Latest headcount
2,100,000
YoY change
0.0%
Headcount CAGR
+4.0%
Revenue / employee
$340K
Employee count history for Walmart
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 622,000 |
| 1996 | 675,000 |
| 1997 | 728,000 |
| 1998 | 825,000 |
| 1999 | 910,000 |
| 2000 | 1,140,000 |
| 2001 | 1,244,000 |
| 2002 | 1,383,000 |
| 2003 | 1,400,000 |
| 2004 | 1,500,000 |
| 2005 | 1,700,000 |
| 2006 | 1,800,000 |
| 2007 | 1,900,000 |
| 2008 | 2,100,000 |
| 2009 | 2,100,000 |
| 2010 | 2,100,000 |
| 2011 | 2,100,000 |
| 2012 | 2,200,000 |
| 2013 | 2,200,000 |
| 2014 | 2,200,000 |
| 2015 | 2,200,000 |
| 2016 | 2,300,000 |
| 2017 | 2,300,000 |
| 2018 | 2,300,000 |
| 2019 | 2,200,000 |
| 2020 | 2,200,000 |
| 2021 | 2,300,000 |
| 2022 | 2,300,000 |
| 2023 | 2,100,000 |
| 2024 | 2,100,000 |
| 2025 | 2,100,000 |
| 2026 | 2,100,000 |
Revenue per employee for Walmart
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1995 | $134K |
| 1996 | $140K |
| 1997 | $146K |
| 1998 | $145K |
| 1999 | $153K |
| 2000 | $146K |
| 2001 | $155K |
| 2002 | $149K |
| 2003 | $176K |
| 2004 | $172K |
| 2005 | $167K |
| 2006 | $173K |
| 2007 | $184K |
| 2008 | $180K |
| 2010 | $194K |
| 2011 | $201K |
| 2012 | $203K |
| 2013 | $213K |
| 2014 | $216K |
| 2015 | $221K |
| 2016 | $210K |
| 2017 | $211K |
| 2018 | $218K |
| 2019 | $234K |
| 2020 | $238K |
| 2021 | $243K |
| 2022 | $249K |
| 2023 | $291K |
| 2024 | $309K |
| 2025 | $324K |
| 2026 | $340K |
Earnings per employee for Walmart
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 | $4.31K |
| 1996 | $4.06K |
| 1997 | $4.2K |
| 1998 | $4.27K |
| 1999 | $4.87K |
| 2000 | $4.89K |
| 2001 | $5.06K |
| 2002 | $4.77K |
| 2003 | $5.68K |
| 2004 | $6.04K |
| 2005 | $6.04K |
| 2006 | $6.24K |
| 2007 | $5.94K |
| 2008 | $6.06K |
| 2010 | $6.84K |
| 2011 | $7.8K |
| 2012 | $7.14K |
| 2013 | $7.73K |
| 2014 | $7.28K |
| 2015 | $7.44K |
| 2016 | $6.39K |
| 2017 | $5.93K |
| 2018 | $4.29K |
| 2019 | $3.03K |
| 2020 | $6.76K |
| 2021 | $5.87K |
| 2022 | $5.94K |
| 2023 | $5.56K |
| 2024 | $7.39K |
| 2025 | $9.26K |
| 2026 | $10.4K |
Employee count history for Walmart (WMT)
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.
- 20262,100,0000.0%
- 20252,100,0000.0%
- 20242,100,0000.0%
- 20232,100,000-8.7%
- 20222,300,0000.0%
- 20212,300,000+4.5%
- 20202,200,0000.0%
- 20192,200,000-4.3%
- 20182,300,0000.0%
- 20172,300,0000.0%
- 20162,300,000+4.5%
- 20152,200,0000.0%
- 20142,200,0000.0%
- 20132,200,0000.0%
- 20122,200,000+4.8%
- 20112,100,0000.0%
- 20102,100,0000.0%
- 20092,100,0000.0%
- 20082,100,000+10.5%
- 20071,900,000+5.6%
- 20061,800,000+5.9%
- 20051,700,000+13.3%
- 20041,500,000+7.1%
- 20031,400,000+1.2%
- 20021,383,000+11.2%
- 20011,244,000+9.1%
- 20001,140,000+25.3%
- 1999910,000+10.3%
- 1998825,000+13.3%
- 1997728,000+7.9%
- 1996675,000+8.5%
- 1995622,000—
About Walmart's employee count
Walmart (WMT) employed 2,100,000 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount was unchanged from 2,100,000 a year earlier.
Across the 1995–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 622,000 to 2,100,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.0% per year.
Walmart generated about $340K of revenue and $10.4K 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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