Latest headcount
56,000
YoY change
+5.7%
Headcount CAGR
+9.3%
Revenue / employee
$449K
Employee count history for Stryker
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,228 |
| 1994 | 4,221 |
| 1995 | 4,629 |
| 2001 | 12,839 |
| 2002 | 14,045 |
| 2003 | 14,762 |
| 2004 | 15,891 |
| 2005 | 17,265 |
| 2006 | 18,806 |
| 2007 | 16,026 |
| 2008 | 17,594 |
| 2009 | 18,582 |
| 2010 | 20,036 |
| 2011 | 21,241 |
| 2012 | 22,010 |
| 2013 | 25,000 |
| 2014 | 26,000 |
| 2015 | 27,000 |
| 2016 | 33,000 |
| 2017 | 33,000 |
| 2018 | 36,000 |
| 2019 | 40,000 |
| 2020 | 43,000 |
| 2021 | 46,000 |
| 2022 | 51,000 |
| 2023 | 52,000 |
| 2024 | 53,000 |
| 2025 | 56,000 |
Revenue per employee for Stryker
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $173K |
| 1994 | $162K |
| 1995 | $188K |
| 2001 | $203K |
| 2002 | $214K |
| 2003 | $246K |
| 2004 | $268K |
| 2005 | $282K |
| 2006 | $287K |
| 2007 | $374K |
| 2008 | $382K |
| 2009 | $362K |
| 2010 | $365K |
| 2011 | $391K |
| 2012 | $393K |
| 2013 | $361K |
| 2014 | $372K |
| 2015 | $368K |
| 2016 | $343K |
| 2017 | $377K |
| 2018 | $378K |
| 2019 | $372K |
| 2020 | $334K |
| 2021 | $372K |
| 2022 | $362K |
| 2023 | $394K |
| 2024 | $426K |
| 2025 | $449K |
Earnings per employee for Stryker
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 | $18.6K |
| 1994 | $17.2K |
| 1995 | $18.8K |
| 2001 | $20.8K |
| 2002 | $24.6K |
| 2003 | $30.7K |
| 2004 | $29.3K |
| 2005 | $39.1K |
| 2006 | $41.4K |
| 2007 | $63.5K |
| 2008 | $65.2K |
| 2009 | $59.6K |
| 2010 | $63.6K |
| 2011 | $63.3K |
| 2012 | $59K |
| 2013 | $40.2K |
| 2014 | $19.8K |
| 2015 | $53.3K |
| 2016 | $49.9K |
| 2017 | $30.9K |
| 2018 | $98.7K |
| 2019 | $52.1K |
| 2020 | $37.2K |
| 2021 | $43.3K |
| 2022 | $46.2K |
| 2023 | $60.9K |
| 2024 | $56.5K |
| 2025 | $58K |
Employee count history for Stryker (SYK)
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.
- 202556,000+5.7%
- 202453,000+1.9%
- 202352,000+2.0%
- 202251,000+10.9%
- 202146,000+7.0%
- 202043,000+7.5%
- 201940,000+11.1%
- 201836,000+9.1%
- 201733,0000.0%
- 201633,000+22.2%
- 201527,000+3.8%
- 201426,000+4.0%
- 201325,000+13.6%
- 201222,010+3.6%
- 201121,241+6.0%
- 201020,036+7.8%
- 200918,582+5.6%
- 200817,594+9.8%
- 200716,026-14.8%
- 200618,806+8.9%
- 200517,265+8.6%
- 200415,891+7.6%
- 200314,762+5.1%
- 200214,045+9.4%
- 200112,839—
- 200012,084+10.6%
- 199910,925-0.4%
- 199810,974+92.8%
- 19975,691+7.9%
- 19965,274—
- 19954,629+9.7%
- 19944,221+30.8%
- 19933,228—
About Stryker's employee count
Stryker (SYK) employed 56,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +3,000 (+5.7%) from 53,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 3,228 to 56,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.3% per year.
Stryker generated about $449K of revenue and $58K 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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