Latest headcount
46,000
YoY change
+2.2%
Headcount CAGR
-0.2%
Revenue / employee
$1.68M
Employee count history for MetLife
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 48,500 |
| 2003 | 49,000 |
| 2004 | 54,000 |
| 2005 | 65,500 |
| 2006 | 47,000 |
| 2007 | 49,000 |
| 2008 | 57,000 |
| 2009 | 54,000 |
| 2010 | 66,000 |
| 2011 | 67,000 |
| 2012 | 64,000 |
| 2013 | 65,000 |
| 2014 | 68,000 |
| 2015 | 69,000 |
| 2016 | 58,000 |
| 2017 | 49,000 |
| 2018 | 48,000 |
| 2019 | 49,000 |
| 2020 | 46,500 |
| 2021 | 43,000 |
| 2022 | 45,000 |
| 2023 | 45,000 |
| 2024 | 45,000 |
| 2025 | 46,000 |
Revenue per employee for MetLife
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $670K |
| 2003 | $716K |
| 2004 | $717K |
| 2005 | $681K |
| 2006 | $1.03M |
| 2007 | $962K |
| 2008 | $894K |
| 2009 | $760K |
| 2010 | $792K |
| 2011 | $1.05M |
| 2012 | $1.04M |
| 2013 | $1.05M |
| 2014 | $1.08M |
| 2015 | $889K |
| 2016 | $1.04M |
| 2017 | $1.27M |
| 2018 | $1.42M |
| 2019 | $1.42M |
| 2020 | $1.46M |
| 2021 | $1.47M |
| 2022 | $1.51M |
| 2023 | $1.5M |
| 2024 | $1.55M |
| 2025 | $1.68M |
Earnings per employee for MetLife
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 | $33.1K |
| 2003 | $45.2K |
| 2004 | $51.1K |
| 2005 | $72K |
| 2006 | $134K |
| 2007 | $88.1K |
| 2008 | $56.3K |
| 2009 | -$41.6K |
| 2010 | $40.4K |
| 2011 | $95.9K |
| 2012 | $20.7K |
| 2013 | $51.8K |
| 2014 | $92.8K |
| 2015 | $77.9K |
| 2016 | $14.7K |
| 2017 | $81.8K |
| 2018 | $107K |
| 2019 | $120K |
| 2020 | $116K |
| 2021 | $159K |
| 2022 | $117K |
| 2023 | $35.1K |
| 2024 | $98.4K |
| 2025 | $73.5K |
Employee count history for MetLife (MET)
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.
- 202546,000+2.2%
- 202445,0000.0%
- 202345,0000.0%
- 202245,000+4.7%
- 202143,000-7.5%
- 202046,500-5.1%
- 201949,000+2.1%
- 201848,000-2.0%
- 201749,000-15.5%
- 201658,000-15.9%
- 201569,000+1.5%
- 201468,000+4.6%
- 201365,000+1.6%
- 201264,000-4.5%
- 201167,000+1.5%
- 201066,000+22.2%
- 200954,000-5.3%
- 200857,000+16.3%
- 200749,000+4.3%
- 200647,000-28.2%
- 200565,500+21.3%
- 200454,000+10.2%
- 200349,000+1.0%
- 200248,500—
- 200146,000-1.5%
- 200046,700—
About MetLife's employee count
MetLife (MET) employed 46,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +1,000 (+2.2%) from 45,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 48,500 to 46,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.2% per year.
MetLife generated about $1.68M of revenue and $73.5K 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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