Joe Rossignol
Apple's headcount grew in 2024, despite reports that the company had at least four smaller layoffs this year.
Apple had about 164,000 full-time employees worldwide as of the end of September, the company said in a report last week. That's up from the 161,000 full-time employees it reported a year ago. These numbers include corporate employees, such as software engineers, and retail employees in stores.
Apple has the same number of employees now as it will have in 2022, after a small reduction last year.
Here are the number of full-time employees Apple has by year, as reported by the company:
- 2024: 164,000
- 2023: 161,000
- 2022: 164,000
- 2021: 154,000
- 2020: 147,000
- 2019: 137,000
- 2018: 132,000
Apple has laid off more than 600 employees this year after canceling its long-running electric car project, according to a notice the company filed in California. The company also moved its Siri evaluation team from San Diego, California, to Austin, Texas, and some of the team’s 120 people who didn’t want to move long distances were laid off.
Apple has also cut about 100 jobs this year on its Apple Books and Apple News teams and laid off some employees after scrapping its plan to develop Apple Watch internal displays with micro-LED technology, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
While some other tech companies like Google and Microsoft have laid off tens of thousands of workers over the past two years, Apple has avoided large-scale layoffs during that time. Apple is heading into 2025 on a strong note, with its headcount once again reaching an all-time high and quarterly revenue once again reaching record levels.
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