Latest headcount
22,000
YoY change
-21.4%
Headcount CAGR
+0.9%
Revenue / employee
$342K
Employee count history for Sonoco Products
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 16,472 |
| 1994 | 17,200 |
| 1995 | 19,000 |
| 1996 | 19,000 |
| 1997 | 19,000 |
| 1998 | 16,500 |
| 2000 | 17,450 |
| 2001 | 17,900 |
| 2002 | 17,400 |
| 2003 | 15,200 |
| 2004 | 17,100 |
| 2005 | 17,600 |
| 2006 | 17,700 |
| 2007 | 18,600 |
| 2008 | 17,500 |
| 2009 | 16,500 |
| 2010 | 17,300 |
| 2011 | 19,600 |
| 2012 | 19,900 |
| 2013 | 19,900 |
| 2014 | 20,800 |
| 2015 | 21,000 |
| 2016 | 20,000 |
| 2017 | 21,000 |
| 2018 | 23,000 |
| 2019 | 23,000 |
| 2020 | 20,000 |
| 2021 | 20,500 |
| 2022 | 22,000 |
| 2023 | 23,000 |
| 2024 | 28,000 |
| 2025 | 22,000 |
Revenue per employee for Sonoco Products
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $118K |
| 1994 | $134K |
| 1995 | $142K |
| 1996 | $147K |
| 1997 | $150K |
| 1998 | $155K |
| 2000 | $155K |
| 2001 | $146K |
| 2002 | $155K |
| 2003 | $181K |
| 2004 | $185K |
| 2005 | $200K |
| 2006 | $207K |
| 2007 | $217K |
| 2008 | $236K |
| 2009 | $218K |
| 2010 | $238K |
| 2011 | $230K |
| 2012 | $242K |
| 2013 | $244K |
| 2014 | $241K |
| 2015 | $236K |
| 2016 | $239K |
| 2017 | $240K |
| 2018 | $234K |
| 2019 | $234K |
| 2020 | $262K |
| 2021 | $273K |
| 2022 | $266K |
| 2023 | $237K |
| 2024 | $189K |
| 2025 | $342K |
Earnings per employee for Sonoco Products
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 | $7.21K |
| 1994 | $7.55K |
| 1995 | $8.66K |
| 1996 | $8.99K |
| 1997 | $136.84 |
| 1998 | $10.9K |
| 2000 | $9.53K |
| 2001 | $5.12K |
| 2002 | $7.78K |
| 2003 | $9.14K |
| 2004 | $8.84K |
| 2005 | $9.2K |
| 2006 | $11K |
| 2007 | $11.5K |
| 2008 | $9.41K |
| 2009 | $9.18K |
| 2010 | $11.6K |
| 2011 | $11.1K |
| 2012 | $9.81K |
| 2013 | $10.5K |
| 2014 | $10.9K |
| 2015 | $11.9K |
| 2016 | $14.3K |
| 2017 | $8.35K |
| 2018 | $13.6K |
| 2019 | $12.7K |
| 2020 | $10.4K |
| 2021 | -$4.17K |
| 2022 | $21.2K |
| 2023 | $20.7K |
| 2024 | $5.86K |
| 2025 | $18K |
Employee count history for Sonoco Products (SON)
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.
- 202522,000-21.4%
- 202428,000+21.7%
- 202323,000+4.5%
- 202222,000+7.3%
- 202120,500+2.5%
- 202020,000-13.0%
- 201923,0000.0%
- 201823,000+9.5%
- 201721,000+5.0%
- 201620,000-4.8%
- 201521,000+1.0%
- 201420,800+4.5%
- 201319,9000.0%
- 201219,900+1.5%
- 201119,600+13.3%
- 201017,300+4.8%
- 200916,500-5.7%
- 200817,500-5.9%
- 200718,600+5.1%
- 200617,700+0.6%
- 200517,600+2.9%
- 200417,100+12.5%
- 200315,200-12.6%
- 200217,400-2.8%
- 200117,900+2.6%
- 200017,450—
- 199917,500—
- 199816,500-13.2%
- 199719,0000.0%
- 199619,0000.0%
- 199519,000+10.5%
- 199417,200+4.4%
- 199316,472—
About Sonoco Products's employee count
Sonoco Products (SON) employed 22,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -6,000 (-21.4%) from 28,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 16,472 to 22,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.9% per year.
Sonoco Products generated about $342K of revenue and $18K 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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