Target employed about 415,000 team members on January 31, 2026, compared with about 440,000 a year earlier, according to its last two annual reports. This page covers Target employee statistics from company filings and dated reporting: headcount since FY2021, job cuts in 2025 and 2026, hourly pay and the CEO pay ratio, turnover by race and gender, leadership demographics, benefit use, the Bengaluru team and 2026 store payroll plans.
Target Employee Statistics
How Many Employees Does Target Have in 2026?
About 415,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal team members worked at Target on January 31, 2026, the last day of fiscal 2025. Its previous 10-K put the February 1, 2025 count at about 440,000.
Source: Target Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024
Year-end headcount has alternated between 415,000 and 440,000 since FY2022, after 450,000 in FY2021.
Over the same five years, Target’s U.S. store count grew each year, from 1,926 in FY2021 to 1,995 in FY2025.
Source: Target Corporate Overview, FY2021 to FY2025
Each count is a post-holiday snapshot. The 10-K says employment peaks in the holiday season and that Target also engages independent contractors, most notably at its Shipt subsidiary.
Walmart’s fiscal year also ends January 31, and its year-end count appears in these Walmart employee statistics.
1,800 Corporate Roles, Then 500 More: Target Job Cuts Since October 2025
October 2025: about 1,800 corporate roles
Target said on October 23, 2025 that it would eliminate about 1,800 corporate positions: about 1,000 layoffs plus about 800 open jobs. A spokesperson put the total at about 8% of the global corporate workforce, with most affected staff at Minneapolis headquarters.
Store employees and supply chain facility workers were not affected, the spokesperson said.
Source: Associated Press, October 23, 2025
February 2026: about 500 supply chain and district roles
About 400 supply chain site roles and 100 store district roles were cut in February 2026 as Target reduced its number of store districts. An internal memo said the change would put “significantly more payroll in our stores,” mainly as added labor and hours.
Starting pay did not change, a Target spokesperson said.
Source: FOX Business, February 10, 2026
These cuts came after the January 31, 2026 headcount date, so the 415,000 figure predates them.
For a comparison point, Amazon’s corporate reductions and headcount are tracked separately.
How Much Does Target Pay Its Team Members?
Store and supply chain team members averaged $19.03 an hour in FY2025, excluding overtime. That compares with $18.54 in FY2024 and $17.87 in FY2023.
Target’s U.S. starting range held at $15.00 to $24.00 an hour in all three years. The company reports 0% of store and supply chain team members earning the locally applicable minimum wage.
Unadjusted median pay for women was 97% of men’s in FY2025, and 100% on an adjusted basis.
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, FY2023 to FY2025
How often U.S. job ads list any pay at all is tracked in these salary transparency statistics.
What is Target’s CEO pay ratio?
| Total annual compensation | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | 20,407,603 | 21,830,088 |
| Median team member | 27,090 | 27,506 |
Source: Target 2025 and 2026 Proxy Statements, FY2024 and FY2025
The resulting ratio rose to 794 to 1 in FY2025 from 753 to 1. The proxy identifies the median team member as part-time and does not convert part-time pay to a full-time equivalent.
Turnover by Race and Gender in Target Employee Statistics
FY2025 turnover ranged from 40% for Asian team members to 64% for team members of two or more races, with men and women counted together. Black team members recorded 62%, Hispanic/Latino 44% and White 43%.
Men left at higher rates than women in each of the seven groups Target reports. Among Black team members, the rate was 68% for men and 57% for women.
White team members made up 36% of FY2025 hires, followed by Hispanic/Latino team members at 31%.
| Race/ethnicity | Share of FY2025 hires |
|---|---|
| White | 36% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 31% |
| Black | 20% |
| Asian | 5% |
| Two or More | 5% |
| Pacific Islander | <1% |
| Native American | <1% |
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, FY2025 hiring and turnover
Retention at a warehouse-club competitor is covered in these Costco employee statistics.
Women Hold 62% of Target’s Leadership Team Seats
Women’s share of the leadership team reached 62% on January 31, 2026, up from 53% a year earlier and 50% two years earlier. Their share of the total workforce stayed at 56% in all three years.
Officers moved from 45% women in FY2023 to 50% in FY2025, while the board held at 33%.
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, gender data as of each fiscal year-end
Race and ethnicity by level
| Race/ethnicity | U.S. workforce | Managers | Leadership team |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 41% | 51% | 69% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 33% | 28% | 8% |
| Black/African American | 15% | 12% | 8% |
| Asian | 6% | 4% | 15% |
| Two or more races | 3% | 3% | 0% |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | <1% | <1% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | <1% | <1% | 0% |
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, U.S. workforce as of January 31, 2026
People of color held 58% of U.S. jobs but 31% of leadership team seats, down from 35% a year earlier. The data is self-reported, and Target notes totals may not add up to 100%.
Do Target Employees Use Their Benefits? 401(k), Tuition and Engagement
| Team members | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible for the 401(k) | 354,214 | 380,170 | 365,059 |
| Participating in the 401(k) | 147,408 | 152,317 | 153,559 |
| Receiving the full employer match | 126,817 | 136,142 | 136,941 |
| Enrolled in education assistance | 15,353 | 19,123 | 21,499 |
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, FY2023 to FY2025
401(k) participants rose to 153,559 in FY2025 while eligible team members fell to 365,059 from 380,170.
The FY2025 education figure counts enrollment in tuition-free and partially funded programs as of January 2026, per Target’s footnote.
Engagement, an average of favorable answers to five questions on pride, satisfaction, inspiration, recommendation and intent to stay, fell to 67% in FY2025. It was 70% in FY2024 and 71% in FY2023.
Average training hours outside onboarding and compliance dropped to 3.6 from 15.4. Target ties the drop to folding optional courses into onboarding and correcting course durations.
Collective bargaining coverage stood at 0% of the active workforce in each year from FY2023 to FY2025.
Source: Target 2025 Workforce Data, FY2023 to FY2025
Seasonal Hiring in 2026: Target Employee Statistics for the Holidays
Yahoo Finance reported in September 2026 that Target had not announced a national seasonal hiring count. Local figures followed in October: 2,300 seasonal hires for metro Atlanta stores and 200 for supply chain facilities in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Source: Yahoo Finance, September 2026; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 2026; CBS2 Iowa, October 14, 2026
Seasonal roles pay $15 to $24 an hour. More than half of last year’s seasonal store team members continued with Target after the holidays, the company said.
Source: WSB-TV, October 2026
For the 2024 holidays, Target planned about 100,000 seasonal hires across stores and supply chain facilities.
Source: Retail Dive, September 2024
On-Demand store team members, who pick up shifts as their schedules allow, numbered about 43,000 in September 2025. A September 2023 fact sheet put the group at nearly 45,000.
Source: Target corporate website, September 2025 and September 2023
About 5,700 Team Members Work at Target in India
Around 5,700 people work at Target’s Bengaluru centre, Target in India president Andrea Zimmerman told YourStory in August 2026. Teams there cover technology, merchandising, store design, marketing, finance and operations.
Zimmerman said technology accounts for about 40% of the India workforce and that India-based teams design and deliver around 80% of Target’s store remodels.
Source: YourStory, August 2026
HRKatha reported the 40% figure differently in July 2026, as the share of Target’s global technology workforce based in Bengaluru. It also reported that about 35% of apprentices convert to full-time roles.
Source: HRKatha, July 15, 2026
In September 2017, Target India had more than 2,600 team members.
Source: People Matters, September 2017
India’s wider job market, including official unemployment rates through July 2026, is covered in these employment in India statistics.
Target Employee Statistics and the 2026 Store Payroll Plan
Target plans an incremental $1 billion operating investment in 2026, including hundreds of millions of dollars in additional store payroll and training. Planned capital spending totals about $5 billion.
| Store plan (announced March 3, 2026) | Stores |
|---|---|
| New stores to open in 2026 | More than 30 |
| Full-store remodels planned in 2026 | More than 130 |
| New-store goal by 2035 | 300 |
Source: Target press release, March 3, 2026
The plan sets payroll and training spending but gives no headcount target, so it does not say how many people Target will employ.
FAQs
How many employees does Target have in 2026?
About 415,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal team members as of January 31, 2026, according to Target’s fiscal 2025 Form 10-K. That is down from about 440,000 on February 1, 2025.
How much does Target pay per hour?
Starting pay for U.S. team members ranges from $15 to $24 an hour. Store and supply chain team members averaged $19.03 an hour in FY2025, excluding overtime, per Target’s 2025 Workforce Data.
Did Target have layoffs in 2026?
Yes. In February 2026, Target cut about 500 roles, about 400 at supply chain sites and 100 at the store district level. That followed about 1,800 corporate role eliminations announced in October 2025.
What is Target’s employee turnover rate?
Target reports turnover by race and gender. FY2025 rates ranged from 40% for Asian team members to 64% for team members of two or more races, with Black team members at 62%.
Is Target a good place to work, according to Reddit?
Reddit threads reflect individual experiences, not representative data. Target’s own engagement score, an average of favorable answers to five survey questions, was 67% in FY2025, down from 70% in FY2024.
Sources
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27419/000002741926000016/tgt-20260131.htm
https://corporate.target.com/getmedia/6c664da1-ff69-4c6d-a3aa-82b57a8bb179/2025-Workforce-Data.pdf
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000027419/000162828026027508/tgt-20260426.htm
