee count
General Dynamics (GD) employed 117,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 117,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 30,500 to 117,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.3% per year.
General Dynamics generated about $449K of revenue and $36K 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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