Latest headcount
6,268
YoY change
+2.2%
Headcount CAGR
+13.5%
Revenue / employee
$500K
Employee count history for MSCI
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 637 |
| 2008 | 766 |
| 2009 | 878 |
| 2010 | 2,077 |
| 2011 | 2,429 |
| 2012 | 2,759 |
| 2013 | 3,261 |
| 2014 | 2,926 |
| 2015 | 2,754 |
| 2016 | 2,862 |
| 2017 | 3,038 |
| 2018 | 3,112 |
| 2019 | 3,396 |
| 2020 | 3,633 |
| 2021 | 4,303 |
| 2022 | 4,759 |
| 2023 | 5,794 |
| 2024 | 6,132 |
| 2025 | 6,268 |
Revenue per employee for MSCI
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2007 | $581K |
| 2008 | $563K |
| 2009 | $504K |
| 2010 | $319K |
| 2011 | $371K |
| 2012 | $344K |
| 2013 | $318K |
| 2014 | $341K |
| 2015 | $390K |
| 2016 | $402K |
| 2017 | $419K |
| 2018 | $461K |
| 2019 | $459K |
| 2020 | $467K |
| 2021 | $475K |
| 2022 | $472K |
| 2023 | $436K |
| 2024 | $466K |
| 2025 | $500K |
Earnings per employee for MSCI
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) |
|---|---|
| 2007 | $127K |
| 2008 | $89.1K |
| 2009 | $93.2K |
| 2010 | $44.4K |
| 2011 | $71.4K |
| 2012 | $66.8K |
| 2013 | $68.2K |
| 2014 | $97.1K |
| 2015 | $81.2K |
| 2016 | $91.1K |
| 2017 | $100K |
| 2018 | $163K |
| 2019 | $166K |
| 2020 | $166K |
| 2021 | $169K |
| 2022 | $183K |
| 2023 | $198K |
| 2024 | $181K |
| 2025 | $192K |
Employee count history for MSCI (MSCI)
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.
- 20256,268+2.2%
- 20246,132+5.8%
- 20235,794+21.7%
- 20224,759+10.6%
- 20214,303+18.4%
- 20203,633+7.0%
- 20193,396+9.1%
- 20183,112+2.4%
- 20173,038+6.1%
- 20162,862+3.9%
- 20152,754-5.9%
- 20142,926-10.3%
- 20133,261+18.2%
- 20122,759+13.6%
- 20112,429+16.9%
- 20102,077+136.6%
- 2009878+14.6%
- 2008766+20.3%
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About MSCI's employee count
MSCI (MSCI) employed 6,268 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +136 (+2.2%) from 6,132 a year earlier.
Across the 2007–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 637 to 6,268 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +13.5% per year.
MSCI generated about $500K of revenue and $192K 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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