Latest headcount
23,000
YoY change
+9.5%
Headcount CAGR
-5.0%
Revenue / employee
$508K
Employee count history for Motorola Solutions
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 120,000 |
| 1995 | 142,000 |
| 1996 | 139,000 |
| 1997 | 150,000 |
| 1998 | 133,000 |
| 1999 | 121,000 |
| 2000 | 147,000 |
| 2001 | 111,000 |
| 2002 | 97,000 |
| 2003 | 88,000 |
| 2004 | 68,000 |
| 2005 | 69,000 |
| 2006 | 66,000 |
| 2007 | 66,000 |
| 2008 | 64,000 |
| 2009 | 53,000 |
| 2010 | 51,000 |
| 2011 | 23,000 |
| 2012 | 22,000 |
| 2013 | 21,000 |
| 2014 | 15,000 |
| 2015 | 14,000 |
| 2016 | 14,000 |
| 2017 | 15,000 |
| 2018 | 16,000 |
| 2019 | 17,000 |
| 2020 | 18,000 |
| 2021 | 18,700 |
| 2022 | 20,000 |
| 2023 | 21,000 |
| 2024 | 21,000 |
| 2025 | 23,000 |
Revenue per employee for Motorola Solutions
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $141K |
| 1995 | $190K |
| 1996 | $201K |
| 1997 | $199K |
| 1998 | $236K |
| 1999 | $273K |
| 2000 | $254K |
| 2001 | $275K |
| 2002 | $281K |
| 2003 | $263K |
| 2004 | $436K |
| 2005 | $511K |
| 2006 | $650K |
| 2007 | $555K |
| 2008 | $471K |
| 2009 | $342K |
| 2010 | $149K |
| 2011 | $357K |
| 2012 | $285K |
| 2013 | $297K |
| 2014 | $392K |
| 2015 | $407K |
| 2016 | $431K |
| 2017 | $425K |
| 2018 | $459K |
| 2019 | $464K |
| 2020 | $412K |
| 2021 | $437K |
| 2022 | $456K |
| 2023 | $475K |
| 2024 | $515K |
| 2025 | $508K |
Earnings per employee for Motorola Solutions
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 | $8.52K |
| 1995 | $12.5K |
| 1996 | $8.3K |
| 1997 | $7.87K |
| 1998 | -$7.23K |
| 1999 | $6.75K |
| 2000 | $8.97K |
| 2001 | -$35.5K |
| 2002 | -$25.6K |
| 2003 | $10.1K |
| 2004 | $22.5K |
| 2005 | $66.3K |
| 2006 | $55.5K |
| 2007 | -$742.42 |
| 2008 | -$66.3K |
| 2009 | -$962.26 |
| 2010 | $12.4K |
| 2011 | $50.3K |
| 2012 | $40K |
| 2013 | $52.3K |
| 2014 | $86.6K |
| 2015 | $43.6K |
| 2016 | $40K |
| 2017 | -$10.3K |
| 2018 | $60.4K |
| 2019 | $51.1K |
| 2020 | $52.7K |
| 2021 | $66.6K |
| 2022 | $68.2K |
| 2023 | $81.4K |
| 2024 | $75.1K |
| 2025 | $93.7K |
Employee count history for Motorola Solutions (MSI)
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.
- 202523,000+9.5%
- 202421,0000.0%
- 202321,000+5.0%
- 202220,000+7.0%
- 202118,700+3.9%
- 202018,000+5.9%
- 201917,000+6.3%
- 201816,000+6.7%
- 201715,000+7.1%
- 201614,0000.0%
- 201514,000-6.7%
- 201415,000-28.6%
- 201321,000-4.5%
- 201222,000-4.3%
- 201123,000-54.9%
- 201051,000-3.8%
- 200953,000-17.2%
- 200864,000-3.0%
- 200766,0000.0%
- 200666,000-4.3%
- 200569,000+1.5%
- 200468,000-22.7%
- 200388,000-9.3%
- 200297,000-12.6%
- 2001111,000-24.5%
- 2000147,000+21.5%
- 1999121,000-9.0%
- 1998133,000-11.3%
- 1997150,000+7.9%
- 1996139,000-2.1%
- 1995142,000—
- 1994132,000—
- 1993120,000—
About Motorola Solutions's employee count
Motorola Solutions (MSI) employed 23,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +2,000 (+9.5%) from 21,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 120,000 to 23,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -5.0% per year.
Motorola Solutions generated about $508K of revenue and $93.7K 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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