As of Dec 31, 2025, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) reports 1,576,000 employees, an increase of 20,000 people (+1.3%) from the 1,556,000 reported a year earlier.
Employees · 2025
1,576,000
reported
1-year change
+1.3%
+20,000 since 2024
5-year change
+21.4%
+278,000 since 2020
Source: Amazon.com, Inc. SEC filings
Since 2011, Amazon.com, Inc.'s workforce has grown from 56,200 to 1,576,000 employees — a 28× increase, compounding at 26.9% per year. Its largest expansion came in 2020, when headcount rose by 500,000 (+62.7%). Headcount declined in 2 of the last 15 reported years.
| Fiscal year | Period end | Employees | Change | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,576,000 | +20,000 | +1.3% | Filing | |
| 2024 | 1,556,000 | +31,000 | +2.0% | Filing | |
| 2023 | 1,525,000 | −16,000 | −1.0% | Filing | |
| 2022 | 1,541,000 | −67,000 | −4.2% | Filing | |
| 2021 | 1,608,000 | +310,000 | +23.9% | Filing | |
| 2020 | 1,298,000 | +500,000 | +62.7% | Filing | |
| 2019 | 798,000 | +150,500 | +23.2% | Filing | |
| 2018 | 647,500 | +81,500 | +14.4% | Filing | |
| 2017 | 566,000 | +224,600 | +65.8% | Filing | |
| 2016 | 341,400 | +110,600 | +47.9% | Filing | |
| 2015 | 230,800 | +76,700 | +49.8% | Filing | |
| 2014 | 154,100 | +36,800 | +31.4% | Filing | |
| 2013 | 117,300 | +28,900 | +32.7% | Filing | |
| 2012 | 88,400 | +32,200 | +57.3% | Filing | |
| 2011 | 56,200 | +22,500 | +66.8% | Filing |
Amazon.com, Inc. has 1,576,000 employees as of Dec 31, 2025, according to its SEC filings.
Amazon.com, Inc. added 20,000 employees in the year ending Dec 31, 2025 (+1.3%), going from 1,556,000 to 1,576,000.
Over the last five reported years, Amazon.com, Inc.'s employee count went from 1,298,000 (2020) to 1,576,000 (2025), a change of +21.4%.
Employee counts are as reported by Amazon.com, Inc. in reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), primarily the human capital disclosures in its annual Form 10-K.
Employee counts are as reported by Amazon.com, Inc. in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — primarily the human capital disclosures required in annual reports (Form 10-K). Figures are shown at each fiscal period end and may include part-time employees where the company reports them together.
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