Latest headcount
29,287
YoY change
-9.7%
Headcount CAGR
+0.0%
Revenue / employee
$837K
Employee count history for Union Pacific
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 29,000 |
| 1995 | 35,000 |
| 1996 | 54,000 |
| 1997 | 52,000 |
| 2000 | 50,000 |
| 2001 | 48,000 |
| 2002 | 47,000 |
| 2003 | 46,000 |
| 2004 | 48,000 |
| 2005 | 49,747 |
| 2006 | 50,739 |
| 2007 | 50,089 |
| 2008 | 48,242 |
| 2009 | 43,531 |
| 2010 | 42,884 |
| 2011 | 44,861 |
| 2012 | 45,928 |
| 2013 | 46,445 |
| 2014 | 47,201 |
| 2015 | 47,457 |
| 2016 | 42,919 |
| 2017 | 41,992 |
| 2018 | 41,967 |
| 2019 | 37,483 |
| 2020 | 30,960 |
| 2021 | 32,124 |
| 2022 | 33,179 |
| 2023 | 32,973 |
| 2024 | 32,439 |
| 2025 | 29,287 |
Revenue per employee for Union Pacific
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1993 | $261K |
| 1995 | $214K |
| 1996 | $163K |
| 1997 | $213K |
| 2000 | $238K |
| 2001 | $249K |
| 2002 | $266K |
| 2003 | $251K |
| 2004 | $254K |
| 2005 | $273K |
| 2006 | $307K |
| 2007 | $325K |
| 2008 | $372K |
| 2009 | $325K |
| 2010 | $396K |
| 2011 | $436K |
| 2012 | $456K |
| 2013 | $473K |
| 2014 | $508K |
| 2015 | $460K |
| 2016 | $465K |
| 2017 | $506K |
| 2018 | $544K |
| 2019 | $579K |
| 2020 | $631K |
| 2021 | $679K |
| 2022 | $750K |
| 2023 | $731K |
| 2024 | $748K |
| 2025 | $837K |
Earnings per employee for Union Pacific
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 | $18.3K |
| 1995 | $27K |
| 1996 | $16.7K |
| 1997 | $8.31K |
| 2000 | $16.8K |
| 2001 | $20.1K |
| 2002 | $28.5K |
| 2003 | $34.5K |
| 2004 | $12.6K |
| 2005 | $20.6K |
| 2006 | $31.7K |
| 2007 | $37K |
| 2008 | $48.4K |
| 2009 | $43.4K |
| 2010 | $64.8K |
| 2011 | $73.4K |
| 2012 | $85.9K |
| 2013 | $94.5K |
| 2014 | $110K |
| 2015 | $101K |
| 2016 | $98.6K |
| 2017 | $255K |
| 2018 | $142K |
| 2019 | $158K |
| 2020 | $173K |
| 2021 | $203K |
| 2022 | $211K |
| 2023 | $193K |
| 2024 | $208K |
| 2025 | $244K |
Employee count history for Union Pacific (UNP)
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.
- 202529,287-9.7%
- 202432,439-1.6%
- 202332,973-0.6%
- 202233,179+3.3%
- 202132,124+3.8%
- 202030,960-17.4%
- 201937,483-10.7%
- 201841,967-0.1%
- 201741,992-2.2%
- 201642,919-9.6%
- 201547,457+0.5%
- 201447,201+1.6%
- 201346,445+1.1%
- 201245,928+2.4%
- 201144,861+4.6%
- 201042,884-1.5%
- 200943,531-9.8%
- 200848,242-3.7%
- 200750,089-1.3%
- 200650,739+2.0%
- 200549,747+3.6%
- 200448,000+4.3%
- 200346,000-2.1%
- 200247,000-2.1%
- 200148,000-4.0%
- 200050,000—
- 199952,000-1.9%
- 199853,000—
- 199752,000-3.7%
- 199654,000+54.3%
- 199535,000—
- 199329,000—
About Union Pacific's employee count
Union Pacific (UNP) employed 29,287 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -3,152 (-9.7%) from 32,439 a year earlier.
Across the 1993–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 29,000 to 29,287 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +0.0% per year.
Union Pacific generated about $837K of revenue and $244K 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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