Latest headcount
109,000
YoY change
-0.9%
Headcount CAGR
+2.7%
Revenue / employee
$328K
Employee count history for SLB
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 55,000 |
| 2002 | 78,500 |
| 2003 | 77,000 |
| 2004 | 52,500 |
| 2005 | 60,000 |
| 2006 | 70,000 |
| 2007 | 80,000 |
| 2008 | 87,000 |
| 2009 | 77,000 |
| 2010 | 108,000 |
| 2011 | 113,000 |
| 2012 | 118,000 |
| 2013 | 123,000 |
| 2014 | 120,000 |
| 2015 | 95,000 |
| 2016 | 100,000 |
| 2017 | 100,000 |
| 2018 | 100,000 |
| 2019 | 105,000 |
| 2020 | 86,000 |
| 2021 | 92,000 |
| 2022 | 99,000 |
| 2023 | 111,000 |
| 2024 | 110,000 |
| 2025 | 109,000 |
Revenue per employee for SLB
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $153K |
| 2002 | $173K |
| 2003 | $183K |
| 2004 | $219K |
| 2005 | $238K |
| 2006 | $275K |
| 2007 | $291K |
| 2008 | $312K |
| 2009 | $298K |
| 2010 | $254K |
| 2011 | $350K |
| 2012 | $357K |
| 2013 | $368K |
| 2014 | $405K |
| 2015 | $373K |
| 2016 | $278K |
| 2017 | $304K |
| 2018 | $328K |
| 2019 | $313K |
| 2020 | $274K |
| 2021 | $249K |
| 2022 | $284K |
| 2023 | $299K |
| 2024 | $330K |
| 2025 | $328K |
Earnings per employee for SLB
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) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $6.67K |
| 2002 | -$29.6K |
| 2003 | $4.97K |
| 2004 | $23.3K |
| 2005 | $36.8K |
| 2006 | $53K |
| 2007 | $64.7K |
| 2008 | $62.5K |
| 2009 | $40.7K |
| 2010 | $39.5K |
| 2011 | $44.2K |
| 2012 | $46.5K |
| 2013 | $54.7K |
| 2014 | $45.3K |
| 2015 | $21.8K |
| 2016 | -$16.9K |
| 2017 | -$15.1K |
| 2018 | $21.4K |
| 2019 | -$96.3K |
| 2020 | -$122K |
| 2021 | $20.4K |
| 2022 | $34.8K |
| 2023 | $37.9K |
| 2024 | $40.6K |
| 2025 | $30.7K |
Employee count history for SLB (SLB)
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.
- 2025109,000-0.9%
- 2024110,000-0.9%
- 2023111,000+12.1%
- 202299,000+7.6%
- 202192,000+7.0%
- 202086,000-18.1%
- 2019105,000+5.0%
- 2018100,0000.0%
- 2017100,0000.0%
- 2016100,000+5.3%
- 201595,000-20.8%
- 2014120,000-2.4%
- 2013123,000+4.2%
- 2012118,000+4.4%
- 2011113,000+4.6%
- 2010108,000+40.3%
- 200977,000-11.5%
- 200887,000+8.8%
- 200780,000+14.3%
- 200670,000+16.7%
- 200560,000+14.3%
- 200452,500-31.8%
- 200377,000-1.9%
- 200278,500—
- 200181,000+35.0%
- 200060,000—
- 199955,000—
- 199864,000+0.8%
- 199763,500+11.4%
- 199657,000—
About SLB's employee count
SLB (SLB) employed 109,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-0.9%) from 110,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1999–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 55,000 to 109,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.7% per year.
SLB generated about $328K of revenue and $30.7K 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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