Latest headcount
39,800
YoY change
+12.7%
Headcount CAGR
+10.5%
Revenue / employee
$824K
Employee count history for Mastercard
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 4,000 |
| 2003 | 4,000 |
| 2004 | 4,000 |
| 2005 | 4,300 |
| 2006 | 4,600 |
| 2007 | 5,000 |
| 2008 | 5,500 |
| 2009 | 5,100 |
| 2010 | 5,600 |
| 2011 | 6,700 |
| 2012 | 7,500 |
| 2013 | 8,200 |
| 2014 | 10,300 |
| 2015 | 11,300 |
| 2016 | 11,900 |
| 2017 | 13,400 |
| 2018 | 14,800 |
| 2019 | 18,600 |
| 2020 | 21,000 |
| 2021 | 24,000 |
| 2022 | 29,900 |
| 2023 | 33,400 |
| 2024 | 35,300 |
| 2025 | 39,800 |
Revenue per employee for Mastercard
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $473K |
| 2003 | $558K |
| 2004 | $648K |
| 2005 | $683K |
| 2006 | $723K |
| 2007 | $814K |
| 2008 | $908K |
| 2009 | $1M |
| 2010 | $989K |
| 2011 | $1M |
| 2012 | $985K |
| 2013 | $1.01M |
| 2014 | $917K |
| 2015 | $855K |
| 2016 | $906K |
| 2017 | $933K |
| 2018 | $1.01M |
| 2019 | $908K |
| 2020 | $729K |
| 2021 | $787K |
| 2022 | $744K |
| 2023 | $751K |
| 2024 | $798K |
| 2025 | $824K |
Earnings per employee for Mastercard
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 | $29.1K |
| 2003 | -$96.4K |
| 2004 | $59.5K |
| 2005 | $62K |
| 2006 | $10.9K |
| 2007 | $217K |
| 2008 | -$46.2K |
| 2009 | $287K |
| 2010 | $330K |
| 2011 | $284K |
| 2012 | $368K |
| 2013 | $380K |
| 2014 | $351K |
| 2015 | $337K |
| 2016 | $341K |
| 2017 | $292K |
| 2018 | $396K |
| 2019 | $436K |
| 2020 | $305K |
| 2021 | $362K |
| 2022 | $332K |
| 2023 | $335K |
| 2024 | $365K |
| 2025 | $376K |
Employee count history for Mastercard (MA)
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.
- 202539,800+12.7%
- 202435,300+5.7%
- 202333,400+11.7%
- 202229,900+24.6%
- 202124,000+14.3%
- 202021,000+12.9%
- 201918,600+25.7%
- 201814,800+10.4%
- 201713,400+12.6%
- 201611,900+5.3%
- 201511,300+9.7%
- 201410,300+25.6%
- 20138,200+9.3%
- 20127,500+11.9%
- 20116,700+19.6%
- 20105,600+9.8%
- 20095,100-7.3%
- 20085,500+10.0%
- 20075,000+8.7%
- 20064,600+7.0%
- 20054,300+7.5%
- 20044,0000.0%
- 20034,0000.0%
- 20024,000—
About Mastercard's employee count
Mastercard (MA) employed 39,800 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +4,500 (+12.7%) from 35,300 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 4,000 to 39,800 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +10.5% per year.
Mastercard generated about $824K of revenue and $376K 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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