Latest headcount
133,030
YoY change
-5.6%
Headcount CAGR
+2.6%
Revenue / employee
$945K
Employee count history for AT&T
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 59,040 |
| 1998 | 129,850 |
| 1999 | 204,530 |
| 2000 | 215,088 |
| 2001 | 192,550 |
| 2002 | 175,400 |
| 2003 | 168,000 |
| 2004 | 162,000 |
| 2005 | 189,000 |
| 2006 | 302,000 |
| 2008 | 310,000 |
| 2009 | 301,000 |
| 2010 | 265,410 |
| 2011 | 256,000 |
| 2012 | 242,000 |
| 2013 | 243,000 |
| 2014 | 253,000 |
| 2015 | 281,000 |
| 2016 | 268,000 |
| 2017 | 252,000 |
| 2018 | 268,000 |
| 2019 | 246,000 |
| 2020 | 230,000 |
| 2021 | 203,000 |
| 2022 | 160,700 |
| 2023 | 149,900 |
| 2024 | 140,990 |
| 2025 | 133,030 |
Revenue per employee for AT&T
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $184K |
| 1998 | $356K |
| 1999 | $242K |
| 2000 | $239K |
| 2001 | $238K |
| 2002 | $244K |
| 2003 | $241K |
| 2004 | $251K |
| 2005 | $232K |
| 2006 | $209K |
| 2010 | $468K |
| 2011 | $495K |
| 2012 | $527K |
| 2013 | $530K |
| 2014 | $524K |
| 2015 | $522K |
| 2016 | $611K |
| 2017 | $637K |
| 2018 | $637K |
| 2019 | $737K |
| 2020 | $747K |
| 2021 | $660K |
| 2022 | $751K |
| 2023 | $817K |
| 2024 | $868K |
| 2025 | $945K |
Earnings per employee for AT&T
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 | -$14.3K |
| 1998 | $59.2K |
| 1999 | $39.9K |
| 2000 | $36.3K |
| 2001 | $36.4K |
| 2002 | $32.2K |
| 2003 | $50.6K |
| 2004 | $36.3K |
| 2005 | $25.3K |
| 2006 | $24.4K |
| 2010 | $74.8K |
| 2011 | $15.4K |
| 2012 | $30K |
| 2013 | $75.8K |
| 2014 | $25.5K |
| 2015 | $47.5K |
| 2016 | $48.4K |
| 2017 | $117K |
| 2018 | $72.3K |
| 2019 | $56.5K |
| 2020 | -$22.5K |
| 2021 | $98.9K |
| 2022 | -$53K |
| 2023 | $96.1K |
| 2024 | $77.7K |
| 2025 | $165K |
Employee count history for AT&T (T)
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.
- 2025133,030-5.6%
- 2024140,990-5.9%
- 2023149,900-6.7%
- 2022160,700-20.8%
- 2021203,000-11.7%
- 2020230,000-6.5%
- 2019246,000-8.2%
- 2018268,000+6.3%
- 2017252,000-6.0%
- 2016268,000-4.6%
- 2015281,000+11.1%
- 2014253,000+4.1%
- 2013243,000+0.4%
- 2012242,000-5.5%
- 2011256,000-3.5%
- 2010265,410-11.8%
- 2010281,000-6.6%
- 2009301,000-2.9%
- 2008310,000—
- 2006302,000+59.8%
- 2005189,000+16.7%
- 2004162,000-3.6%
- 2003168,000-4.2%
- 2002175,400-8.9%
- 2001192,550-10.5%
- 2000215,088+5.2%
- 1999204,530+57.5%
- 1998129,850—
- 1997118,340+92.3%
- 199661,540+3.8%
- 199559,300+0.9%
- 199458,750—
- 199359,040—
About AT&T's employee count
AT&T (T) employed 133,030 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -7,960 (-5.6%) from 140,990 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 59,040 to 133,030 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +2.6% per year.
AT&T generated about $945K of revenue and $165K 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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