Latest headcount
17,550
YoY change
-5.3%
Headcount CAGR
+31.3%
Revenue / employee
$666K
Employee count history for Hershey
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1998 | 900 |
| 1999 | 900 |
| 2003 | 3,000 |
| 2004 | 500 |
| 2006 | 12,800 |
| 2007 | 11,000 |
| 2008 | 12,800 |
| 2009 | 12,100 |
| 2010 | 11,300 |
| 2011 | 11,800 |
| 2012 | 12,100 |
| 2013 | 12,600 |
| 2014 | 20,800 |
| 2015 | 19,060 |
| 2016 | 16,300 |
| 2017 | 15,360 |
| 2018 | 14,930 |
| 2019 | 14,520 |
| 2020 | 15,200 |
| 2021 | 16,620 |
| 2022 | 18,075 |
| 2023 | 18,650 |
| 2024 | 18,540 |
| 2025 | 17,550 |
Revenue per employee for Hershey
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $738M |
| 1996 | $997M |
| 1998 | $4.93M |
| 1999 | $4.41M |
| 2004 | $8.86M |
| 2006 | $386K |
| 2007 | $450K |
| 2008 | $401K |
| 2009 | $438K |
| 2010 | $502K |
| 2011 | $515K |
| 2012 | $549K |
| 2013 | $567K |
| 2014 | $357K |
| 2015 | $388K |
| 2016 | $456K |
| 2017 | $489K |
| 2018 | $522K |
| 2019 | $550K |
| 2020 | $536K |
| 2021 | $540K |
| 2022 | $576K |
| 2023 | $599K |
| 2024 | $604K |
| 2025 | $666K |
Earnings per employee for Hershey
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) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $56.4M |
| 1996 | $68.3M |
| 1998 | $379K |
| 1999 | $511K |
| 2004 | $1.18M |
| 2006 | $43.7K |
| 2007 | $19.5K |
| 2008 | $24.3K |
| 2009 | $36K |
| 2010 | $45.1K |
| 2011 | $53.3K |
| 2012 | $54.6K |
| 2013 | $65.1K |
| 2014 | $40.7K |
| 2015 | $26.9K |
| 2016 | $44.2K |
| 2017 | $51K |
| 2018 | $78.9K |
| 2019 | $79.2K |
| 2020 | $84.1K |
| 2021 | $88.9K |
| 2022 | $91K |
| 2023 | $99.8K |
| 2024 | $120K |
| 2025 | $50.3K |
Employee count history for Hershey (HSY)
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.
- 202517,550-5.3%
- 202418,540-0.6%
- 202318,650+3.2%
- 202218,075+8.8%
- 202116,620+9.3%
- 202015,200+4.7%
- 201914,520-2.7%
- 201814,930-2.8%
- 201715,360-5.8%
- 201616,300-14.5%
- 201519,060-8.4%
- 201420,800+65.1%
- 201312,600+4.1%
- 201212,100+2.5%
- 201111,800+4.4%
- 201011,300-6.6%
- 200912,100-5.5%
- 200812,800+16.4%
- 200711,000-14.1%
- 200612,800—
- 2004500-83.3%
- 20033,000—
- 20013,000—
- 19999000.0%
- 1998900—
- 19964-20.0%
- 19955—
About Hershey's employee count
Hershey (HSY) employed 17,550 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -990 (-5.3%) from 18,540 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 5 to 17,550 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +31.3% per year.
Hershey generated about $666K of revenue and $50.3K 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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