Latest headcount
75,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+4.0%
Revenue / employee
$866K
Employee count history for Merck & Co.
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 21,600 |
| 1994 | 21,200 |
| 1995 | 20,100 |
| 1996 | 20,600 |
| 1997 | 22,700 |
| 1999 | 26,500 |
| 2000 | 28,100 |
| 2001 | 29,800 |
| 2002 | 30,500 |
| 2003 | 30,500 |
| 2004 | 30,500 |
| 2005 | 32,600 |
| 2006 | 33,500 |
| 2007 | 55,000 |
| 2008 | 51,000 |
| 2009 | 100,000 |
| 2010 | 94,000 |
| 2011 | 86,000 |
| 2012 | 83,000 |
| 2013 | 76,000 |
| 2014 | 70,000 |
| 2015 | 68,000 |
| 2016 | 68,000 |
| 2017 | 69,000 |
| 2018 | 69,000 |
| 2019 | 71,000 |
| 2020 | 74,000 |
| 2021 | 68,000 |
| 2022 | 69,000 |
| 2023 | 72,000 |
| 2024 | 75,000 |
| 2025 | 75,000 |
Revenue per employee for Merck & Co.
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $486K |
| 1994 | $706K |
| 1995 | $830K |
| 1996 | $963K |
| 1997 | $1.04M |
| 1999 | $1.23M |
| 2000 | $1.44M |
| 2001 | $711K |
| 2002 | $703K |
| 2003 | $737K |
| 2004 | $753K |
| 2005 | $675K |
| 2006 | $676K |
| 2007 | $440K |
| 2008 | $468K |
| 2009 | $274K |
| 2010 | $489K |
| 2011 | $559K |
| 2012 | $569K |
| 2013 | $579K |
| 2014 | $603K |
| 2015 | $581K |
| 2016 | $585K |
| 2017 | $581K |
| 2018 | $613K |
| 2019 | $551K |
| 2020 | $561K |
| 2021 | $716K |
| 2022 | $859K |
| 2023 | $835K |
| 2024 | $856K |
| 2025 | $866K |
Earnings per employee for Merck & Co.
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 | $100K |
| 1994 | $141K |
| 1995 | $166K |
| 1996 | $188K |
| 1997 | $203K |
| 1999 | $222K |
| 2000 | $243K |
| 2001 | $244K |
| 2002 | $234K |
| 2003 | $224K |
| 2004 | $191K |
| 2005 | $142K |
| 2006 | $132K |
| 2007 | $59.6K |
| 2008 | $153K |
| 2009 | $129K |
| 2010 | $9.16K |
| 2011 | $72.9K |
| 2012 | $74.3K |
| 2013 | $57.9K |
| 2014 | $170K |
| 2015 | $65.3K |
| 2016 | $57.6K |
| 2017 | $34.7K |
| 2018 | $90.1K |
| 2019 | $139K |
| 2020 | $95.5K |
| 2021 | $192K |
| 2022 | $210K |
| 2023 | $5.07K |
| 2024 | $228K |
| 2025 | $243K |
Employee count history for Merck & Co. (MRK)
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.
- 202575,0000.0%
- 202475,000+4.2%
- 202372,000+4.3%
- 202269,000+1.5%
- 202168,000-8.1%
- 202074,000+4.2%
- 201971,000+2.9%
- 201869,0000.0%
- 201769,000+1.5%
- 201668,0000.0%
- 201568,000-2.9%
- 201470,000-7.9%
- 201376,000-8.4%
- 201283,000-3.5%
- 201186,000-8.5%
- 201094,000-6.0%
- 2009100,000+96.1%
- 200851,000-7.3%
- 200755,000+64.2%
- 200633,500+2.8%
- 200532,600+6.9%
- 200430,5000.0%
- 200330,5000.0%
- 200230,500+2.3%
- 200129,800+6.0%
- 200028,100+6.0%
- 199926,500—
- 199825,100—
- 199722,700+10.2%
- 199620,600+2.5%
- 199520,100-5.2%
- 199421,200-1.9%
- 199321,600—
About Merck & Co.'s employee count
Merck & Co. (MRK) employed 75,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 75,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 21,600 to 75,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.0% per year.
Merck & Co. generated about $866K of revenue and $243K 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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