Latest headcount
60,500
YoY change
-1.9%
Headcount CAGR
+11.2%
Revenue / employee
$417K
Employee count history for Waste Management
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 2,500 |
| 1996 | 9,800 |
| 1997 | 17,700 |
| 1998 | 68,000 |
| 1999 | 75,000 |
| 2000 | 57,000 |
| 2001 | 57,000 |
| 2002 | 53,000 |
| 2003 | 51,700 |
| 2004 | 51,000 |
| 2005 | 50,000 |
| 2006 | 48,000 |
| 2007 | 47,400 |
| 2008 | 45,900 |
| 2009 | 43,400 |
| 2010 | 42,800 |
| 2011 | 44,300 |
| 2012 | 43,500 |
| 2013 | 42,700 |
| 2014 | 39,800 |
| 2015 | 40,600 |
| 2016 | 41,200 |
| 2017 | 42,300 |
| 2018 | 43,700 |
| 2019 | 44,900 |
| 2020 | 48,250 |
| 2021 | 48,500 |
| 2022 | 49,500 |
| 2023 | 48,000 |
| 2024 | 61,700 |
| 2025 | 60,500 |
Revenue per employee for Waste Management
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $183K |
| 1996 | $134K |
| 1997 | $148K |
| 1998 | $187K |
| 1999 | $175K |
| 2000 | $219K |
| 2001 | $199K |
| 2002 | $210K |
| 2003 | $224K |
| 2004 | $245K |
| 2005 | $261K |
| 2006 | $278K |
| 2007 | $281K |
| 2008 | $292K |
| 2009 | $272K |
| 2010 | $292K |
| 2011 | $302K |
| 2012 | $314K |
| 2013 | $327K |
| 2014 | $352K |
| 2015 | $319K |
| 2016 | $330K |
| 2017 | $342K |
| 2018 | $341K |
| 2019 | $344K |
| 2020 | $315K |
| 2021 | $370K |
| 2022 | $398K |
| 2023 | $426K |
| 2024 | $358K |
| 2025 | $417K |
Earnings per employee for Waste Management
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 | $12.1K |
| 1996 | $3.36K |
| 1997 | $15.1K |
| 1998 | -$11.3K |
| 1999 | -$5.3K |
| 2000 | -$1.7K |
| 2001 | $8.82K |
| 2002 | $15.5K |
| 2003 | $12.2K |
| 2004 | $18.4K |
| 2005 | $23.6K |
| 2006 | $23.9K |
| 2007 | $24.5K |
| 2008 | $23.7K |
| 2009 | $22.9K |
| 2010 | $22.3K |
| 2011 | $21.7K |
| 2012 | $18.8K |
| 2013 | $2.3K |
| 2014 | $32.6K |
| 2015 | $18.5K |
| 2016 | $28.7K |
| 2017 | $46.1K |
| 2018 | $44.1K |
| 2019 | $37.2K |
| 2020 | $31K |
| 2021 | $37.4K |
| 2022 | $45.2K |
| 2023 | $48K |
| 2024 | $44.5K |
| 2025 | $44.8K |
Employee count history for Waste Management (WM)
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.
- 202560,500-1.9%
- 202461,700+28.5%
- 202348,000-3.0%
- 202249,500+2.1%
- 202148,500+0.5%
- 202048,250+7.5%
- 201944,900+2.7%
- 201843,700+3.3%
- 201742,300+2.7%
- 201641,200+1.5%
- 201540,600+2.0%
- 201439,800-6.8%
- 201342,700-1.8%
- 201243,500-1.8%
- 201144,300+3.5%
- 201042,800-1.4%
- 200943,400-5.4%
- 200845,900-3.2%
- 200747,400-1.3%
- 200648,000-4.0%
- 200550,000-2.0%
- 200451,000-1.4%
- 200351,700-2.5%
- 200253,000-7.0%
- 200157,0000.0%
- 200057,000-24.0%
- 199975,000+10.3%
- 199868,000+284.2%
- 199717,700+80.6%
- 19969,800+292.0%
- 19952,500—
About Waste Management's employee count
Waste Management (WM) employed 60,500 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,200 (-1.9%) from 61,700 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 2,500 to 60,500 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +11.2% per year.
Waste Management generated about $417K of revenue and $44.8K 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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