Latest headcount
19,400
YoY change
-4.0%
Headcount CAGR
-1.3%
Revenue / employee
$628K
Employee count history for Norfolk Southern
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 29,304 |
| 2001 | 30,894 |
| 2002 | 28,970 |
| 2003 | 28,753 |
| 2004 | 28,475 |
| 2005 | 30,294 |
| 2006 | 30,541 |
| 2007 | 30,806 |
| 2008 | 30,709 |
| 2009 | 28,593 |
| 2010 | 28,559 |
| 2011 | 30,329 |
| 2012 | 30,943 |
| 2013 | 30,103 |
| 2014 | 29,482 |
| 2015 | 30,456 |
| 2016 | 28,044 |
| 2017 | 27,110 |
| 2018 | 26,662 |
| 2019 | 24,587 |
| 2020 | 20,200 |
| 2021 | 18,500 |
| 2022 | 18,900 |
| 2023 | 20,300 |
| 2024 | 20,200 |
| 2025 | 19,400 |
Revenue per employee for Norfolk Southern
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $152K |
| 2001 | $200K |
| 2002 | $216K |
| 2003 | $225K |
| 2004 | $257K |
| 2005 | $281K |
| 2006 | $308K |
| 2007 | $306K |
| 2008 | $347K |
| 2009 | $279K |
| 2010 | $333K |
| 2011 | $368K |
| 2012 | $357K |
| 2013 | $374K |
| 2014 | $394K |
| 2015 | $345K |
| 2016 | $353K |
| 2017 | $389K |
| 2018 | $430K |
| 2019 | $459K |
| 2020 | $485K |
| 2021 | $602K |
| 2022 | $674K |
| 2023 | $599K |
| 2024 | $600K |
| 2025 | $628K |
Earnings per employee for Norfolk Southern
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 | $26.3K |
| 2001 | $12.1K |
| 2002 | $15.9K |
| 2003 | $18.6K |
| 2004 | $32.4K |
| 2005 | $42.3K |
| 2006 | $48.5K |
| 2007 | $47.5K |
| 2008 | $55.9K |
| 2009 | $36.2K |
| 2010 | $52.4K |
| 2011 | $63.2K |
| 2012 | $56.5K |
| 2013 | $63.4K |
| 2014 | $67.8K |
| 2015 | $51.1K |
| 2016 | $59.5K |
| 2017 | $199K |
| 2018 | $100K |
| 2019 | $111K |
| 2020 | $99.7K |
| 2021 | $162K |
| 2022 | $173K |
| 2023 | $90K |
| 2024 | $130K |
| 2025 | $148K |
Employee count history for Norfolk Southern (NSC)
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.
- 202519,400-4.0%
- 202420,200-0.5%
- 202320,300+7.4%
- 202218,900+2.2%
- 202118,500-8.4%
- 202020,200-17.8%
- 201924,587-7.8%
- 201826,662-1.7%
- 201727,110-3.3%
- 201628,044-7.9%
- 201530,456+3.3%
- 201429,482-2.1%
- 201330,103-2.7%
- 201230,943+2.0%
- 201130,329+6.2%
- 201028,559-0.1%
- 200928,593-6.9%
- 200830,709-0.3%
- 200730,806+0.9%
- 200630,541+0.8%
- 200530,294+6.4%
- 200428,475-1.0%
- 200328,753-0.7%
- 200228,970-6.2%
- 200130,894—
- 200033,738+8.3%
- 199931,166+28.3%
- 199824,300-5.9%
- 199725,817-0.1%
- 199625,830-4.1%
- 199526,944-0.8%
- 199427,168—
- 199329,304—
About Norfolk Southern's employee count
Norfolk Southern (NSC) employed 19,400 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -800 (-4.0%) from 20,200 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 29,304 to 19,400 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.3% per year.
Norfolk Southern generated about $628K of revenue and $148K 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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