Latest headcount
26,000
YoY change
-3.7%
Headcount CAGR
+12.3%
Revenue / employee
$296K
Employee count history for Global Payments
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1,800 |
| 2003 | 1,700 |
| 2004 | 3,500 |
| 2005 | 3,900 |
| 2006 | 4,277 |
| 2007 | 4,680 |
| 2008 | 4,899 |
| 2009 | 5,844 |
| 2010 | 3,592 |
| 2011 | 3,753 |
| 2012 | 3,796 |
| 2013 | 3,954 |
| 2014 | 4,135 |
| 2015 | 4,438 |
| 2016 | 8,995 |
| 2017 | 10,000 |
| 2018 | 11,000 |
| 2019 | 24,000 |
| 2020 | 24,000 |
| 2021 | 25,000 |
| 2022 | 25,000 |
| 2023 | 27,000 |
| 2024 | 27,000 |
| 2025 | 26,000 |
Revenue per employee for Global Payments
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $257K |
| 2003 | $304K |
| 2004 | $180K |
| 2005 | $201K |
| 2006 | $212K |
| 2007 | $227K |
| 2008 | $260K |
| 2009 | $274K |
| 2010 | $457K |
| 2011 | $496K |
| 2012 | $581K |
| 2013 | $601K |
| 2014 | $618K |
| 2015 | $625K |
| 2016 | $322K |
| 2017 | $398K |
| 2018 | $306K |
| 2019 | $205K |
| 2020 | $309K |
| 2021 | $341K |
| 2022 | $359K |
| 2023 | $358K |
| 2024 | $374K |
| 2025 | $296K |
Earnings per employee for Global Payments
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) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $13.2K |
| 2003 | $31.4K |
| 2004 | $17.8K |
| 2005 | $23.8K |
| 2006 | $29.3K |
| 2007 | $30.6K |
| 2008 | $33.2K |
| 2009 | $6.37K |
| 2010 | $56.6K |
| 2011 | $55.8K |
| 2012 | $49.6K |
| 2013 | $54.7K |
| 2014 | $59.3K |
| 2015 | $62.6K |
| 2016 | $30.2K |
| 2017 | $46.8K |
| 2018 | $41.1K |
| 2019 | $17.9K |
| 2020 | $24.4K |
| 2021 | $38.6K |
| 2022 | $4.46K |
| 2023 | $36.5K |
| 2024 | $58.2K |
| 2025 | $53.9K |
Employee count history for Global Payments (GPN)
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.
- 202526,000-3.7%
- 202427,0000.0%
- 202327,000+8.0%
- 202225,0000.0%
- 202125,000+4.2%
- 202024,0000.0%
- 201924,000+118.2%
- 201811,000+10.0%
- 201710,000+11.2%
- 20168,995+102.7%
- 20154,438+7.3%
- 20144,135+4.6%
- 20133,954+4.2%
- 20123,796+1.1%
- 20113,753+4.5%
- 20103,592-38.5%
- 20095,844+19.3%
- 20084,899+4.7%
- 20074,680+9.4%
- 20064,277+9.7%
- 20053,900+11.4%
- 20043,500+105.9%
- 20031,700-5.6%
- 20021,800—
- 20011,700—
About Global Payments's employee count
Global Payments (GPN) employed 26,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-3.7%) from 27,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,800 to 26,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +12.3% per year.
Global Payments generated about $296K of revenue and $53.9K 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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