Latest headcount
28,000
YoY change
+40.0%
Headcount CAGR
+10.1%
Revenue / employee
$252K
Employee count history for Synopsys
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,716 |
| 1998 | 2,592 |
| 1999 | 3,156 |
| 2000 | 2,922 |
| 2001 | 3,223 |
| 2002 | 4,254 |
| 2003 | 4,362 |
| 2004 | 4,378 |
| 2005 | 4,756 |
| 2006 | 5,130 |
| 2007 | 5,196 |
| 2008 | 5,691 |
| 2009 | 5,928 |
| 2010 | 6,707 |
| 2011 | 6,803 |
| 2012 | 8,138 |
| 2013 | 8,573 |
| 2014 | 9,436 |
| 2015 | 10,284 |
| 2016 | 10,669 |
| 2017 | 11,686 |
| 2018 | 13,245 |
| 2019 | 13,896 |
| 2020 | 15,036 |
| 2021 | 16,361 |
| 2022 | 19,000 |
| 2023 | 20,300 |
| 2024 | 20,000 |
| 2025 | 28,000 |
Revenue per employee for Synopsys
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $306K |
| 1998 | $277K |
| 1999 | $255K |
| 2000 | $268K |
| 2001 | $211K |
| 2002 | $213K |
| 2003 | $270K |
| 2004 | $249K |
| 2005 | $209K |
| 2006 | $214K |
| 2007 | $233K |
| 2008 | $235K |
| 2009 | $229K |
| 2010 | $206K |
| 2011 | $226K |
| 2012 | $216K |
| 2013 | $229K |
| 2014 | $218K |
| 2015 | $218K |
| 2016 | $227K |
| 2017 | $233K |
| 2018 | $236K |
| 2019 | $242K |
| 2020 | $245K |
| 2021 | $257K |
| 2022 | $243K |
| 2023 | $262K |
| 2024 | $306K |
| 2025 | $252K |
Earnings per employee for Synopsys
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 | $13.8K |
| 1998 | $35.4K |
| 1999 | $51.1K |
| 2000 | $33.5K |
| 2001 | $17.6K |
| 2002 | -$47K |
| 2003 | $34.3K |
| 2004 | $17K |
| 2005 | -$3.25K |
| 2006 | $4.82K |
| 2007 | $25.1K |
| 2008 | $33.4K |
| 2009 | $28.3K |
| 2010 | $35.3K |
| 2011 | $32.5K |
| 2012 | $22.4K |
| 2013 | $28.9K |
| 2014 | $27.5K |
| 2015 | $22K |
| 2016 | $25K |
| 2017 | $11.7K |
| 2018 | $32.7K |
| 2019 | $38.3K |
| 2020 | $44.2K |
| 2021 | $46.3K |
| 2022 | $51.8K |
| 2023 | $60.6K |
| 2024 | $113K |
| 2025 | $47.6K |
Employee count history for Synopsys (SNPS)
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.
- 202528,000+40.0%
- 202420,000-1.5%
- 202320,300+6.8%
- 202219,000+16.1%
- 202116,361+8.8%
- 202015,036+8.2%
- 201913,896+4.9%
- 201813,245+13.3%
- 201711,686+9.5%
- 201610,669+3.7%
- 201510,284+9.0%
- 20149,436+10.1%
- 20138,573+5.3%
- 20128,138+19.6%
- 20116,803+1.4%
- 20106,707+13.1%
- 20095,928+4.2%
- 20085,691+9.5%
- 20075,196+1.3%
- 20065,130+7.9%
- 20054,756+8.6%
- 20044,378+0.4%
- 20034,362+2.5%
- 20024,254+32.0%
- 20013,223+10.3%
- 20002,922-7.4%
- 19993,156+21.8%
- 19982,592—
- 19971,961—
- 19961,716—
About Synopsys's employee count
Synopsys (SNPS) employed 28,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +8,000 (+40.0%) from 20,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,716 to 28,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +10.1% per year.
Synopsys generated about $252K of revenue and $47.6K 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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