Latest headcount
42,000
YoY change
+16.7%
Headcount CAGR
+16.3%
Revenue / employee
$5.14M
Employee count history for NVIDIA
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1,123 |
| 2003 | 1,513 |
| 2004 | 1,825 |
| 2005 | 2,101 |
| 2006 | 2,737 |
| 2007 | 4,083 |
| 2008 | 4,985 |
| 2009 | 5,420 |
| 2010 | 5,706 |
| 2011 | 6,029 |
| 2012 | 7,133 |
| 2013 | 7,974 |
| 2014 | 8,808 |
| 2015 | 9,228 |
| 2016 | 9,227 |
| 2017 | 10,299 |
| 2018 | 11,528 |
| 2019 | 13,277 |
| 2020 | 13,775 |
| 2021 | 18,975 |
| 2022 | 22,473 |
| 2023 | 26,196 |
| 2024 | 29,600 |
| 2025 | 36,000 |
| 2026 | 42,000 |
Revenue per employee for NVIDIA
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $1.22M |
| 2003 | $1.26M |
| 2004 | $999K |
| 2005 | $957K |
| 2006 | $868K |
| 2007 | $752K |
| 2009 | $632K |
| 2010 | $583K |
| 2011 | $588K |
| 2012 | $560K |
| 2013 | $537K |
| 2014 | $469K |
| 2015 | $507K |
| 2016 | $543K |
| 2017 | $671K |
| 2018 | $843K |
| 2019 | $882K |
| 2020 | $793K |
| 2021 | $879K |
| 2022 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.03M |
| 2024 | $2.06M |
| 2025 | $3.62M |
| 2026 | $5.14M |
Earnings per employee for NVIDIA
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 | $158K |
| 2003 | $60K |
| 2004 | $40.8K |
| 2005 | $42.2K |
| 2006 | $110K |
| 2007 | $110K |
| 2009 | -$5.54K |
| 2010 | -$11.9K |
| 2011 | $42K |
| 2012 | $81.5K |
| 2013 | $70.5K |
| 2014 | $50K |
| 2015 | $68.4K |
| 2016 | $66.5K |
| 2017 | $162K |
| 2018 | $264K |
| 2019 | $312K |
| 2020 | $203K |
| 2021 | $228K |
| 2022 | $434K |
| 2023 | $167K |
| 2024 | $1.01M |
| 2025 | $2.02M |
| 2026 | $2.86M |
Employee count history for NVIDIA (NVDA)
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.
- 202642,000+16.7%
- 202536,000+21.6%
- 202429,600+13.0%
- 202326,196+16.6%
- 202222,473+18.4%
- 202118,975+37.7%
- 202013,775+3.8%
- 201913,277+15.2%
- 201811,528+11.9%
- 201710,299+11.6%
- 20169,227-0.0%
- 20159,228+4.8%
- 20148,808+10.5%
- 20137,974+11.8%
- 20127,133+18.3%
- 20116,029+5.7%
- 20105,706+5.3%
- 20095,420+8.7%
- 20084,985+22.1%
- 20074,083+49.2%
- 20062,737+30.3%
- 20052,101+15.1%
- 20041,825+20.6%
- 20031,513+34.7%
- 20021,123—
- 2001796+103.1%
- 2000392+58.1%
- 1999248—
About NVIDIA's employee count
NVIDIA (NVDA) employed 42,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +6,000 (+16.7%) from 36,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2002–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,123 to 42,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +16.3% per year.
NVIDIA generated about $5.14M of revenue and $2.86M 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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