Latest headcount
16,000
YoY change
+14.3%
Headcount CAGR
+17.6%
Revenue / employee
$2.82M
Employee count history for Netflix
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 381 |
| 2003 | 567 |
| 2004 | 940 |
| 2005 | 985 |
| 2006 | 1,300 |
| 2007 | 1,542 |
| 2008 | 1,644 |
| 2009 | 1,883 |
| 2010 | 2,180 |
| 2011 | 2,348 |
| 2012 | 2,045 |
| 2013 | 2,022 |
| 2014 | 2,189 |
| 2015 | 3,700 |
| 2016 | 4,700 |
| 2017 | 5,500 |
| 2018 | 7,100 |
| 2019 | 8,600 |
| 2020 | 9,400 |
| 2021 | 11,300 |
| 2022 | 12,800 |
| 2023 | 13,000 |
| 2024 | 14,000 |
| 2025 | 16,000 |
Revenue per employee for Netflix
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $401K |
| 2003 | $480K |
| 2004 | $539K |
| 2005 | $693K |
| 2006 | $767K |
| 2007 | $782K |
| 2008 | $830K |
| 2009 | $887K |
| 2010 | $992K |
| 2011 | $1.36M |
| 2012 | $1.76M |
| 2013 | $2.16M |
| 2014 | $2.51M |
| 2015 | $1.83M |
| 2016 | $1.88M |
| 2017 | $2.13M |
| 2018 | $2.22M |
| 2019 | $2.34M |
| 2020 | $2.66M |
| 2021 | $2.63M |
| 2022 | $2.47M |
| 2023 | $2.59M |
| 2024 | $2.79M |
| 2025 | $2.82M |
Earnings per employee for Netflix
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) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | -$57.6K |
| 2003 | $11.5K |
| 2004 | $23K |
| 2005 | $42.7K |
| 2006 | $37.8K |
| 2007 | $43.4K |
| 2008 | $50.5K |
| 2009 | $61.5K |
| 2010 | $73.8K |
| 2011 | $96.3K |
| 2012 | $8.39K |
| 2013 | $55.6K |
| 2014 | $122K |
| 2015 | $33.1K |
| 2016 | $39.7K |
| 2017 | $102K |
| 2018 | $171K |
| 2019 | $217K |
| 2020 | $294K |
| 2021 | $453K |
| 2022 | $351K |
| 2023 | $416K |
| 2024 | $622K |
| 2025 | $686K |
Employee count history for Netflix (NFLX)
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.
- 202516,000+14.3%
- 202414,000+7.7%
- 202313,000+1.6%
- 202212,800+13.3%
- 202111,300+20.2%
- 20209,400+9.3%
- 20198,600+21.1%
- 20187,100+29.1%
- 20175,500+17.0%
- 20164,700+27.0%
- 20153,700+69.0%
- 20142,189+8.3%
- 20132,022-1.1%
- 20122,045-12.9%
- 20112,348+7.7%
- 20102,180+15.8%
- 20091,883+14.5%
- 20081,644+6.6%
- 20071,542+18.6%
- 20061,300+32.0%
- 2005985+4.8%
- 2004940+65.8%
- 2003567+48.8%
- 2002381—
About Netflix's employee count
Netflix (NFLX) employed 16,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +2,000 (+14.3%) from 14,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 381 to 16,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +17.6% per year.
Netflix generated about $2.82M of revenue and $686K 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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