Latest headcount
223,000
YoY change
-2.2%
Headcount CAGR
+8.7%
Revenue / employee
$1.49M
Employee count history for Microsoft
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 15,257 |
| 1995 | 17,801 |
| 1996 | 20,561 |
| 1997 | 22,232 |
| 1998 | 27,055 |
| 1999 | 31,396 |
| 2000 | 39,100 |
| 2001 | 47,600 |
| 2002 | 50,500 |
| 2003 | 55,000 |
| 2004 | 57,000 |
| 2005 | 61,000 |
| 2006 | 71,000 |
| 2007 | 79,000 |
| 2008 | 91,000 |
| 2009 | 93,000 |
| 2010 | 89,000 |
| 2011 | 90,000 |
| 2012 | 94,000 |
| 2013 | 99,000 |
| 2014 | 128,000 |
| 2015 | 118,000 |
| 2016 | 114,000 |
| 2017 | 124,000 |
| 2018 | 131,000 |
| 2019 | 144,000 |
| 2020 | 163,000 |
| 2021 | 181,000 |
| 2022 | 221,000 |
| 2023 | 221,000 |
| 2024 | 228,000 |
| 2025 | 228,000 |
| 2026 | 223,000 |
Revenue per employee for Microsoft
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $305K |
| 1995 | $334K |
| 1996 | $422K |
| 1997 | $537K |
| 1998 | $564K |
| 1999 | $629K |
| 2000 | $587K |
| 2001 | $531K |
| 2002 | $562K |
| 2003 | $585K |
| 2004 | $646K |
| 2005 | $652K |
| 2006 | $624K |
| 2007 | $647K |
| 2008 | $664K |
| 2009 | $628K |
| 2010 | $702K |
| 2011 | $777K |
| 2012 | $784K |
| 2013 | $786K |
| 2014 | $678K |
| 2015 | $793K |
| 2016 | $800K |
| 2017 | $779K |
| 2018 | $842K |
| 2019 | $874K |
| 2020 | $877K |
| 2021 | $929K |
| 2022 | $897K |
| 2023 | $959K |
| 2024 | $1.08M |
| 2025 | $1.24M |
| 2026 | $1.49M |
Earnings per employee for Microsoft
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $75.1K |
| 1995 | $81.6K |
| 1996 | $107K |
| 1997 | $155K |
| 1998 | $166K |
| 1999 | $248K |
| 2000 | $241K |
| 2001 | $154K |
| 2002 | $155K |
| 2003 | $137K |
| 2004 | $143K |
| 2005 | $201K |
| 2006 | $177K |
| 2007 | $178K |
| 2008 | $194K |
| 2009 | $157K |
| 2010 | $211K |
| 2011 | $257K |
| 2012 | $181K |
| 2013 | $221K |
| 2014 | $172K |
| 2015 | $103K |
| 2016 | $180K |
| 2017 | $206K |
| 2018 | $126K |
| 2019 | $273K |
| 2020 | $272K |
| 2021 | $339K |
| 2022 | $329K |
| 2023 | $327K |
| 2024 | $387K |
| 2025 | $447K |
| 2026 | $600K |
Employee count history for Microsoft (MSFT)
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.
- 2026223,000-2.2%
- 2025228,0000.0%
- 2024228,000+3.2%
- 2023221,0000.0%
- 2022221,000+22.1%
- 2021181,000+11.0%
- 2020163,000+13.2%
- 2019144,000+9.9%
- 2018131,000+5.6%
- 2017124,000+8.8%
- 2016114,000-3.4%
- 2015118,000-7.8%
- 2014128,000+29.3%
- 201399,000+5.3%
- 201294,000+4.4%
- 201190,000+1.1%
- 201089,000-4.3%
- 200993,000+2.2%
- 200891,000+15.2%
- 200779,000+11.3%
- 200671,000+16.4%
- 200561,000+7.0%
- 200457,000+3.6%
- 200355,000+8.9%
- 200250,500+6.1%
- 200147,600+21.7%
- 200039,100+24.5%
- 199931,396+16.0%
- 199827,055+21.7%
- 199722,232+8.1%
- 199620,561+15.5%
- 199517,801+16.7%
- 199415,257—
About Microsoft's employee count
Microsoft (MSFT) employed 223,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -5,000 (-2.2%) from 228,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 15,257 to 223,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +8.7% per year.
Microsoft generated about $1.49M of revenue and $600K 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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