Latest headcount
20,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+5.6%
Revenue / employee
$956K
Employee count history for Synchrony Financial
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 11,000 |
| 2015 | 12,000 |
| 2016 | 15,000 |
| 2017 | 16,000 |
| 2018 | 16,500 |
| 2019 | 16,500 |
| 2020 | 16,500 |
| 2021 | 10,000 |
| 2022 | 9,500 |
| 2023 | 11,500 |
| 2024 | 20,000 |
| 2025 | 20,000 |
Revenue per employee for Synchrony Financial
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $923K |
| 2015 | $907K |
| 2016 | $815K |
| 2017 | $860K |
| 2018 | $918K |
| 2019 | $946K |
| 2020 | $777K |
| 2021 | $1.12M |
| 2022 | $1.39M |
| 2023 | $1.51M |
| 2024 | $1.04M |
| 2025 | $956K |
Earnings per employee for Synchrony Financial
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) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | $192K |
| 2015 | $185K |
| 2016 | $150K |
| 2017 | $121K |
| 2018 | $169K |
| 2019 | $227K |
| 2020 | $83.9K |
| 2021 | $422K |
| 2022 | $317K |
| 2023 | $195K |
| 2024 | $175K |
| 2025 | $178K |
Employee count history for Synchrony Financial (SYF)
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.
- 202520,0000.0%
- 202420,000+73.9%
- 202311,500+21.1%
- 20229,500-5.0%
- 202110,000-39.4%
- 202016,5000.0%
- 201916,5000.0%
- 201816,500+3.1%
- 201716,000+6.7%
- 201615,000+25.0%
- 201512,000+9.1%
- 201411,000—
About Synchrony Financial's employee count
Synchrony Financial (SYF) employed 20,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 20,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2014–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 11,000 to 20,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +5.6% per year.
Synchrony Financial generated about $956K of revenue and $178K 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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