Latest headcount
35,500
YoY change
+1.4%
Headcount CAGR
+13.7%
Revenue / employee
$1.05M
Employee count history for Warner Bros. Discovery
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 4,000 |
| 2009 | 4,400 |
| 2010 | 4,200 |
| 2011 | 4,600 |
| 2012 | 4,500 |
| 2013 | 5,700 |
| 2014 | 6,800 |
| 2015 | 7,000 |
| 2016 | 7,000 |
| 2017 | 7,000 |
| 2018 | 9,000 |
| 2019 | 9,200 |
| 2020 | 9,800 |
| 2021 | 11,000 |
| 2022 | 37,500 |
| 2023 | 35,300 |
| 2024 | 35,000 |
| 2025 | 35,500 |
Revenue per employee for Warner Bros. Discovery
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $861K |
| 2009 | $786K |
| 2010 | $882K |
| 2011 | $906K |
| 2012 | $997K |
| 2013 | $971K |
| 2014 | $921K |
| 2015 | $913K |
| 2016 | $928K |
| 2017 | $982K |
| 2018 | $1.17M |
| 2019 | $1.21M |
| 2020 | $1.09M |
| 2021 | $1.11M |
| 2022 | $902K |
| 2023 | $1.17M |
| 2024 | $1.12M |
| 2025 | $1.05M |
Earnings per employee for Warner Bros. Discovery
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) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | $79.3K |
| 2009 | $125K |
| 2010 | $155K |
| 2011 | $246K |
| 2012 | $210K |
| 2013 | $189K |
| 2014 | $168K |
| 2015 | $148K |
| 2016 | $171K |
| 2017 | -$48.1K |
| 2018 | $66K |
| 2019 | $225K |
| 2020 | $124K |
| 2021 | $91.5K |
| 2022 | -$197K |
| 2023 | -$88.6K |
| 2024 | -$323K |
| 2025 | $20.5K |
Employee count history for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
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.
- 202535,500+1.4%
- 202435,000-0.8%
- 202335,300-5.9%
- 202237,500+240.9%
- 202111,000+12.2%
- 20209,800+6.5%
- 20199,200+2.2%
- 20189,000+28.6%
- 20177,0000.0%
- 20167,0000.0%
- 20157,000+2.9%
- 20146,800+19.3%
- 20135,700+26.7%
- 20124,500-2.2%
- 20114,600+9.5%
- 20104,200-4.5%
- 20094,400+10.0%
- 20084,000—
About Warner Bros. Discovery's employee count
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) employed 35,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +500 (+1.4%) from 35,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2008–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 4,000 to 35,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +13.7% per year.
Warner Bros. Discovery generated about $1.05M of revenue and $20.5K 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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