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Apple: 46710 million / 34300 employees = 1.36180758 million/employee Dell: 52 900 / 94 300 = 0.56097561 Microsoft: 58690 / 93 000 = 0.631075269 Intuit: 7800

Apple: 46710 million / 34300 employees = 1.36180758 million/employee Dell: 52 900 / 94 300 = 0.56097561 Microsoft: 58690 / 93 000 = 0.631075269 Intuit: 7800 / 3260 = 0.417948718 Intel: 38280 / 79800 = 0.479699248 The stuffy large companies seem to make about 0.5 million /employee /year. The more aggressive ones(Amazon, Apple, FaceBook, Google etc) seem to make about a million/employee. ALmost certainly doesn't hold up statistically. Just something that struck me.

Frazzydee 17y ago
This stuff is interesting, and we should add more companies. I took this table from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_global_technology_companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_global_tech...), put it in a spreadsheet, and added a column for revenue/employees. Anybody can edit, so feel free to update with more recent figures and add other companies. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqI3DInWs2nKdDdMcXlLVFZXQlJNdV82ODFTdVpObVE http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqI3DInWs2nKdDdMcXlL...
- smountcastle 17y ago
  What happened to that spreadsheet? It's been completely cut down (and not even to the top-N as there are many other tech companies with better numbers that were removed). Folks added many more companies than are currently showing and we had columns for Profit and Profit per employee (which I think is a much better metric).
mrshoe 17y ago
The Apple number is very different if you don't count people working in their retail stores.
- Splines 17y ago
  Well, sure, but why wouldn't you count their retail staff?
timdellinger 17y ago
Some numbers for other companies, in a few different industries influenced by technology (taken from Wikipedia): Dow Chemical 57514 / 46000 = 1.25 Million / employee BASF 67787 / 104780 = 0.65 GE 157000 / 323000 = 0.49 Merck 27400 / 61500 = 0.45 du Pont 26100 / 60000 = 0.44 Alcoa 26900 / 87000 = 0.31 (These are revenue... profit margins will vary, of course.)

Frazzydee 17y ago

This stuff is interesting, and we should add more companies. I took this table from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_global_technology_companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_global_tech...), put it in a spreadsheet, and added a column for revenue/employees. Anybody can edit, so feel free to update with more recent figures and add other companies. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqI3DInWs2nKdDdMcXlLVFZXQlJNdV82ODFTdVpObVE http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AqI3DInWs2nKdDdMcXlL...

smountcastle 17y ago
What happened to that spreadsheet? It's been completely cut down (and not even to the top-N as there are many other tech companies with better numbers that were removed). Folks added many more companies than are currently showing and we had columns for Profit and Profit per employee (which I think is a much better metric).

mrshoe 17y ago

The Apple number is very different if you don't count people working in their retail stores.

Splines 17y ago
Well, sure, but why wouldn't you count their retail staff?

timdellinger 17y ago

Some numbers for other companies, in a few different industries influenced by technology (taken from Wikipedia): Dow Chemical 57514 / 46000 = 1.25 Million / employee BASF 67787 / 104780 = 0.65 GE 157000 / 323000 = 0.49 Merck 27400 / 61500 = 0.45 du Pont 26100 / 60000 = 0.44 Alcoa 26900 / 87000 = 0.31 (These are revenue... profit margins will vary, of course.)