Latest headcount
415,000
YoY change
-5.7%
Headcount CAGR
+4.0%
Revenue / employee
$252K
Employee count history for Target
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 123,000 |
| 1998 | 256,000 |
| 1999 | 256,000 |
| 2001 | 254,000 |
| 2002 | 280,000 |
| 2003 | 306,000 |
| 2004 | 328,000 |
| 2005 | 292,000 |
| 2006 | 338,000 |
| 2007 | 352,000 |
| 2008 | 366,000 |
| 2009 | 351,000 |
| 2010 | 351,000 |
| 2011 | 355,000 |
| 2012 | 365,000 |
| 2013 | 361,000 |
| 2014 | 366,000 |
| 2015 | 347,000 |
| 2016 | 341,000 |
| 2017 | 323,000 |
| 2018 | 345,000 |
| 2019 | 360,000 |
| 2020 | 368,000 |
| 2021 | 409,000 |
| 2022 | 450,000 |
| 2023 | 440,000 |
| 2024 | 415,000 |
| 2025 | 440,000 |
| 2026 | 415,000 |
Revenue per employee for Target
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $173K |
| 1998 | $108K |
| 1999 | $120K |
| 2001 | $145K |
| 2002 | $142K |
| 2003 | $122K |
| 2004 | $128K |
| 2005 | $160K |
| 2006 | $156K |
| 2007 | $169K |
| 2008 | $173K |
| 2009 | $185K |
| 2010 | $186K |
| 2011 | $190K |
| 2012 | $191K |
| 2013 | $203K |
| 2014 | $195K |
| 2015 | $209K |
| 2016 | $216K |
| 2017 | $218K |
| 2018 | $211K |
| 2019 | $209K |
| 2020 | $212K |
| 2021 | $229K |
| 2022 | $236K |
| 2023 | $248K |
| 2024 | $259K |
| 2025 | $242K |
| 2026 | $252K |
Earnings per employee for Target
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) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $3.53K |
| 1998 | $2.93K |
| 1999 | $3.65K |
| 2001 | $4.98K |
| 2002 | $4.89K |
| 2003 | $5.3K |
| 2004 | $5.52K |
| 2005 | $11K |
| 2006 | $7.12K |
| 2007 | $7.92K |
| 2008 | $7.78K |
| 2009 | $6.31K |
| 2010 | $7.09K |
| 2011 | $8.23K |
| 2012 | $8.02K |
| 2013 | $8.31K |
| 2014 | $5.39K |
| 2015 | -$4.71K |
| 2016 | $9.86K |
| 2017 | $8.46K |
| 2018 | $8.45K |
| 2019 | $8.16K |
| 2020 | $8.92K |
| 2021 | $10.7K |
| 2022 | $15.4K |
| 2023 | $6.32K |
| 2024 | $9.97K |
| 2025 | $9.3K |
| 2026 | $8.93K |
Employee count history for Target (TGT)
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.
- 2026415,000-5.7%
- 2025440,000+6.0%
- 2024415,000-5.7%
- 2023440,000-2.2%
- 2022450,000+10.0%
- 2021409,000+11.1%
- 2020368,000+2.2%
- 2019360,000+4.3%
- 2018345,000+6.8%
- 2017323,000-5.3%
- 2016341,000-1.7%
- 2015347,000-5.2%
- 2014366,000+1.4%
- 2013361,000-1.1%
- 2012365,000+2.8%
- 2011355,000+1.1%
- 2010351,0000.0%
- 2009351,000-4.1%
- 2008366,000+4.0%
- 2007352,000+4.1%
- 2006338,000+15.8%
- 2005292,000-11.0%
- 2004328,000+7.2%
- 2003306,000+9.3%
- 2002280,000+10.2%
- 2001254,000—
- 1999256,0000.0%
- 1998256,000—
- 1997149,000+5.7%
- 1996141,000—
- 1995123,000—
About Target's employee count
Target (TGT) employed 415,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -25,000 (-5.7%) from 440,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 123,000 to 415,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.0% per year.
Target generated about $252K of revenue and $8.93K 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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