Latest headcount
460,000
YoY change
-6.1%
Headcount CAGR
+1.1%
Revenue / employee
$193K
Employee count history for United Parcel Service
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 344,000 |
| 2000 | 359,000 |
| 2002 | 360,000 |
| 2003 | 355,000 |
| 2004 | 384,000 |
| 2005 | 407,000 |
| 2006 | 428,000 |
| 2007 | 425,300 |
| 2008 | 426,000 |
| 2009 | 408,000 |
| 2010 | 400,600 |
| 2011 | 398,000 |
| 2012 | 399,000 |
| 2013 | 395,000 |
| 2014 | 435,000 |
| 2015 | 444,000 |
| 2016 | 434,000 |
| 2017 | 454,000 |
| 2018 | 481,000 |
| 2019 | 495,000 |
| 2020 | 543,000 |
| 2021 | 534,000 |
| 2022 | 536,000 |
| 2023 | 500,000 |
| 2024 | 490,000 |
| 2025 | 460,000 |
Revenue per employee for United Parcel Service
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $78.6K |
| 2000 | $82.9K |
| 2002 | $86.9K |
| 2003 | $94.3K |
| 2004 | $95.3K |
| 2005 | $105K |
| 2006 | $111K |
| 2007 | $117K |
| 2008 | $121K |
| 2009 | $111K |
| 2010 | $123K |
| 2011 | $134K |
| 2012 | $135K |
| 2013 | $140K |
| 2014 | $134K |
| 2015 | $131K |
| 2016 | $139K |
| 2017 | $147K |
| 2018 | $150K |
| 2019 | $149K |
| 2020 | $155K |
| 2021 | $182K |
| 2022 | $187K |
| 2023 | $181K |
| 2024 | $185K |
| 2025 | $193K |
Earnings per employee for United Parcel Service
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) |
|---|---|
| 1999 | $2.57K |
| 2000 | $8.17K |
| 2002 | $8.84K |
| 2003 | $8.16K |
| 2004 | $8.68K |
| 2005 | $9.51K |
| 2006 | $9.82K |
| 2007 | $898.19 |
| 2008 | $7.05K |
| 2009 | $5.27K |
| 2010 | $8.71K |
| 2011 | $9.56K |
| 2012 | $2.02K |
| 2013 | $11.1K |
| 2014 | $6.97K |
| 2015 | $10.9K |
| 2016 | $7.91K |
| 2017 | $10.8K |
| 2018 | $9.96K |
| 2019 | $8.97K |
| 2020 | $2.47K |
| 2021 | $24.1K |
| 2022 | $21.5K |
| 2023 | $13.4K |
| 2024 | $11.8K |
| 2025 | $12.1K |
Employee count history for United Parcel Service (UPS)
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.
- 2025460,000-6.1%
- 2024490,000-2.0%
- 2023500,000-6.7%
- 2022536,000+0.4%
- 2021534,000-1.7%
- 2020543,000+9.7%
- 2019495,000+2.9%
- 2018481,000+5.9%
- 2017454,000+4.6%
- 2016434,000-2.3%
- 2015444,000+2.1%
- 2014435,000+10.1%
- 2013395,000-1.0%
- 2012399,000+0.3%
- 2011398,000-0.6%
- 2010400,600-1.8%
- 2009408,000-4.2%
- 2008426,000+0.2%
- 2007425,300-0.6%
- 2006428,000+5.2%
- 2005407,000+6.0%
- 2004384,000+8.2%
- 2003355,000-1.4%
- 2002360,000—
- 2001371,000—
- 2000359,000+4.4%
- 1999344,000—
About United Parcel Service's employee count
United Parcel Service (UPS) employed 460,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -30,000 (-6.1%) from 490,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1999–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 344,000 to 460,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +1.1% per year.
United Parcel Service generated about $193K of revenue and $12.1K 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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