Latest headcount
8,600
YoY change
-4.1%
Headcount CAGR
+19.3%
Revenue / employee
$504K
Employee count history for Illumina
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 105 |
| 2002 | 233 |
| 2003 | 236 |
| 2005 | 278 |
| 2006 | 144 |
| 2007 | 277 |
| 2008 | 406 |
| 2010 | 1,781 |
| 2011 | 2,100 |
| 2012 | 2,400 |
| 2013 | 3,000 |
| 2014 | 3,700 |
| 2016 | 4,600 |
| 2017 | 6,200 |
| 2018 | 7,300 |
| 2019 | 7,700 |
| 2021 | 7,800 |
| 2022 | 9,100 |
| 2023 | 9,250 |
| 2024 | 8,970 |
| 2025 | 8,600 |
Revenue per employee for Illumina
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $12.5K |
| 2002 | $43.1K |
| 2003 | $119K |
| 2005 | $182K |
| 2006 | $1.28M |
| 2007 | $1.32M |
| 2008 | $1.41M |
| 2010 | $374K |
| 2011 | $430K |
| 2012 | $479K |
| 2013 | $474K |
| 2014 | $503K |
| 2016 | $483K |
| 2017 | $444K |
| 2018 | $457K |
| 2019 | $460K |
| 2021 | $415K |
| 2022 | $497K |
| 2023 | $487K |
| 2024 | $487K |
| 2025 | $504K |
Earnings per employee for Illumina
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) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | -$177K |
| 2002 | -$173K |
| 2003 | -$115K |
| 2005 | -$22.4K |
| 2006 | $278K |
| 2007 | -$1M |
| 2008 | $124K |
| 2010 | $40.6K |
| 2011 | $59.5K |
| 2012 | $63K |
| 2013 | $41.8K |
| 2014 | $95.5K |
| 2016 | $100K |
| 2017 | $117K |
| 2018 | $113K |
| 2019 | $130K |
| 2021 | $84.1K |
| 2022 | $83.7K |
| 2023 | -$126K |
| 2024 | -$136K |
| 2025 | $98.8K |
Employee count history for Illumina (ILMN)
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.
- 20258,600-4.1%
- 20248,970-3.0%
- 20239,250+1.6%
- 202310,200+12.1%
- 20229,100+16.7%
- 20217,800—
- 20197,700+5.5%
- 20187,300+17.7%
- 20176,200+34.8%
- 20175,500+19.6%
- 20164,600—
- 20143,700+23.3%
- 20133,000+25.0%
- 20122,400+14.3%
- 20122,200+4.8%
- 20112,100+17.9%
- 20101,781—
- 2008406+46.6%
- 2007277+92.4%
- 2006144-48.2%
- 2006375+34.9%
- 2005278—
- 2003236+1.3%
- 2002233—
- 2001179—
- 2000105—
About Illumina's employee count
Illumina (ILMN) employed 8,600 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -370 (-4.1%) from 8,970 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 105 to 8,600 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +19.3% per year.
Illumina generated about $504K of revenue and $98.8K 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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