Latest headcount
30,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
-1.6%
Revenue / employee
$303K
Employee count history for Seagate Technology
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 43,000 |
| 2004 | 40,000 |
| 2005 | 44,000 |
| 2006 | 60,000 |
| 2007 | 54,000 |
| 2008 | 54,000 |
| 2009 | 47,000 |
| 2010 | 52,600 |
| 2011 | 52,700 |
| 2012 | 57,900 |
| 2013 | 53,200 |
| 2014 | 52,100 |
| 2015 | 52,350 |
| 2016 | 45,500 |
| 2017 | 41,000 |
| 2018 | 43,000 |
| 2019 | 40,500 |
| 2020 | 42,000 |
| 2021 | 40,000 |
| 2022 | 40,000 |
| 2023 | 33,400 |
| 2024 | 30,000 |
| 2025 | 30,000 |
Revenue per employee for Seagate Technology
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $151K |
| 2004 | $156K |
| 2005 | $172K |
| 2006 | $153K |
| 2007 | $210K |
| 2008 | $235K |
| 2009 | $209K |
| 2010 | $217K |
| 2011 | $208K |
| 2012 | $258K |
| 2013 | $270K |
| 2014 | $263K |
| 2015 | $262K |
| 2016 | $245K |
| 2017 | $263K |
| 2018 | $260K |
| 2019 | $257K |
| 2020 | $250K |
| 2021 | $267K |
| 2022 | $292K |
| 2023 | $221K |
| 2024 | $218K |
| 2025 | $303K |
Earnings per employee for Seagate Technology
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) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $14.9K |
| 2004 | $13.2K |
| 2005 | $16.1K |
| 2006 | $14K |
| 2007 | $16.9K |
| 2008 | $23.4K |
| 2009 | -$65.7K |
| 2010 | $30.6K |
| 2011 | $9.7K |
| 2012 | $49.4K |
| 2013 | $34.5K |
| 2014 | $30.1K |
| 2015 | $33.3K |
| 2016 | $5.45K |
| 2017 | $18.8K |
| 2018 | $27.5K |
| 2019 | $49.7K |
| 2020 | $23.9K |
| 2021 | $32.9K |
| 2022 | $41.2K |
| 2023 | -$15.8K |
| 2024 | $11.2K |
| 2025 | $49K |
Employee count history for Seagate Technology (STX)
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.
- 202530,0000.0%
- 202430,000-10.2%
- 202333,400-16.5%
- 202240,0000.0%
- 202140,000-4.8%
- 202042,000+3.7%
- 201940,500-5.8%
- 201843,000+4.9%
- 201741,000-9.9%
- 201645,500-13.1%
- 201552,350+0.5%
- 201452,100-2.1%
- 201353,200-8.1%
- 201257,900+9.9%
- 201152,700+0.2%
- 201052,600+11.9%
- 200947,000-13.0%
- 200854,0000.0%
- 200754,000-10.0%
- 200660,000+36.4%
- 200544,000+10.0%
- 200440,000-7.0%
- 200343,000—
About Seagate Technology's employee count
Seagate Technology (STX) employed 30,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 30,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2003–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 43,000 to 30,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -1.6% per year.
Seagate Technology generated about $303K of revenue and $49K 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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