Latest headcount
9,811
YoY change
-1.1%
Headcount CAGR
+6.1%
Revenue / employee
$12.5M
Employee count history for Valero Energy
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1,855 |
| 1998 | 2,500 |
| 2002 | 20,000 |
| 2003 | 19,947 |
| 2004 | 19,797 |
| 2005 | 22,068 |
| 2006 | 21,836 |
| 2007 | 21,651 |
| 2008 | 21,765 |
| 2009 | 20,920 |
| 2010 | 20,313 |
| 2011 | 21,942 |
| 2012 | 21,671 |
| 2013 | 10,007 |
| 2014 | 10,065 |
| 2015 | 10,103 |
| 2016 | 9,996 |
| 2017 | 10,015 |
| 2018 | 10,261 |
| 2019 | 10,222 |
| 2020 | 9,964 |
| 2021 | 9,813 |
| 2022 | 9,743 |
| 2023 | 9,908 |
| 2024 | 9,922 |
| 2025 | 9,811 |
Revenue per employee for Valero Energy
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $3.1M |
| 1998 | $2.22M |
| 2002 | $1.35M |
| 2003 | $1.9M |
| 2004 | $2.76M |
| 2005 | $3.72M |
| 2006 | $4.21M |
| 2007 | $4.4M |
| 2008 | $5.47M |
| 2009 | $3.26M |
| 2010 | $4.05M |
| 2011 | $5.74M |
| 2012 | $6.43M |
| 2013 | $13.8M |
| 2014 | $13M |
| 2015 | $8.69M |
| 2016 | $7.57M |
| 2017 | $9.38M |
| 2018 | $11.4M |
| 2019 | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $6.51M |
| 2021 | $11.6M |
| 2022 | $18.1M |
| 2023 | $14.6M |
| 2024 | $13.1M |
| 2025 | $12.5M |
Earnings per employee for Valero Energy
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) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | $51.8K |
| 1998 | -$18.9K |
| 2002 | $4.58K |
| 2003 | $31.2K |
| 2004 | $91.1K |
| 2005 | $163K |
| 2006 | $250K |
| 2007 | $242K |
| 2008 | -$52K |
| 2009 | -$94.7K |
| 2010 | $16K |
| 2011 | $95.3K |
| 2012 | $96.1K |
| 2013 | $272K |
| 2014 | $361K |
| 2015 | $395K |
| 2016 | $229K |
| 2017 | $406K |
| 2018 | $304K |
| 2019 | $237K |
| 2020 | -$143K |
| 2021 | $94.8K |
| 2022 | $1.18M |
| 2023 | $892K |
| 2024 | $279K |
| 2025 | $239K |
Employee count history for Valero Energy (VLO)
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.
- 20259,811-1.1%
- 20249,922+0.1%
- 20239,908+1.7%
- 20229,743-0.7%
- 20219,813-1.5%
- 20209,964-2.5%
- 201910,222-0.4%
- 201810,261+2.5%
- 201710,015+0.2%
- 20169,996-1.1%
- 201510,103+0.4%
- 201410,065+0.6%
- 201310,007-53.8%
- 201221,671-1.2%
- 201121,942+8.0%
- 201020,313-2.9%
- 200920,920-3.9%
- 200821,765+0.5%
- 200721,651-0.8%
- 200621,836-1.1%
- 200522,068+11.5%
- 200419,797-0.8%
- 200319,947-0.3%
- 200220,000—
- 200122,452+606.0%
- 20003,180+26.3%
- 19992,518—
- 19982,500+34.8%
- 19971,855—
About Valero Energy's employee count
Valero Energy (VLO) employed 9,811 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -111 (-1.1%) from 9,922 a year earlier.
Across the 1997–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,855 to 9,811 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +6.1% per year.
Valero Energy generated about $12.5M of revenue and $239K 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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