Latest headcount
113,200
YoY change
+5.5%
Headcount CAGR
+1.2%
Revenue / employee
$522K
Employee count history for United Airlines Holdings
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 77,900 |
| 1997 | 91,700 |
| 1998 | 95,035 |
| 2001 | 102,000 |
| 2003 | 63,000 |
| 2004 | 61,000 |
| 2005 | 57,000 |
| 2006 | 55,000 |
| 2007 | 55,000 |
| 2008 | 50,000 |
| 2009 | 47,000 |
| 2010 | 86,000 |
| 2011 | 87,000 |
| 2012 | 88,000 |
| 2013 | 87,000 |
| 2014 | 84,000 |
| 2015 | 84,000 |
| 2016 | 88,000 |
| 2017 | 89,800 |
| 2018 | 92,000 |
| 2019 | 96,000 |
| 2020 | 74,400 |
| 2021 | 84,100 |
| 2022 | 92,800 |
| 2023 | 103,300 |
| 2024 | 107,300 |
| 2025 | 113,200 |
Revenue per employee for United Airlines Holdings
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $179K |
| 1997 | $190K |
| 1998 | $185K |
| 2003 | $218K |
| 2004 | $269K |
| 2005 | $305K |
| 2006 | $352K |
| 2007 | $366K |
| 2008 | $404K |
| 2009 | $348K |
| 2010 | $270K |
| 2011 | $427K |
| 2012 | $422K |
| 2013 | $440K |
| 2014 | $463K |
| 2015 | $451K |
| 2016 | $415K |
| 2017 | $421K |
| 2018 | $449K |
| 2019 | $451K |
| 2020 | $206K |
| 2021 | $293K |
| 2022 | $484K |
| 2023 | $520K |
| 2024 | $532K |
| 2025 | $522K |
Earnings per employee for United Airlines Holdings
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) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $654.69 |
| 1997 | $10.3K |
| 1998 | $8.64K |
| 2003 | -$44.6K |
| 2004 | -$28.2K |
| 2005 | -$372K |
| 2006 | $416K |
| 2007 | $7.33K |
| 2008 | -$107K |
| 2009 | -$13.9K |
| 2010 | $2.94K |
| 2011 | $9.66K |
| 2012 | -$8.22K |
| 2013 | $6.56K |
| 2014 | $13.5K |
| 2015 | $87.4K |
| 2016 | $25.7K |
| 2017 | $23.9K |
| 2018 | $23.1K |
| 2019 | $31.3K |
| 2020 | -$95K |
| 2021 | -$23.4K |
| 2022 | $7.94K |
| 2023 | $25.3K |
| 2024 | $29.3K |
| 2025 | $29.6K |
Employee count history for United Airlines Holdings (UAL)
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.
- 2025113,200+5.5%
- 2024107,300+3.9%
- 2023103,300+11.3%
- 202292,800+10.3%
- 202184,100+13.0%
- 202074,400-22.5%
- 201996,000+4.3%
- 201892,000+2.4%
- 201789,800+2.0%
- 201688,000+4.8%
- 201584,0000.0%
- 201484,000-3.4%
- 201387,000-1.1%
- 201288,000+1.1%
- 201187,000+1.2%
- 201086,000+83.0%
- 200947,000-6.0%
- 200850,000-9.1%
- 200755,0000.0%
- 200655,000-3.5%
- 200557,000-6.6%
- 200461,000-3.2%
- 200363,000—
- 200372,000—
- 2002102,000—
- 2001102,000—
- 1999100,000—
- 199895,035+3.6%
- 199791,700—
- 199687,628+4.4%
- 199583,929—
- 199477,900—
About United Airlines Holdings's employee count
United Airlines Holdings (UAL) employed 113,200 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +5,900 (+5.5%) from 107,300 a year earlier.
Across the 1994–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 77,900 to 113,200 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +1.2% per year.
United Airlines Holdings generated about $522K of revenue and $29.6K 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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