Latest headcount
23,800
YoY change
-2.5%
Headcount CAGR
+3.5%
Revenue / employee
$1.39M
Employee count history for PayPal
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 16,800 |
| 2016 | 18,100 |
| 2017 | 18,700 |
| 2018 | 21,800 |
| 2019 | 23,200 |
| 2020 | 26,500 |
| 2021 | 30,900 |
| 2022 | 29,900 |
| 2023 | 27,200 |
| 2024 | 24,400 |
| 2025 | 23,800 |
Revenue per employee for PayPal
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $550K |
| 2016 | $599K |
| 2017 | $700K |
| 2018 | $709K |
| 2019 | $766K |
| 2020 | $810K |
| 2021 | $821K |
| 2022 | $920K |
| 2023 | $1.09M |
| 2024 | $1.3M |
| 2025 | $1.39M |
Earnings per employee for PayPal
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) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $73.1K |
| 2016 | $77.4K |
| 2017 | $96K |
| 2018 | $94.4K |
| 2019 | $106K |
| 2020 | $159K |
| 2021 | $135K |
| 2022 | $80.9K |
| 2023 | $156K |
| 2024 | $170K |
| 2025 | $220K |
Employee count history for PayPal (PYPL)
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.
- 202523,800-2.5%
- 202424,400-10.3%
- 202327,200-9.0%
- 202229,900-3.2%
- 202130,900+16.6%
- 202026,500+14.2%
- 201923,200+6.4%
- 201821,800+16.6%
- 201718,700+3.3%
- 201618,100+7.7%
- 201516,800—
About PayPal's employee count
PayPal (PYPL) employed 23,800 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -600 (-2.5%) from 24,400 a year earlier.
Across the 2015–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 16,800 to 23,800 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.5% per year.
PayPal generated about $1.39M of revenue and $220K 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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