Latest headcount
43,500
YoY change
-5.4%
Headcount CAGR
+1.0%
Revenue / employee
$365K
Employee count history for PPG Industries
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 31,400 |
| 1994 | 30,800 |
| 1995 | 31,200 |
| 1997 | 31,900 |
| 1998 | 32,500 |
| 2001 | 34,900 |
| 2002 | 34,100 |
| 2003 | 32,900 |
| 2004 | 31,800 |
| 2005 | 30,800 |
| 2006 | 32,200 |
| 2007 | 34,900 |
| 2008 | 44,900 |
| 2009 | 39,900 |
| 2010 | 38,300 |
| 2011 | 38,400 |
| 2012 | 39,200 |
| 2013 | 41,400 |
| 2014 | 44,400 |
| 2015 | 46,600 |
| 2016 | 47,000 |
| 2017 | 28,200 |
| 2018 | 27,800 |
| 2019 | 27,700 |
| 2020 | 202,026 |
| 2021 | 49,300 |
| 2022 | 15,600 |
| 2023 | 53,000 |
| 2024 | 46,000 |
| 2025 | 43,500 |
Revenue per employee for PPG Industries
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $183K |
| 1994 | $206K |
| 1995 | $226K |
| 1997 | $231K |
| 1998 | $238K |
| 2001 | $234K |
| 2002 | $237K |
| 2003 | $266K |
| 2004 | $299K |
| 2005 | $293K |
| 2006 | $306K |
| 2007 | $350K |
| 2008 | $353K |
| 2009 | $307K |
| 2010 | $350K |
| 2011 | $343K |
| 2012 | $324K |
| 2013 | $345K |
| 2014 | $333K |
| 2015 | $306K |
| 2016 | $304K |
| 2017 | $523K |
| 2018 | $553K |
| 2019 | $547K |
| 2020 | $68.5K |
| 2021 | $341K |
| 2022 | $1M |
| 2023 | $306K |
| 2024 | $344K |
| 2025 | $365K |
Earnings per employee for PPG Industries
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 | $707.01 |
| 1994 | $16.7K |
| 1995 | $24.6K |
| 1997 | $22.4K |
| 1998 | $24.6K |
| 2001 | $11.1K |
| 2002 | -$2.02K |
| 2003 | $15K |
| 2004 | $21.5K |
| 2005 | $19.4K |
| 2006 | $22.1K |
| 2007 | $23.9K |
| 2008 | $12K |
| 2009 | $8.42K |
| 2010 | $20.1K |
| 2011 | $28.5K |
| 2012 | $24K |
| 2013 | $78K |
| 2014 | $47.3K |
| 2015 | $30.2K |
| 2016 | $18.6K |
| 2017 | $56.5K |
| 2018 | $48.2K |
| 2019 | $44.9K |
| 2020 | $5.24K |
| 2021 | $29.2K |
| 2022 | $65.8K |
| 2023 | $24K |
| 2024 | $24.3K |
| 2025 | $36.2K |
Employee count history for PPG Industries (PPG)
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.
- 202543,500-5.4%
- 202446,000-13.2%
- 202353,000+239.7%
- 202215,600-68.4%
- 202149,300-75.6%
- 2020202,026+629.3%
- 201927,700-0.4%
- 201827,800-1.4%
- 201728,200-40.0%
- 201647,000+0.9%
- 201546,600+5.0%
- 201444,400+7.2%
- 201341,400+5.6%
- 201239,200+2.1%
- 201138,400+0.3%
- 201038,300-4.0%
- 200939,900-11.1%
- 200844,900+28.7%
- 200734,900+8.4%
- 200632,200+4.5%
- 200530,800-3.1%
- 200431,800-3.3%
- 200332,900-3.5%
- 200234,100-2.3%
- 200134,900—
- 200035,600+5.3%
- 199933,800—
- 199832,500+1.9%
- 199731,900—
- 199631,300—
- 199531,200+1.3%
- 199430,800-1.9%
- 199331,400—
About PPG Industries's employee count
PPG Industries (PPG) employed 43,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -2,500 (-5.4%) from 46,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 31,400 to 43,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +1.0% per year.
PPG Industries generated about $365K of revenue and $36.2K 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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