Latest headcount
43,000
YoY change
-4.4%
Headcount CAGR
+4.6%
Revenue / employee
$9.38M
Employee count history for McKesson
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 11,300 |
| 1997 | 13,300 |
| 2000 | 21,100 |
| 2001 | 23,000 |
| 2002 | 24,000 |
| 2003 | 24,500 |
| 2004 | 24,600 |
| 2005 | 25,200 |
| 2006 | 26,400 |
| 2007 | 31,800 |
| 2008 | 32,900 |
| 2009 | 32,500 |
| 2010 | 32,500 |
| 2011 | 36,400 |
| 2012 | 37,700 |
| 2013 | 43,500 |
| 2014 | 42,800 |
| 2015 | 70,400 |
| 2016 | 68,000 |
| 2017 | 78,000 |
| 2018 | 78,000 |
| 2019 | 80,000 |
| 2020 | 80,000 |
| 2021 | 76,000 |
| 2022 | 75,000 |
| 2023 | 51,000 |
| 2024 | 51,000 |
| 2025 | 45,000 |
| 2026 | 43,000 |
Revenue per employee for McKesson
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $1.21M |
| 1997 | $969K |
| 2000 | $1.74M |
| 2001 | $1.83M |
| 2002 | $2.08M |
| 2003 | $2.33M |
| 2004 | $2.83M |
| 2005 | $3.2M |
| 2006 | $3.34M |
| 2007 | $2.92M |
| 2008 | $3.09M |
| 2009 | $3.28M |
| 2010 | $3.34M |
| 2011 | $3.08M |
| 2012 | $3.26M |
| 2013 | $2.82M |
| 2014 | $3.22M |
| 2015 | $2.54M |
| 2016 | $2.81M |
| 2017 | $2.55M |
| 2018 | $2.67M |
| 2019 | $2.68M |
| 2020 | $2.89M |
| 2021 | $3.13M |
| 2022 | $3.52M |
| 2023 | $5.43M |
| 2024 | $6.06M |
| 2025 | $7.98M |
| 2026 | $9.38M |
Earnings per employee for McKesson
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $12K |
| 1997 | $10.1K |
| 2000 | $34.3K |
| 2001 | -$2.1K |
| 2002 | $17.4K |
| 2003 | $22.7K |
| 2004 | $26.3K |
| 2005 | -$6.23K |
| 2006 | $28K |
| 2007 | $30.3K |
| 2008 | $30.1K |
| 2009 | $25.3K |
| 2010 | $38.9K |
| 2011 | $31K |
| 2012 | $37.2K |
| 2013 | $30.8K |
| 2014 | $29.5K |
| 2015 | $21K |
| 2016 | $33.2K |
| 2017 | $66.4K |
| 2018 | $858.97 |
| 2019 | $425.00 |
| 2020 | $11.3K |
| 2021 | -$59.7K |
| 2022 | $14.9K |
| 2023 | $69.8K |
| 2024 | $58.9K |
| 2025 | $73.2K |
| 2026 | $111K |
Employee count history for McKesson (MCK)
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.
- 202643,000-4.4%
- 202545,000-11.8%
- 202451,0000.0%
- 202351,000-32.0%
- 202275,000-1.3%
- 202176,000-5.0%
- 202080,0000.0%
- 201980,000+2.6%
- 201878,0000.0%
- 201778,000+14.7%
- 201668,000-3.4%
- 201570,400+64.5%
- 201442,800-1.6%
- 201343,500+15.4%
- 201237,700+3.6%
- 201136,400+12.0%
- 201032,5000.0%
- 200932,500-1.2%
- 200832,900+3.5%
- 200731,800+20.5%
- 200626,400+4.8%
- 200525,200+2.4%
- 200424,600+0.4%
- 200324,500+2.1%
- 200224,000+4.3%
- 200123,000+9.0%
- 200021,100—
- 199924,600+79.6%
- 199813,700—
- 199713,300+17.7%
- 199611,300—
- 199512,200—
About McKesson's employee count
McKesson (MCK) employed 43,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -2,000 (-4.4%) from 45,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 11,300 to 43,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.6% per year.
McKesson generated about $9.38M of revenue and $111K 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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