Latest headcount
22,000
YoY change
-4.3%
Headcount CAGR
+4.1%
Revenue / employee
$411K
Employee count history for Xylem
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 12,500 |
| 2012 | 12,700 |
| 2013 | 3,700 |
| 2014 | 12,500 |
| 2015 | 12,700 |
| 2016 | 3,300 |
| 2017 | 5,400 |
| 2018 | 5,900 |
| 2019 | 5,600 |
| 2020 | 16,700 |
| 2021 | 17,300 |
| 2022 | 17,800 |
| 2023 | 23,000 |
| 2024 | 23,000 |
| 2025 | 22,000 |
Revenue per employee for Xylem
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $304K |
| 2012 | $299K |
| 2013 | $1.04M |
| 2014 | $313K |
| 2015 | $288K |
| 2016 | $1.14M |
| 2017 | $872K |
| 2018 | $883K |
| 2019 | $937K |
| 2020 | $292K |
| 2021 | $300K |
| 2022 | $310K |
| 2023 | $320K |
| 2024 | $372K |
| 2025 | $411K |
Earnings per employee for Xylem
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) |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $22.3K |
| 2012 | $23.4K |
| 2013 | $61.6K |
| 2014 | $27K |
| 2015 | $26.8K |
| 2016 | $78.8K |
| 2017 | $61.3K |
| 2018 | $93.1K |
| 2019 | $71.6K |
| 2020 | $15.2K |
| 2021 | $24.7K |
| 2022 | $19.9K |
| 2023 | $26.5K |
| 2024 | $38.7K |
| 2025 | $43.5K |
Employee count history for Xylem (XYL)
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.
- 202522,000-4.3%
- 202423,0000.0%
- 202323,000+29.2%
- 202217,800+2.9%
- 202117,300+3.6%
- 202016,700+198.2%
- 20195,600-5.1%
- 20185,900+9.3%
- 20175,400+63.6%
- 20163,300-74.0%
- 201512,700+1.6%
- 201412,500+237.8%
- 20133,700-70.9%
- 201212,700+1.6%
- 201112,500—
About Xylem's employee count
Xylem (XYL) employed 22,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -1,000 (-4.3%) from 23,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2011–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 12,500 to 22,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.1% per year.
Xylem generated about $411K of revenue and $43.5K 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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