How many people work at Google’s parent company Alphabet?

Technology medium Data from 2024

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Answer in employees. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

180,000 employees

Roughly 180K.

Alphabet employs about 180,000 people, roughly the population of Salt Lake City. Revenue per employee is close to $2 million a year — a ratio that would be unthinkable in almost any industry that has to manufacture or ship something physical.

Where this number comes from

Source Alphabet annual report (Form 10-K)
Figure refers to 2024
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