How many employees does Intel have?

This page is for sellers, analysts and job seekers who need an Intel headcount they can cite. Intel reports employees in two places: once a year in the 10-K, and every quarter in an "Other information" table in its earnings release, which it files with the SEC on Form 8-K. The quarterly table splits core Intel from Mobileye and other subsidiaries. Every figure below comes from those filings or California's public layoff notices, with its date.

Intel employees by year

Intel's fiscal year ends on the last Saturday of December, so the dates move. Each 10-K gives the workforce rounded to the nearest hundred. The changes are our arithmetic.

Intel headcount by quarter

The earnings releases show where the people are. Figures are in thousands, as Intel reports them.

Core Intel fell from 99,500 to 76,500 in 21 months, a drop of 23,000 or 23%. About 3,000 of that is Altera's employees leaving the count after its sale; NAND had its own row and left separately.

What the number includes

• Mobileye and other subsidiaries are in. The 2025 10-K footnotes its figure: "Employee headcount includes our core Intel workforce as well as employees at Mobileye and other subsidiaries."
• Divested businesses drop out on the deal date. The Q4 2025 release says Altera "was deconsolidated following the sale of 51% of its common stock on September 12, 2025," and "approximately 3.0 thousand Altera employees are excluded" from the count from September 27, 2025. NAND memory employees, from the business sold to SK hynix, were counted until the second closing on March 27, 2025.
• Contractors are out of the turnover data, and not stated for the total. Intel's undesired turnover measure excludes "Intel contract employees, interns." The 10-K doesn't say whether contractors are in the headcount itself, so treat it as employees only.
• No country split. The 10-K reports revenue by customer billing location but doesn't say how many employees work in the United States, Israel, Ireland or anywhere else.

What changed and why

2020 to 2022: growth for IDM 2.0

Headcount rose by 21,300 to 131,900 in two years. In March 2021 Intel announced its IDM 2.0 strategy, and the 2021 10-K says that to support it "we are making significant capital investments to increase our manufacturing capacity and accelerate our process technology roadmap, as well as increasing our investments in R&D."

2024: the first restructuring plan

The 2024 10-K describes the 2024 Restructuring Plan, which reduced headcount and real estate and was "expected to result in an approximate 15% decrease in our core Intel workforce by early 2025." Intel recognized $2.8 billion of restructuring charges in 2024.

2025 and 2026: the second plan, and Altera

In the second quarter of 2025 Intel started the 2025 Restructuring Plan to "reduce management layers across functions." The 2025 10-K says these actions "reduced our core Intel workforce by approximately 15% by the end of fiscal 2025, as compared to our Q2 2025 ending employee headcount," with $2.2 billion of restructuring charges, including $1.8 billion of cash severance and related costs. Undesired turnover also rose, to 7.9% in 2025 from 5.9% in 2024.

Of the 23,800 drop in 2025, about 7,000 came from leaving businesses (about 3,000 at Altera and 4,000 at NAND) and the rest from cuts and attrition, by our arithmetic from the release tables. California WARN notices, which cover only California sites above the law's thresholds, listed 1,218 Intel employees in the state's July 2024 to June 2025 report and 1,320 in July 2025 to June 2026.

Revenue per employee

Intel's 2025 net revenue was $52.9 billion. $52,853 million ÷ 85,100 = about $621,100 per employee (our calculation). In 2024 it was about $487,600 ($53,101 million ÷ 108,900). Most of the jump comes from the smaller workforce, since revenue fell slightly. The 2025 figure is a little flattered: Altera's revenue counts until September 2025, but its employees aren't in the year-end count.

By customer billing location, the United States accounted for 29.8% of revenue and China for 24.0%. Intel doesn't report employees by segment.

Selling to a company this size

General guidance on how a manufacturer of 80,000 people in the middle of a restructuring buys, not a description of Intel's internal processes.

• Expect cost scrutiny on every deal. A company cutting 15% of its core workforce in successive years judges new spending on savings and payback. Lead with a cost case you can prove, using the company's own numbers.
• Follow the new structure. Fewer management layers usually means fewer approvers and more spending authority sitting with segment and function leaders. Find who owns the budget after the reorganization, not before.
• Separate the businesses. Intel Products, Intel Foundry and Mobileye have different customers and priorities. Treat them as separate accounts.
• Respect the timing. Announced layoffs, transfers and exits create months of change. Ask what's frozen before you ask for a pilot.

Tracking who still owns what after a reorganization is slow work. Bebop researches each account and suggests who to talk to now; check its findings against the filings and the company's announcements.

How to check Intel's headcount yourself

1. Open Intel's filings on SEC EDGAR and pick the latest 8-K that lists Item 2.02, Results of Operations.
2. Open the earnings release exhibit and find "Other information" after the income statement. The Employees rows give Intel, Mobileye and other subsidiaries, and the total, in thousands.
3. For the annual figure, open the latest 10-K and find the People section in Item 1.
4. For California layoffs, search the EDD WARN reports for "Intel Corporation".

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