Latest headcount
95,000
YoY change
-2.1%
Headcount CAGR
-0.9%
Revenue / employee
$442K
Employee count history for Northrop Grumman
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 117,300 |
| 2003 | 122,600 |
| 2004 | 125,400 |
| 2005 | 123,600 |
| 2006 | 122,200 |
| 2007 | 122,600 |
| 2008 | 123,600 |
| 2009 | 120,700 |
| 2010 | 117,100 |
| 2011 | 72,500 |
| 2012 | 68,100 |
| 2013 | 65,300 |
| 2014 | 64,300 |
| 2015 | 65,000 |
| 2016 | 67,000 |
| 2017 | 70,000 |
| 2018 | 85,000 |
| 2019 | 90,000 |
| 2020 | 97,000 |
| 2021 | 88,000 |
| 2022 | 95,000 |
| 2023 | 101,000 |
| 2024 | 97,000 |
| 2025 | 95,000 |
Revenue per employee for Northrop Grumman
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $147K |
| 2003 | $214K |
| 2004 | $238K |
| 2005 | $249K |
| 2006 | $247K |
| 2007 | $261K |
| 2008 | $274K |
| 2009 | $280K |
| 2010 | $240K |
| 2011 | $364K |
| 2012 | $370K |
| 2013 | $378K |
| 2014 | $373K |
| 2015 | $362K |
| 2016 | $366K |
| 2017 | $369K |
| 2018 | $354K |
| 2019 | $376K |
| 2020 | $379K |
| 2021 | $405K |
| 2022 | $385K |
| 2023 | $389K |
| 2024 | $423K |
| 2025 | $442K |
Earnings per employee for Northrop Grumman
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 | $545.61 |
| 2003 | $7.06K |
| 2004 | $8.64K |
| 2005 | $11.3K |
| 2006 | $12.6K |
| 2007 | $14.6K |
| 2008 | -$10.2K |
| 2009 | $14K |
| 2010 | $17.5K |
| 2011 | $29.2K |
| 2012 | $29K |
| 2013 | $29.9K |
| 2014 | $32.2K |
| 2015 | $30.6K |
| 2016 | $32.8K |
| 2017 | $28.8K |
| 2018 | $38K |
| 2019 | $25K |
| 2020 | $32.9K |
| 2021 | $79.6K |
| 2022 | $51.5K |
| 2023 | $20.4K |
| 2024 | $43K |
| 2025 | $44K |
Employee count history for Northrop Grumman (NOC)
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.
- 202595,000-2.1%
- 202497,000-4.0%
- 2023101,000+6.3%
- 202295,000+8.0%
- 202188,000-9.3%
- 202097,000+7.8%
- 201990,000+5.9%
- 201885,000+21.4%
- 201770,000+4.5%
- 201667,000+3.1%
- 201565,000+1.1%
- 201464,300-1.5%
- 201365,300-4.1%
- 201268,100-6.1%
- 201172,500-38.1%
- 2010117,100-3.0%
- 2009120,700-2.3%
- 2008123,600+0.8%
- 2007122,600+0.3%
- 2006122,200-1.1%
- 2005123,600-1.4%
- 2004125,400+2.3%
- 2003122,600+4.5%
- 2002117,300—
- 200196,800—
About Northrop Grumman's employee count
Northrop Grumman (NOC) employed 95,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -2,000 (-2.1%) from 97,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 117,300 to 95,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.9% per year.
Northrop Grumman generated about $442K of revenue and $44K 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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