Latest headcount
2,582
YoY change
-19.9%
Headcount CAGR
+6.8%
Revenue / employee
$275K
Employee count history for Plug Power
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 500 |
| 2001 | 500 |
| 2009 | 212 |
| 2010 | 149 |
| 2011 | 195 |
| 2012 | 156 |
| 2013 | 214 |
| 2014 | 326 |
| 2015 | 439 |
| 2016 | 486 |
| 2017 | 644 |
| 2018 | 685 |
| 2019 | 835 |
| 2020 | 1,285 |
| 2021 | 2,449 |
| 2022 | 3,353 |
| 2023 | 3,868 |
| 2024 | 3,224 |
| 2025 | 2,582 |
Revenue per employee for Plug Power
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $16.8K |
| 2001 | $11.5K |
| 2009 | $58K |
| 2010 | $131K |
| 2011 | $142K |
| 2012 | $167K |
| 2013 | $124K |
| 2014 | $197K |
| 2015 | $235K |
| 2016 | $177K |
| 2017 | $206K |
| 2018 | $255K |
| 2019 | $275K |
| 2021 | $205K |
| 2022 | $209K |
| 2023 | $230K |
| 2024 | $195K |
| 2025 | $275K |
Earnings per employee for Plug Power
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 | -$172K |
| 2001 | -$146K |
| 2009 | -$192K |
| 2010 | -$315K |
| 2011 | -$141K |
| 2012 | -$204K |
| 2013 | -$293K |
| 2014 | -$271K |
| 2015 | -$127K |
| 2016 | -$118K |
| 2017 | -$197K |
| 2018 | -$114K |
| 2019 | -$100K |
| 2020 | -$464K |
| 2021 | -$188K |
| 2022 | -$216K |
| 2023 | -$354K |
| 2024 | -$653K |
| 2025 | -$632K |
Employee count history for Plug Power (PLUG)
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.
- 20252,582-19.9%
- 20243,224-16.6%
- 20233,868+15.4%
- 20223,353+36.9%
- 20212,449+90.6%
- 20201,285+53.9%
- 2019835+21.9%
- 2018685+6.4%
- 2017644+32.5%
- 2016486+10.7%
- 2015439+34.7%
- 2014326+52.3%
- 2013214+37.2%
- 2012156-20.0%
- 2011195+30.9%
- 2010149-29.7%
- 2009212—
- 20015000.0%
- 2000500—
- 1999295—
About Plug Power's employee count
Plug Power (PLUG) employed 2,582 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -642 (-19.9%) from 3,224 a year earlier.
Across the 2000–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 500 to 2,582 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +6.8% per year.
Plug Power generated about $275K of revenue and -$632K 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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