Latest headcount
30,000
YoY change
-9.1%
Headcount CAGR
+2.7%
Revenue / employee
$614K
Employee count history for General Mills
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 12,700 |
| 1995 | 9,900 |
| 1996 | 9,800 |
| 2000 | 11,077 |
| 2002 | 29,859 |
| 2003 | 27,300 |
| 2004 | 27,580 |
| 2005 | 27,800 |
| 2006 | 28,100 |
| 2007 | 28,500 |
| 2008 | 29,500 |
| 2009 | 30,000 |
| 2010 | 33,000 |
| 2011 | 35,000 |
| 2012 | 35,000 |
| 2013 | 41,000 |
| 2014 | 43,000 |
| 2015 | 42,000 |
| 2016 | 39,000 |
| 2017 | 38,000 |
| 2018 | 40,000 |
| 2019 | 40,000 |
| 2020 | 35,000 |
| 2021 | 35,000 |
| 2022 | 32,500 |
| 2023 | 34,000 |
| 2024 | 34,000 |
| 2025 | 33,000 |
| 2026 | 30,000 |
Revenue per employee for General Mills
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $671K |
| 1995 | $508K |
| 1996 | $553K |
| 2000 | $467K |
| 2002 | $266K |
| 2003 | $385K |
| 2004 | $401K |
| 2005 | $407K |
| 2006 | $417K |
| 2007 | $437K |
| 2008 | $463K |
| 2009 | $490K |
| 2010 | $444K |
| 2011 | $425K |
| 2012 | $476K |
| 2013 | $434K |
| 2014 | $417K |
| 2015 | $420K |
| 2016 | $425K |
| 2017 | $411K |
| 2018 | $394K |
| 2019 | $422K |
| 2020 | $504K |
| 2021 | $518K |
| 2022 | $584K |
| 2023 | $591K |
| 2024 | $584K |
| 2025 | $591K |
| 2026 | $614K |
Earnings per employee for General Mills
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $37K |
| 1995 | $37.1K |
| 1996 | $48.6K |
| 2000 | $55.4K |
| 2002 | $15.3K |
| 2003 | $33.6K |
| 2004 | $38.3K |
| 2005 | $44.6K |
| 2006 | $38.8K |
| 2007 | $40.1K |
| 2008 | $43.9K |
| 2009 | $43.5K |
| 2010 | $46.4K |
| 2011 | $51.4K |
| 2012 | $44.8K |
| 2013 | $45.2K |
| 2014 | $42.4K |
| 2015 | $29.1K |
| 2016 | $43.5K |
| 2017 | $43.6K |
| 2018 | $53.3K |
| 2019 | $43.8K |
| 2020 | $62.3K |
| 2021 | $66.9K |
| 2022 | $83.3K |
| 2023 | $76.3K |
| 2024 | $73.4K |
| 2025 | $69.6K |
| 2026 | -$2.92K |
Employee count history for General Mills (GIS)
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.
- 202630,000-9.1%
- 202533,000-2.9%
- 202434,0000.0%
- 202334,000+4.6%
- 202232,500-7.1%
- 202135,0000.0%
- 202035,000-12.5%
- 201940,0000.0%
- 201840,000+5.3%
- 201738,000-2.6%
- 201639,000-7.1%
- 201542,000-2.3%
- 201443,000+4.9%
- 201341,000+17.1%
- 201235,0000.0%
- 201135,000+6.1%
- 201033,000+10.0%
- 200930,000+1.7%
- 200829,500+3.5%
- 200728,500+1.4%
- 200628,100+1.1%
- 200527,800+0.8%
- 200427,580+1.0%
- 200327,300-8.6%
- 200229,859—
- 200111,001—
- 200011,077—
- 199910,660+4.5%
- 199810,2000.0%
- 199710,200—
- 19969,800-1.0%
- 19959,900-22.0%
- 199412,700—
About General Mills's employee count
General Mills (GIS) employed 30,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -3,000 (-9.1%) from 33,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 12,700 to 30,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.7% per year.
General Mills generated about $614K of revenue and -$2.92K 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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