Apple employed 166,000 full-time equivalent workers at the end of fiscal year 2025 (September 27, 2025), its highest headcount ever. The company recorded $416 billion in annual revenue that same year, translating to roughly $2.5 million in revenue per employee. This article covers Apple employee statistics for 2026, including workforce size, year-over-year growth, salary data, diversity figures, geographic distribution, and Apple’s planned hiring under its $500 billion US investment commitment.
Apple Employee Statistics 2026 – TL;DR
Apple reported 166,000 full-time employees as of September 2025, a 1.22% increase over the prior year and an all-time record.
FY2025 revenue hit $416 billion, producing about $2.5 million in revenue per worker — the highest ratio among major tech firms.
Engineering is Apple’s largest department at 49,812 employees, roughly 41% of total headcount.
Apple’s workforce is 33.2% female and 66.8% male. Hispanic/Latino representation at 14.8% ranks first among S&P 100 IT companies.
In February 2025, Apple committed $500 billion in US spending over four years and pledged to hire 20,000 new workers, mostly in AI, R&D, and silicon engineering. A new 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility in Houston is set to open in 2026.
How Many Employees Does Apple Have?
Apple had 166,000 full-time equivalent employees as of September 27, 2025, according to its SEC Form 10-K filing. That was a net gain of 2,000 workers from the 164,000 reported at the end of FY2024. The FY2025 count is the largest workforce Apple has ever disclosed.
For comparison, Amazon reported 1,576,000 employees at year-end 2025, Microsoft had 228,000, and Alphabet’s headcount reached 190,820. Apple runs a smaller team relative to its revenue than any of these peers.
Source: Apple Form 10-K FY2025, Macrotrends, BullFincher
Apple Employee Growth Over Time (FY2019–FY2025)
Apple’s workforce grew from 137,000 in FY2019 to 166,000 in FY2025, a 21.2% increase over six years. The only dip came in FY2023, when headcount fell to 161,000, a 1.83% drop that coincided with broad cost-cutting across the tech sector. Apple recovered to 164,000 in FY2024 and then pushed to 166,000 in FY2025.
| Fiscal Year | Employees | YoY Change | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 137,000 | +4,000 | +3.79% |
| FY2020 | 147,000 | +10,000 | +7.30% |
| FY2021 | 154,000 | +7,000 | +4.76% |
| FY2022 | 164,000 | +10,000 | +6.49% |
| FY2023 | 161,000 | -3,000 | -1.83% |
| FY2024 | 164,000 | +3,000 | +1.86% |
| FY2025 | 166,000 | +2,000 | +1.22% |
Source: Apple SEC Form 10-K filings via Macrotrends, BullFincher
Apple Revenue Per Employee
Apple generated $416 billion in revenue during FY2025. Divided across 166,000 employees, that works out to approximately $2.5 million per worker. In FY2024, the ratio was about $2.4 million based on $390 billion in revenue and 164,000 staff. NVIDIA’s revenue per employee reached $5.14 million in its fiscal 2026, while Amazon’s sat at $454,900 — showing how company structure and business model shape this metric.
Tim Cook earned $3 million in base compensation in 2025. The median Apple employee’s total compensation, including salary and stock, was $104,568 for the same fiscal year, giving Apple a CEO-to-median pay ratio of roughly 29:1.
Source: Apple Form 10-K FY2025, TheStreet, SEC EDGAR
Apple Employee Salary and Compensation Data
Apple’s H-1B visa filings show a median base salary of $164,096 per year for sponsored positions, well above the national median for software engineers. These filings reflect specialized roles in engineering, machine learning, and hardware design — not the full spectrum of Apple salaries.
The company’s engineering department alone employs 49,812 people, or 41% of the entire workforce. Business management accounts for about 15%, sales and support 9%, and marketing and product 7%. Similar to how AI companies like Anthropic allocate heavily toward engineering, Apple’s ratio reflects its model of designing silicon, software, and hardware in-house.
Source: Electroiq citing H-1B public filings, TheStreet, Unify GTM
Apple Workforce by Department
Apple Workforce Diversity Statistics
Apple’s global workforce is 33.2% female and 66.8% male, placing it 4th among S&P 100 information technology companies for female representation. The board of directors is split evenly at 50% female and 50% male across its eight members.
By ethnicity, Apple’s US workforce breaks down as follows: 42.3% White, 30% Asian, 14.8% Hispanic/Latino, 9% Black/African American, and 3.8% other categories. The 14.8% Hispanic/Latino figure is the highest among all S&P 100 IT companies. At Apple’s 2025 shareholder meeting, investors voted down a proposal to discontinue diversity initiatives. Google’s workforce, by comparison, is roughly 46.2% White and 44.8% Asian.
| Ethnicity | % of US Workforce | S&P 100 IT Rank |
|---|---|---|
| White | 42.3% | — |
| Asian | 30.0% | 9th |
| Hispanic/Latino | 14.8% | 1st |
| Black/African American | 9.0% | 4th |
| Other | 3.8% | 3rd |
Source: DiversIQ citing Apple Inclusion & Diversity Report
Where Do Apple Employees Work?
California holds the largest concentration of Apple workers, with roughly 36,786 employees in the state. San Francisco leads all cities at about 15,043 employees, followed by Cupertino (home to Apple Park headquarters) at 6,643 and San Jose at 4,848. Outside California, Austin, Texas, accounts for approximately 6,468 Apple workers, and New York City has about 3,716.
Apple Park itself covers 175 acres in Cupertino and houses thousands of employees across engineering, design, and corporate functions. As trends captured in future of work statistics show, large tech employers continue concentrating staff at major campuses even as hybrid arrangements expand.
| Location | Estimated Employees |
|---|---|
| San Francisco, CA | ~15,043 |
| Cupertino, CA (HQ) | ~6,643 |
| Austin, TX | ~6,468 |
| San Jose, CA | ~4,848 |
| New York, NY | ~3,716 |
Source: Electroiq, SQ Magazine
Apple’s $500 Billion US Investment and Hiring Plan
In February 2025, Apple announced a $500 billion investment in the United States over four years. The commitment includes hiring 20,000 new workers, most of them in R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI. A new 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston is scheduled to open in 2026 and will produce servers for Apple Intelligence, Apple’s AI platform.
Apple is also doubling its US Advanced Manufacturing Fund from $5 billion to $10 billion, including a multibillion-dollar commitment to produce advanced silicon at TSMC’s Arizona plant. A new manufacturing academy in Detroit will offer training in process optimization and smart manufacturing. If Apple adds 20,000 domestic workers on top of its current 166,000 global headcount over four years, that would represent roughly a 12% expansion — well above the 1–2% annual growth seen in recent years. For a look at how Walmart manages its 2.1 million associates, the scale contrast is instructive.
Source: Apple press release February 2025, CBS News, PBS
FAQ
How many employees does Apple have in 2026?
Apple reported 166,000 full-time equivalent employees as of September 2025 (the latest SEC filing). The company has committed to hiring 20,000 additional US workers over four years starting in 2025.
What is Apple’s revenue per employee?
Apple generated approximately $2.5 million in revenue per employee in FY2025, based on $416 billion in total revenue and 166,000 workers. That is the highest among major tech companies.
What is Apple’s largest department?
Engineering, with about 49,812 employees making up 41% of Apple’s workforce. Business management is the second-largest at roughly 15% of staff.
What percentage of Apple employees are female?
Women make up 33.2% of Apple’s global workforce. At the board level, Apple has a 50/50 gender split across its eight directors.
Where is Apple’s largest office?
Apple’s headquarters is Apple Park in Cupertino, California, covering 175 acres. San Francisco holds the company’s largest single-city employee concentration at about 15,043 workers.
Sources:
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/number-of-employees
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/how-many-apple-employees
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apple-invest-500-billion-us-hire-20000-workers/
