Latest headcount
17,546
YoY change
-1.3%
Headcount CAGR
+29.2%
Revenue / employee
$448K
Employee count history for RPM International
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | 7,960 |
| 2001 | 7,928 |
| 2002 | 7,687 |
| 2003 | 7,685 |
| 2004 | 8,092 |
| 2005 | 8,213 |
| 2006 | 9,213 |
| 2007 | 9,424 |
| 2008 | 10,360 |
| 2009 | 9,674 |
| 2010 | 8,873 |
| 2011 | 9,025 |
| 2012 | 9,713 |
| 2013 | 10,553 |
| 2014 | 10,848 |
| 2015 | 12,864 |
| 2016 | 13,394 |
| 2017 | 14,318 |
| 2018 | 14,540 |
| 2019 | 14,957 |
| 2020 | 14,621 |
| 2021 | 15,490 |
| 2022 | 16,751 |
| 2023 | 17,274 |
| 2024 | 17,207 |
| 2025 | 17,778 |
| 2026 | 17,546 |
Revenue per employee for RPM International
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $142M |
| 1999 | $190M |
| 2000 | $245K |
| 2001 | $253K |
| 2002 | $258K |
| 2003 | $271K |
| 2004 | $289K |
| 2005 | $311K |
| 2006 | $327K |
| 2007 | $354K |
| 2008 | $352K |
| 2009 | $348K |
| 2010 | $385K |
| 2011 | $375K |
| 2012 | $389K |
| 2013 | $386K |
| 2014 | $403K |
| 2015 | $357K |
| 2016 | $359K |
| 2017 | $346K |
| 2018 | $366K |
| 2019 | $372K |
| 2020 | $377K |
| 2021 | $394K |
| 2022 | $400K |
| 2023 | $420K |
| 2024 | $426K |
| 2025 | $415K |
| 2026 | $448K |
Earnings per employee for RPM International
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $8.61M |
| 1999 | $10.5M |
| 2000 | $5.15K |
| 2001 | $7.94K |
| 2002 | $13.2K |
| 2003 | $4.6K |
| 2004 | $17.5K |
| 2005 | $12.8K |
| 2006 | -$8.27K |
| 2007 | $22.1K |
| 2008 | $4.61K |
| 2009 | $12.4K |
| 2010 | $20.3K |
| 2011 | $20.9K |
| 2012 | $22.2K |
| 2013 | $9.34K |
| 2014 | $26.9K |
| 2015 | $18.6K |
| 2016 | $26.5K |
| 2017 | $12.7K |
| 2018 | $23.2K |
| 2019 | $17.8K |
| 2020 | $20.8K |
| 2021 | $32.4K |
| 2022 | $29.3K |
| 2023 | $27.7K |
| 2024 | $34.2K |
| 2025 | $38.7K |
| 2026 | $37.7K |
Employee count history for RPM International (RPM)
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.
- 202617,546-1.3%
- 202517,778+3.3%
- 202417,207-0.4%
- 202317,274+3.1%
- 202216,751+8.1%
- 202115,490+5.9%
- 202014,621-2.2%
- 201914,957+2.9%
- 201814,540+1.6%
- 201714,318+6.9%
- 201613,394+4.1%
- 201512,864+18.6%
- 201410,848+2.8%
- 201310,553+8.6%
- 20129,713+7.6%
- 20119,025+1.7%
- 20108,873-8.3%
- 20099,674-6.6%
- 200810,360+9.9%
- 20079,424+2.3%
- 20069,213+12.2%
- 20058,213+1.5%
- 20048,092+5.3%
- 20037,685-0.0%
- 20027,687-3.0%
- 20017,928-0.4%
- 20007,960+88,344.4%
- 19999—
- 19968—
About RPM International's employee count
RPM International (RPM) employed 17,546 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -232 (-1.3%) from 17,778 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 8 to 17,546 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +29.2% per year.
RPM International generated about $448K of revenue and $37.7K 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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