Latest headcount
4,500
YoY change
-13.5%
Headcount CAGR
+3.1%
Revenue / employee
$373K
Employee count history for John Wiley & Sons
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,770 |
| 1996 | 1,830 |
| 1997 | 2,170 |
| 1998 | 2,100 |
| 1999 | 2,100 |
| 2000 | 2,300 |
| 2001 | 2,600 |
| 2002 | 3,100 |
| 2003 | 3,350 |
| 2004 | 3,300 |
| 2005 | 3,400 |
| 2006 | 3,600 |
| 2007 | 4,800 |
| 2008 | 4,800 |
| 2009 | 5,100 |
| 2010 | 5,100 |
| 2011 | 5,100 |
| 2012 | 5,200 |
| 2013 | 5,400 |
| 2014 | 5,100 |
| 2015 | 4,900 |
| 2016 | 4,700 |
| 2017 | 5,100 |
| 2018 | 5,000 |
| 2019 | 5,700 |
| 2020 | 6,900 |
| 2021 | 7,400 |
| 2022 | 9,500 |
| 2023 | 8,800 |
| 2024 | 6,400 |
| 2025 | 5,200 |
| 2026 | 4,500 |
Revenue per employee for John Wiley & Sons
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $187K |
| 1996 | $198K |
| 1997 | $199K |
| 1998 | $222K |
| 1999 | $242K |
| 2000 | $259K |
| 2001 | $236K |
| 2002 | $237K |
| 2003 | $255K |
| 2004 | $280K |
| 2005 | $286K |
| 2006 | $290K |
| 2007 | $257K |
| 2008 | $349K |
| 2010 | $333K |
| 2011 | $342K |
| 2012 | $343K |
| 2015 | $372K |
| 2018 | $359K |
| 2019 | $316K |
| 2020 | $265K |
| 2021 | $262K |
| 2022 | $219K |
| 2023 | $230K |
| 2024 | $293K |
| 2025 | $323K |
| 2026 | $373K |
Earnings per employee for John Wiley & Sons
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) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $10.3K |
| 1996 | $13.5K |
| 1997 | $9.35K |
| 1998 | $17.4K |
| 1999 | $18.9K |
| 2000 | $22.8K |
| 2001 | $22.7K |
| 2002 | $18.5K |
| 2003 | $26.1K |
| 2004 | $26.9K |
| 2005 | $24.7K |
| 2006 | $30.6K |
| 2007 | $20.8K |
| 2008 | $30.7K |
| 2010 | $28.1K |
| 2011 | $33.7K |
| 2012 | $40.9K |
| 2015 | $36.1K |
| 2018 | $38.4K |
| 2019 | $29.5K |
| 2020 | -$10.8K |
| 2021 | $20K |
| 2022 | $15.6K |
| 2023 | $1.96K |
| 2024 | -$31.3K |
| 2025 | $16.2K |
| 2026 | $49.2K |
Employee count history for John Wiley & Sons (WLY)
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.
- 20264,500-13.5%
- 20255,200-18.8%
- 20246,400-27.3%
- 20238,800-7.4%
- 20229,500+28.4%
- 20217,400+7.2%
- 20206,900+21.1%
- 20195,700+14.0%
- 20185,000-2.0%
- 20175,100+8.5%
- 20164,700-4.1%
- 20154,900-3.9%
- 20145,100-5.6%
- 20135,400+3.8%
- 20125,200+2.0%
- 20115,1000.0%
- 20105,1000.0%
- 20095,100+6.3%
- 20084,8000.0%
- 20074,800+33.3%
- 20063,600+5.9%
- 20053,400+3.0%
- 20043,300-1.5%
- 20033,350+8.1%
- 20023,100+19.2%
- 20012,600+13.0%
- 20002,300+9.5%
- 19992,1000.0%
- 19982,100-3.2%
- 19972,170+18.6%
- 19961,830+3.4%
- 19951,770—
About John Wiley & Sons's employee count
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) employed 4,500 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -700 (-13.5%) from 5,200 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,770 to 4,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.1% per year.
John Wiley & Sons generated about $373K of revenue and $49.2K 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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