Latest headcount
33,000
YoY change
+0.9%
Headcount CAGR
+5.5%
Revenue / employee
$985K
Employee count history for Nucor
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 5,900 |
| 1994 | 5,900 |
| 1995 | 6,200 |
| 2000 | 7,900 |
| 2001 | 8,400 |
| 2002 | 9,800 |
| 2003 | 9,900 |
| 2004 | 10,600 |
| 2005 | 11,300 |
| 2006 | 11,900 |
| 2007 | 18,000 |
| 2008 | 21,700 |
| 2009 | 20,400 |
| 2010 | 20,500 |
| 2011 | 20,800 |
| 2012 | 22,200 |
| 2013 | 22,300 |
| 2014 | 23,600 |
| 2015 | 23,700 |
| 2016 | 23,900 |
| 2017 | 25,100 |
| 2018 | 26,300 |
| 2019 | 26,800 |
| 2020 | 26,400 |
| 2021 | 28,800 |
| 2022 | 31,400 |
| 2023 | 32,000 |
| 2024 | 32,700 |
| 2025 | 33,000 |
Revenue per employee for Nucor
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $382K |
| 1994 | $504K |
| 1995 | $558K |
| 2000 | $602K |
| 2001 | $516K |
| 2002 | $490K |
| 2003 | $633K |
| 2004 | $1.07M |
| 2005 | $1.12M |
| 2006 | $1.24M |
| 2007 | $922K |
| 2008 | $1.09M |
| 2009 | $549K |
| 2010 | $773K |
| 2011 | $963K |
| 2012 | $875K |
| 2013 | $854K |
| 2014 | $894K |
| 2015 | $694K |
| 2016 | $678K |
| 2017 | $807K |
| 2018 | $953K |
| 2019 | $843K |
| 2020 | $763K |
| 2021 | $1.27M |
| 2022 | $1.32M |
| 2023 | $1.08M |
| 2024 | $940K |
| 2025 | $985K |
Earnings per employee for Nucor
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 | $20.9K |
| 1994 | $38.4K |
| 1995 | $44.3K |
| 2000 | $39.4K |
| 2001 | $13.4K |
| 2002 | $16.5K |
| 2003 | $6.34K |
| 2004 | $106K |
| 2005 | $116K |
| 2006 | $148K |
| 2007 | $81.8K |
| 2008 | $84.4K |
| 2009 | -$14.4K |
| 2010 | $6.54K |
| 2011 | $37.4K |
| 2012 | $22.7K |
| 2013 | $21.9K |
| 2014 | $30.3K |
| 2015 | $15.1K |
| 2016 | $33.3K |
| 2017 | $52.5K |
| 2018 | $89.8K |
| 2019 | $47.4K |
| 2020 | $27.3K |
| 2021 | $237K |
| 2022 | $242K |
| 2023 | $141K |
| 2024 | $62K |
| 2025 | $52.8K |
Employee count history for Nucor (NUE)
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.
- 202533,000+0.9%
- 202432,700+2.2%
- 202332,000+1.9%
- 202231,400+9.0%
- 202128,800+9.1%
- 202026,400-1.5%
- 201926,800+1.9%
- 201826,300+4.8%
- 201725,100+5.0%
- 201623,900+0.8%
- 201523,700+0.4%
- 201423,600+5.8%
- 201322,300+0.5%
- 201222,200+6.7%
- 201120,800+1.5%
- 201020,500+0.5%
- 200920,400-6.0%
- 200821,700+20.6%
- 200718,000+51.3%
- 200611,900+5.3%
- 200511,300+6.6%
- 200410,600+7.1%
- 20039,900+1.0%
- 20029,800+16.7%
- 20018,400+6.3%
- 20007,900—
- 19966,600—
- 19956,200+5.1%
- 19945,9000.0%
- 19935,900—
About Nucor's employee count
Nucor (NUE) employed 33,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +300 (+0.9%) from 32,700 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 5,900 to 33,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.5% per year.
Nucor generated about $985K of revenue and $52.8K 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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