Latest headcount
16,702
YoY change
+6.8%
Headcount CAGR
+7.2%
Revenue / employee
$1.84M
Employee count history for NRG Energy
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,934 |
| 2002 | 3,173 |
| 2003 | 2,892 |
| 2004 | 2,644 |
| 2005 | 3,682 |
| 2006 | 3,217 |
| 2007 | 3,412 |
| 2008 | 3,526 |
| 2009 | 4,607 |
| 2010 | 4,964 |
| 2011 | 5,193 |
| 2012 | 8,792 |
| 2013 | 7,786 |
| 2014 | 9,806 |
| 2015 | 10,468 |
| 2017 | 5,940 |
| 2018 | 4,862 |
| 2019 | 4,577 |
| 2020 | 4,104 |
| 2021 | 6,635 |
| 2022 | 6,603 |
| 2023 | 18,131 |
| 2024 | 15,637 |
| 2025 | 16,702 |
Revenue per employee for NRG Energy
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $617K |
| 2002 | $532K |
| 2003 | $591K |
| 2004 | $796K |
| 2005 | $652K |
| 2006 | $1.74M |
| 2007 | $1.76M |
| 2008 | $1.95M |
| 2009 | $1.94M |
| 2010 | $1.78M |
| 2011 | $1.75M |
| 2012 | $958K |
| 2013 | $1.45M |
| 2014 | $1.62M |
| 2015 | $1.18M |
| 2017 | $1.53M |
| 2018 | $1.95M |
| 2019 | $2.15M |
| 2020 | $2.22M |
| 2021 | $4.07M |
| 2022 | $4.78M |
| 2023 | $1.59M |
| 2024 | $1.8M |
| 2025 | $1.84M |
Earnings per employee for NRG Energy
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) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $62.4K |
| 2002 | -$1.09M |
| 2003 | $960K |
| 2004 | $70.3K |
| 2005 | $22.8K |
| 2006 | $193K |
| 2007 | $172K |
| 2008 | $347K |
| 2009 | $204K |
| 2010 | $96.1K |
| 2011 | $37.9K |
| 2012 | $33.6K |
| 2013 | -$49.6K |
| 2014 | $13.7K |
| 2015 | -$610K |
| 2017 | -$362K |
| 2018 | $55.1K |
| 2019 | $970K |
| 2020 | $124K |
| 2021 | $330K |
| 2022 | $185K |
| 2023 | -$11.1K |
| 2024 | $71.9K |
| 2025 | $51.7K |
Employee count history for NRG Energy (NRG)
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.
- 202516,702+6.8%
- 202415,637-13.8%
- 202318,131+174.6%
- 20226,603-0.5%
- 20216,635+61.7%
- 20204,104-10.3%
- 20194,577-5.9%
- 20184,862-18.1%
- 20175,940—
- 201510,468+6.8%
- 20149,806+25.9%
- 20137,786-11.4%
- 20128,792+69.3%
- 20115,193+4.6%
- 20104,964+7.7%
- 20094,607+30.7%
- 20083,526+3.3%
- 20073,412+6.1%
- 20063,217-12.6%
- 20053,682+39.3%
- 20042,644-8.6%
- 20032,892-8.9%
- 20023,173—
- 20013,888—
- 20002,934—
- 19991,323+201.4%
- 1998439-27.2%
- 1997603—
About NRG Energy's employee count
NRG Energy (NRG) employed 16,702 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +1,065 (+6.8%) from 15,637 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 2,934 to 16,702 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +7.2% per year.
NRG Energy generated about $1.84M of revenue and $51.7K 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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