Latest headcount
88,000
YoY change
-2.2%
Headcount CAGR
+1.8%
Revenue / employee
$2.1M
Employee count history for General Motors
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 66,000 |
| 2010 | 67,000 |
| 2011 | 67,000 |
| 2012 | 70,000 |
| 2013 | 77,000 |
| 2014 | 80,000 |
| 2015 | 85,000 |
| 2016 | 90,000 |
| 2017 | 77,000 |
| 2018 | 76,000 |
| 2019 | 95,000 |
| 2020 | 68,000 |
| 2021 | 74,000 |
| 2022 | 81,000 |
| 2023 | 76,000 |
| 2024 | 90,000 |
| 2025 | 88,000 |
Revenue per employee for General Motors
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2009 | $1.6M |
| 2010 | $2.02M |
| 2011 | $2.24M |
| 2012 | $2.18M |
| 2013 | $2.02M |
| 2014 | $1.95M |
| 2015 | $1.79M |
| 2016 | $1.66M |
| 2017 | $1.89M |
| 2018 | $1.93M |
| 2019 | $1.44M |
| 2020 | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.72M |
| 2022 | $1.94M |
| 2023 | $2.26M |
| 2024 | $2.08M |
| 2025 | $2.1M |
Earnings per employee for General Motors
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) |
|---|---|
| 2009 | $1.59M |
| 2010 | $92.1K |
| 2011 | $137K |
| 2012 | $88.4K |
| 2013 | $69.4K |
| 2014 | $49.4K |
| 2015 | $114K |
| 2016 | $105K |
| 2017 | $467.53 |
| 2018 | $106K |
| 2019 | $70.9K |
| 2020 | $94.5K |
| 2021 | $135K |
| 2022 | $123K |
| 2023 | $133K |
| 2024 | $66.8K |
| 2025 | $30.6K |
Employee count history for General Motors (GM)
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.
- 202588,000-2.2%
- 202490,000+18.4%
- 202376,000-6.2%
- 202281,000+9.5%
- 202174,000+8.8%
- 202068,000-28.4%
- 201995,000+25.0%
- 201876,000-1.3%
- 201777,000-14.4%
- 201690,000+5.9%
- 201585,000+6.3%
- 201480,000+3.9%
- 201377,000+10.0%
- 201270,000+4.5%
- 201167,0000.0%
- 201067,000+1.5%
- 200966,000—
About General Motors's employee count
General Motors (GM) employed 88,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -2,000 (-2.2%) from 90,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2009–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 66,000 to 88,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +1.8% per year.
General Motors generated about $2.1M of revenue and $30.6K 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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