Latest headcount
390,000
YoY change
-2.5%
Headcount CAGR
+9.5%
Revenue / employee
$1.15M
Employee count history for UnitedHealth Group
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 27,800 |
| 1998 | 29,226 |
| 1999 | 29,000 |
| 2000 | 30,000 |
| 2001 | 30,000 |
| 2002 | 32,000 |
| 2003 | 33,000 |
| 2004 | 40,000 |
| 2005 | 55,000 |
| 2006 | 58,000 |
| 2007 | 67,000 |
| 2008 | 75,000 |
| 2009 | 80,000 |
| 2010 | 87,000 |
| 2011 | 99,000 |
| 2012 | 133,000 |
| 2013 | 156,000 |
| 2014 | 170,000 |
| 2015 | 200,000 |
| 2016 | 230,000 |
| 2017 | 260,000 |
| 2018 | 300,000 |
| 2019 | 325,000 |
| 2020 | 330,000 |
| 2021 | 350,000 |
| 2022 | 400,000 |
| 2024 | 400,000 |
| 2025 | 390,000 |
Revenue per employee for UnitedHealth Group
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $362K |
| 1998 | $594K |
| 1999 | $675K |
| 2000 | $704K |
| 2001 | $782K |
| 2002 | $782K |
| 2003 | $866K |
| 2004 | $930K |
| 2005 | $844K |
| 2006 | $1.23M |
| 2007 | $1.13M |
| 2008 | $1.08M |
| 2009 | $1.09M |
| 2010 | $1.08M |
| 2011 | $1.03M |
| 2012 | $832K |
| 2013 | $785K |
| 2014 | $767K |
| 2015 | $786K |
| 2016 | $804K |
| 2017 | $774K |
| 2018 | $754K |
| 2019 | $745K |
| 2020 | $779K |
| 2021 | $822K |
| 2022 | $810K |
| 2024 | $1M |
| 2025 | $1.15M |
Earnings per employee for UnitedHealth Group
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) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | $12.8K |
| 1998 | -$5.68K |
| 1999 | $19.6K |
| 2000 | $24.5K |
| 2001 | $30.4K |
| 2002 | $42.3K |
| 2003 | $50.2K |
| 2004 | $64.7K |
| 2005 | $56.1K |
| 2006 | $71.7K |
| 2007 | $69.5K |
| 2008 | $39.7K |
| 2009 | $47.8K |
| 2010 | $53.3K |
| 2011 | $51.9K |
| 2012 | $41.5K |
| 2013 | $36.1K |
| 2014 | $33.1K |
| 2015 | $29.1K |
| 2016 | $30.5K |
| 2017 | $40.6K |
| 2018 | $40K |
| 2019 | $42.6K |
| 2020 | $46.7K |
| 2021 | $49.4K |
| 2022 | $50.3K |
| 2024 | $36K |
| 2025 | $30.9K |
Employee count history for UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
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.
- 2025390,000-2.5%
- 2024400,000—
- 2022400,000+14.3%
- 2021350,000+6.1%
- 2020330,000+1.5%
- 2019325,000+8.3%
- 2018300,000+15.4%
- 2017260,000+13.0%
- 2016230,000+15.0%
- 2015200,000+17.6%
- 2014170,000+9.0%
- 2013156,000+17.3%
- 2012133,000+34.3%
- 201199,000+13.8%
- 201087,000+8.8%
- 200980,000+6.7%
- 200875,000+11.9%
- 200767,000+15.5%
- 200658,000+5.5%
- 200555,000+37.5%
- 200440,000+21.2%
- 200333,000+3.1%
- 200232,000+6.7%
- 200130,0000.0%
- 200030,000+3.4%
- 199929,000-0.8%
- 199829,226—
- 199729,600—
- 199627,800—
- 199528,500+196.9%
- 19949,600—
About UnitedHealth Group's employee count
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) employed 390,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -10,000 (-2.5%) from 400,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1996–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 27,800 to 390,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.5% per year.
UnitedHealth Group generated about $1.15M of revenue and $30.9K 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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