Latest headcount
73,000
YoY change
-6.2%
Headcount CAGR
+4.8%
Revenue / employee
$636K
Employee count history for NIKE
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 22,700 |
| 2002 | 22,700 |
| 2003 | 23,300 |
| 2004 | 24,667 |
| 2005 | 26,000 |
| 2006 | 28,000 |
| 2007 | 30,200 |
| 2008 | 32,500 |
| 2009 | 34,300 |
| 2010 | 34,400 |
| 2011 | 38,000 |
| 2012 | 44,000 |
| 2013 | 48,000 |
| 2014 | 56,500 |
| 2015 | 62,600 |
| 2016 | 70,700 |
| 2017 | 74,400 |
| 2018 | 73,100 |
| 2019 | 76,700 |
| 2020 | 75,400 |
| 2021 | 73,300 |
| 2022 | 79,100 |
| 2023 | 83,700 |
| 2024 | 79,400 |
| 2025 | 77,800 |
| 2026 | 73,000 |
Revenue per employee for NIKE
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $418K |
| 2002 | $436K |
| 2003 | $459K |
| 2004 | $497K |
| 2005 | $528K |
| 2006 | $534K |
| 2007 | $541K |
| 2008 | $573K |
| 2009 | $559K |
| 2010 | $553K |
| 2011 | $529K |
| 2012 | $530K |
| 2013 | $527K |
| 2014 | $492K |
| 2015 | $489K |
| 2016 | $458K |
| 2017 | $462K |
| 2018 | $498K |
| 2019 | $510K |
| 2020 | $496K |
| 2021 | $608K |
| 2022 | $591K |
| 2023 | $612K |
| 2024 | $647K |
| 2025 | $595K |
| 2026 | $636K |
Earnings per employee for NIKE
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) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $26K |
| 2002 | $29.2K |
| 2003 | $20.3K |
| 2004 | $38.3K |
| 2005 | $46.6K |
| 2006 | $49.7K |
| 2007 | $49.4K |
| 2008 | $58K |
| 2009 | $43.3K |
| 2010 | $55.4K |
| 2011 | $56.1K |
| 2012 | $50.3K |
| 2013 | $51.5K |
| 2014 | $47.7K |
| 2015 | $52.3K |
| 2016 | $53.2K |
| 2017 | $57K |
| 2018 | $26.4K |
| 2019 | $52.5K |
| 2020 | $33.7K |
| 2021 | $78.1K |
| 2022 | $76.4K |
| 2023 | $60.6K |
| 2024 | $71.8K |
| 2025 | $41.4K |
| 2026 | $42.6K |
Employee count history for NIKE (NKE)
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.
- 202673,000-6.2%
- 202577,800-2.0%
- 202479,400-5.1%
- 202383,700+5.8%
- 202279,100+7.9%
- 202173,300-2.8%
- 202075,400-1.7%
- 201976,700+4.9%
- 201873,100-1.7%
- 201774,400+5.2%
- 201670,700+12.9%
- 201562,600+10.8%
- 201456,500+17.7%
- 201348,000+9.1%
- 201244,000+15.8%
- 201138,000+10.5%
- 201034,400+0.3%
- 200934,300+5.5%
- 200832,500+7.6%
- 200730,200+7.9%
- 200628,000+7.7%
- 200526,000+5.4%
- 200424,667+5.9%
- 200323,300+2.6%
- 200222,7000.0%
- 200122,700—
- 200021,800—
About NIKE's employee count
NIKE (NKE) employed 73,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -4,800 (-6.2%) from 77,800 a year earlier.
Across the 2001–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 22,700 to 73,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.8% per year.
NIKE generated about $636K of revenue and $42.6K 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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