Stripe employs 8,198 people as of December 2025, up from 5,857 in 2023, a 40% jump in two years, based on Revelio Labs tracking. The company set a public target of about 10,000 staff by the end of 2025. This post covers Stripe’s headcount by year, layoffs, department and office breakdowns, salaries, and how it stacks up against PayPal, Block, and Adyen.
Stripe Employee Statistics – TL;DR
- Stripe has 8,198 tracked employees as of December 2025, per Revelio Labs, against a company target of roughly 10,000.
- Engineering is the largest function at 3,378 people, 41.5% of tracked headcount.
- Just over half the workforce, 4,034 people, works remote or outside named offices.
- Median total compensation is $265,023 company-wide and $349,500 for software engineers, per Levels.fyi.
- Stripe cut about 1,120 jobs in November 2022, 40 in July 2023, and 300 in January 2025.
The Stripe employee statistics below come from two kinds of sources. Stripe is private and files no official headcount, so this article uses workforce-tracker estimates for the tables and flags company-stated figures where they differ. Stripe’s own early-2025 math implied about 8,550 staff, above the tracker count of 8,140 for the same period.
How Many Employees Does Stripe Have?
Revelio Labs tracked 8,140 Stripe employees in 2025 and 8,198 as of December 2025, up from 6,790 in 2024 and 5,857 in 2023. That works out to roughly 39% growth across two years.
Stripe’s own figure runs higher. Chief People Officer Rob McIntosh said in January 2025 that headcount would grow 17% “to land at about 10,000” by year-end, which implies a base of about 8,550, per TechCrunch. Trackers count only identifiable profiles, which explains the gap.
| Year | Employees | Net change vs prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,857 | — |
| 2024 | 6,790 | +933 |
| 2025 | 8,140 | +1,350 |
| Dec 2025 | 8,198 | — |
Source: Revelio Labs
For a private-company comparison, the OpenAI workforce data shows a similar pattern of fast hiring against no public filings, while Anthropic’s headcount estimates vary even more between trackers.
Stripe Layoffs History: 2022 To 2025
Stripe has run three layoff rounds. The November 2022 cut of roughly 1,120 people, about 14% of staff, returned the company to its early-2022 level near 7,000, after CEO Patrick Collison said Stripe had overhired and let costs grow too fast.
A small July 2023 round removed about 40 recruiting roles. The January 2025 cut of 300 people hit product, engineering, and operations, and was framed as team-level realignment. It landed the same week Stripe reaffirmed its 10,000-employee goal.
| Date | Roles cut | Share of workforce | Areas affected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2022 | ~1,120 | ~14% | Company-wide |
| Jul 2023 | ~40 | <1% | Recruiting |
| Jan 2025 | 300 | ~3.5% | Product, engineering, operations |
Source: TechCrunch, Payments Dive
The 2022 round was small next to some peers. X cut about 80% of its staff after the 2022 acquisition, and Meta removed over 19,000 roles across its 2023 waves.
Stripe Employees By Department
Engineering is the largest function at 3,378 people, just over two-fifths of tracked headcount. That weighting reflects Stripe’s position as payments infrastructure rather than a consumer app, based on Unify data.
The seven named functions cover about 7,300 classified roles, close to 90% of the 8,140 tracked total. The rest sit in smaller or unclassified teams.
| Function | Employees | Share of tracked headcount |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 3,378 | 41.5% |
| Marketing & Product | 1,093 | 13.4% |
| Sales & Support | 1,047 | 12.9% |
| Finance & Administration | 652 | 8.0% |
| Business Management | 416 | 5.1% |
| Operations | 394 | 4.8% |
| Human Resources | 320 | 3.9% |
Source: Unify
Engineering at 41.5% runs close to Apple’s 41% engineering share, though Apple carries 20 times the total headcount.
Stripe Employees By Office Location
In a mid-2025 snapshot of about 8,017 tracked employees, just over half, 4,034 or 50.3%, fall under remote or other, per Unify. Among named offices, New York (997) and Seattle (915) each exceed the San Francisco headquarters (687), so the original HQ is no longer the largest site.
Dublin (329) anchors the international side as Stripe’s co-headquarters, with Singapore, Bengaluru, and London covering Asia-Pacific and Europe. Functional and geographic breakdowns come from slightly different tracker snapshots, so their totals differ by a small margin.
| Location | Employees |
|---|---|
| Remote / other | 4,034 |
| New York | 997 |
| Seattle | 915 |
| San Francisco (HQ) | 687 |
| Dublin (HQ) | 329 |
| Chicago | 279 |
| Singapore | 253 |
| Bengaluru | 229 |
| London | 207 |
| Austin | 87 |
Source: Unify
Stripe Salary Statistics By Role
Company-wide median total compensation at Stripe is $265,023, per Levels.fyi. The Software Engineer median reaches $349,500, spanning $209,000 at L1 to $860,000 at L6. Blind’s verified data puts the Software Engineer median at $338,950, close to the Levels figure.
The lowest reported package was $7,130 for a customer service role in India. The highest was $929,267 for a US engineer. Stripe offers an RSU refresh after nine months of tenure, and these figures are total compensation including equity, not base salary alone.
| Role (US) | Median total comp | Reported range |
|---|---|---|
| All roles (company-wide) | $265,023 | $7,130 – $929,267 |
| Software Engineer | $349,500 | $209K (L1) – $860K (L6) |
| Backend Software Engineer | $265,200 | $229K (L1) – $572K (L4) |
Source: Levels.fyi, Blind
Stripe Headcount vs. Fintech Competitors
PayPal leads pure-play payment companies at 23,800 employees, down 2.5% year over year, per its SEC filing. Block reported 10,205 full-time staff at the end of 2025, then announced in February 2026 a plan to cut more than 40% of its workforce, roughly 4,000 roles, per CNBC.
Stripe, at about 8,198, is the largest privately held payments company by headcount and, unlike Block and PayPal, is in a net-hiring phase. Adyen tracked 4,527 employees and grew about 17% in 2025. Stripe’s valuation reached $159 billion in a February 2026 tender offer.
| Company | Employees (Dec 2025) | Reporting basis |
|---|---|---|
| PayPal | 23,800 | SEC filing |
| Block (XYZ) | 10,205 | SEC 10-K |
| Stripe | ~8,198 | Revelio Labs estimate |
| Adyen | 4,527 | Revelio Labs estimate |
Source: StockAnalysis, CNBC, Revelio Labs
The pattern of cutting support while hiring in growth areas shows up elsewhere in enterprise software too; Salesforce’s headcount rebuild followed a similar arc after its 2023 cuts.
Stripe Revenue Per Employee
Stripe processed $1.9 trillion in total payment volume in 2025, up 34% from 2024. Set against about 8,140 tracked employees, that works out to roughly $233 million handled per employee, based on CoinLaw figures.
On the narrower measure of net revenue, an estimated $5.1 billion in 2024 against 6,790 tracked employees gives about $751,000 of net revenue per employee, per Axios. That sits near Adobe’s $757,800 per employee, a subscription business three times Stripe’s size by headcount.
Stripe powers more than 5 million businesses, many of them early-stage. The US employment data puts fintech hiring in wider labor-market context.
FAQs
How many employees does Stripe have in 2026?
Stripe has about 8,198 tracked employees as of December 2025, per Revelio Labs. The company’s own target was roughly 10,000 by end of 2025, and it remains in net-hiring mode into 2026.
How many people did Stripe lay off?
Stripe cut about 1,120 jobs (14%) in November 2022, roughly 40 recruiting roles in July 2023, and 300 people (3.5%) in January 2025 across product, engineering, and operations.
What is the average salary at Stripe?
Median total compensation at Stripe is $265,023 company-wide, per Levels.fyi. Software engineers earn a median of $349,500, ranging from $209,000 at L1 to $860,000 at L6, including equity.
What is Stripe’s largest department?
Engineering, with 3,378 employees or 41.5% of tracked headcount. Marketing and Product follows at 1,093 people, then Sales and Support at 1,047, based on Unify workforce data.
Is Stripe bigger than PayPal?
No. PayPal has 23,800 employees against Stripe’s roughly 8,198. Stripe is the largest privately held payments company by headcount and is hiring while PayPal and Block are cutting staff.
Sources
https://www.reveliolabs.com/companies/stripe/employees/
https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/stripe-employees-workforce-cuts-additions/737935/
