Latest headcount
19,800
YoY change
+1.0%
Headcount CAGR
-0.4%
Revenue / employee
$394K
Employee count history for Williams-Sonoma
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 22,000 |
| 2002 | 27,000 |
| 2003 | 32,000 |
| 2004 | 36,049 |
| 2005 | 36,000 |
| 2006 | 37,200 |
| 2007 | 38,800 |
| 2008 | 39,000 |
| 2009 | 30,000 |
| 2010 | 26,000 |
| 2011 | 28,000 |
| 2012 | 26,900 |
| 2013 | 26,800 |
| 2014 | 28,100 |
| 2015 | 26,800 |
| 2016 | 28,100 |
| 2017 | 28,300 |
| 2018 | 27,800 |
| 2019 | 28,200 |
| 2020 | 27,000 |
| 2021 | 12,200 |
| 2022 | 12,200 |
| 2023 | 21,100 |
| 2024 | 19,300 |
| 2025 | 19,600 |
| 2026 | 19,800 |
Revenue per employee for Williams-Sonoma
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $83.2K |
| 2002 | $77.3K |
| 2003 | $73.8K |
| 2004 | $76.4K |
| 2005 | $87.1K |
| 2006 | $95.1K |
| 2007 | $96.1K |
| 2008 | $101K |
| 2009 | $112K |
| 2010 | $119K |
| 2011 | $125K |
| 2012 | $138K |
| 2013 | $151K |
| 2014 | $156K |
| 2015 | $175K |
| 2016 | $177K |
| 2017 | $180K |
| 2018 | $190K |
| 2019 | $201K |
| 2020 | $218K |
| 2021 | $556K |
| 2022 | $676K |
| 2023 | $411K |
| 2024 | $402K |
| 2025 | $393K |
| 2026 | $394K |
Earnings per employee for Williams-Sonoma
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) |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $2.58K |
| 2002 | $2.78K |
| 2003 | $3.89K |
| 2004 | $4.36K |
| 2005 | $5.31K |
| 2006 | $5.78K |
| 2007 | $5.38K |
| 2008 | $5.02K |
| 2009 | $1K |
| 2010 | $2.98K |
| 2011 | $7.15K |
| 2012 | $8.81K |
| 2013 | $9.58K |
| 2014 | $9.93K |
| 2015 | $11.5K |
| 2016 | $11K |
| 2017 | $10.8K |
| 2018 | $9.34K |
| 2019 | $11.8K |
| 2020 | $13.2K |
| 2021 | $55.8K |
| 2022 | $92.3K |
| 2023 | $53.5K |
| 2024 | $49.2K |
| 2025 | $57.4K |
| 2026 | $55K |
Employee count history for Williams-Sonoma (WSM)
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.
- 202619,800+1.0%
- 202519,600+1.6%
- 202419,300-8.5%
- 202321,100+73.0%
- 202212,2000.0%
- 202112,200-54.8%
- 202027,000-4.3%
- 201928,200+1.4%
- 201827,800-1.8%
- 201728,300+0.7%
- 201628,100+4.9%
- 201526,800-4.6%
- 201428,100+4.9%
- 201326,800-0.4%
- 201226,900-3.9%
- 201128,000+7.7%
- 201026,000-13.3%
- 200930,000-23.1%
- 200839,000+0.5%
- 200738,800+4.3%
- 200637,200+3.3%
- 200536,000-0.1%
- 200436,049+12.7%
- 200332,000+18.5%
- 200227,000+22.7%
- 200122,000—
About Williams-Sonoma's employee count
Williams-Sonoma (WSM) employed 19,800 people in fiscal year 2026, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount grew by +200 (+1.0%) from 19,600 a year earlier.
Across the 2001–2026 period, the company's reported workforce went from 22,000 to 19,800 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.4% per year.
Williams-Sonoma generated about $394K of revenue and $55K 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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