Latest headcount
22,300
YoY change
-6.7%
Headcount CAGR
-0.6%
Revenue / employee
$379K
Employee count history for News
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 24,000 |
| 2014 | 22,000 |
| 2015 | 25,000 |
| 2016 | 24,000 |
| 2017 | 26,000 |
| 2018 | 28,000 |
| 2019 | 28,000 |
| 2020 | 23,500 |
| 2021 | 24,000 |
| 2022 | 25,500 |
| 2023 | 25,000 |
| 2024 | 23,900 |
| 2025 | 22,300 |
Revenue per employee for News
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $370K |
| 2014 | $386K |
| 2015 | $341K |
| 2016 | $346K |
| 2017 | $313K |
| 2018 | $322K |
| 2019 | $360K |
| 2020 | $383K |
| 2021 | $390K |
| 2022 | $407K |
| 2023 | $320K |
| 2024 | $345K |
| 2025 | $379K |
Earnings per employee for News
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) |
|---|---|
| 2013 | $21.1K |
| 2014 | $10.9K |
| 2015 | -$5.88K |
| 2016 | $7.46K |
| 2017 | -$28.4K |
| 2018 | -$54.1K |
| 2019 | $5.54K |
| 2020 | -$54K |
| 2021 | $13.8K |
| 2022 | $24.4K |
| 2023 | $5.96K |
| 2024 | $11.1K |
| 2025 | $52.9K |
Employee count history for News (NWSA)
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.
- 202522,300-6.7%
- 202423,900-4.4%
- 202325,000-2.0%
- 202225,500+6.3%
- 202124,000+2.1%
- 202023,500-16.1%
- 201928,0000.0%
- 201828,000+7.7%
- 201726,000+8.3%
- 201624,000-4.0%
- 201525,000+13.6%
- 201422,000-8.3%
- 201324,000—
About News's employee count
News (NWSA) employed 22,300 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,600 (-6.7%) from 23,900 a year earlier.
Across the 2013–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 24,000 to 22,300 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.6% per year.
News generated about $379K of revenue and $52.9K 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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