Latest headcount
60,500
YoY change
-1.6%
Headcount CAGR
+0.1%
Revenue / employee
$412K
Employee count history for 3M
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 58,058 |
| 1996 | 74,289 |
| 1997 | 75,639 |
| 1998 | 73,564 |
| 1999 | 70,549 |
| 2002 | 68,774 |
| 2003 | 67,072 |
| 2004 | 67,071 |
| 2005 | 69,315 |
| 2006 | 75,333 |
| 2007 | 76,239 |
| 2008 | 79,183 |
| 2009 | 74,835 |
| 2010 | 80,057 |
| 2011 | 84,198 |
| 2012 | 87,677 |
| 2013 | 88,667 |
| 2014 | 89,800 |
| 2015 | 89,446 |
| 2016 | 91,584 |
| 2017 | 91,536 |
| 2018 | 93,516 |
| 2019 | 96,163 |
| 2020 | 95,000 |
| 2021 | 95,000 |
| 2022 | 92,000 |
| 2023 | 85,000 |
| 2024 | 61,500 |
| 2025 | 60,500 |
Revenue per employee for 3M
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $241K |
| 1996 | $192K |
| 1997 | $199K |
| 1998 | $204K |
| 1999 | $222K |
| 2002 | $237K |
| 2003 | $272K |
| 2004 | $298K |
| 2005 | $305K |
| 2006 | $304K |
| 2007 | $321K |
| 2008 | $319K |
| 2009 | $309K |
| 2010 | $333K |
| 2011 | $352K |
| 2012 | $341K |
| 2013 | $348K |
| 2014 | $354K |
| 2015 | $338K |
| 2016 | $329K |
| 2017 | $346K |
| 2018 | $350K |
| 2019 | $334K |
| 2020 | $339K |
| 2021 | $372K |
| 2022 | $372K |
| 2023 | $290K |
| 2024 | $400K |
| 2025 | $412K |
Earnings per employee for 3M
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) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $21.8K |
| 1996 | $20.5K |
| 1997 | $28K |
| 1998 | $16K |
| 1999 | $25K |
| 2002 | $28.7K |
| 2003 | $35.8K |
| 2004 | $44.6K |
| 2005 | $45.4K |
| 2006 | $51.1K |
| 2007 | $53.7K |
| 2008 | $43.7K |
| 2009 | $42.7K |
| 2010 | $51K |
| 2011 | $50.9K |
| 2012 | $50.7K |
| 2013 | $52.5K |
| 2014 | $55.2K |
| 2015 | $54K |
| 2016 | $55.1K |
| 2017 | $53.1K |
| 2018 | $57.2K |
| 2019 | $47.5K |
| 2020 | $57.4K |
| 2021 | $62.3K |
| 2022 | $62.8K |
| 2023 | -$82.3K |
| 2024 | $67.9K |
| 2025 | $53.7K |
Employee count history for 3M (MMM)
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.
- 202560,500-1.6%
- 202461,500-27.6%
- 202385,000-7.6%
- 202292,000-3.2%
- 202195,0000.0%
- 202095,000-1.2%
- 201996,163+2.8%
- 201893,516+2.2%
- 201791,536-0.1%
- 201691,584+2.4%
- 201589,446-0.4%
- 201489,800+1.3%
- 201388,667+1.1%
- 201287,677+4.1%
- 201184,198+5.2%
- 201080,057+7.0%
- 200974,835-5.5%
- 200879,183+3.9%
- 200776,239+1.2%
- 200675,333+8.7%
- 200569,315+3.3%
- 200467,071-0.0%
- 200367,072-2.5%
- 200268,774—
- 200171,669-4.4%
- 200075,000—
- 199970,549-4.1%
- 199873,564-2.7%
- 199775,639+1.8%
- 199674,289—
- 199570,687-17.0%
- 199485,166—
- 199358,058—
About 3M's employee count
3M (MMM) employed 60,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-1.6%) from 61,500 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 58,058 to 60,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.1% per year.
3M generated about $412K of revenue and $53.7K 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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