Freeport-McMoRan Inc. employees and revenue per employee

FCX · Copper · $103.6B market cap

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. had 29,000 employees at the end of fiscal Dec 2025, up 1.8% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $25.7B, up 1.1% from a year earlier, or $888K per employee. Headcount grew faster than revenue.

Employees

29,000

+1.8% YoY

Revenue

$25.7B

+1.1% YoY

Revenue / employee

$888K

Peer median $727K

Rank in sector

14 of 46

Basic Materials

Headcount against revenue

Both lines start at 100 in the first year we hold, so you can see which one grew faster.

EmployeesRevenueIndexed to 100 in Dec 2016
74129184'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 176Staff 97

Hover a year for the numbers.

FCX employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Dec 202529,000$25.7B$888K+1.8%+1.1%
Dec 202428,500$25.5B$893K+4.8%+12.1%
Dec 202327,200$22.7B$835K+6.3%-2.7%
Dec 202225,600$23.3B$911K+3.6%+4.4%
Dec 202124,700$22.4B$905K+0.8%+61.2%
Dec 202024,500$13.9B$566K-10.9%-3.4%
Dec 201927,500$14.4B$522K+2.6%-24.3%
Dec 201826,800$19.0B$708K+6.3%+19.6%
Dec 201725,200$15.9B$629K-16.0%+8.6%
Dec 201630,000$14.6B$487K——

Open roles: we have not matched a verified job board for this company yet.

Employees, last six fiscal years
24,500'2024,700'2125,600'2227,200'2328,500'2429,000'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$566K'20$905K'21$911K'22$835K'23$893K'24$888K'25

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. against similar companies

The closest sector peers by revenue, from Basic Materials.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
NEM
Newmont Corporation
17,500$22.1B$1.26MLeaner
STLD
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
14,400$18.2B$1.26MHiring ahead
DOW
Dow Inc.
34,600$40.0B$1.16MContracting
NUE
Nucor Corporation
33,000$32.5B$985KEfficient growth
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
29,000$25.7B$888KHiring ahead
CTVA
Corteva, Inc.
21,500$17.4B$809KLeaner
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
25,000$18.6B$744KContracting
IP
International Paper Company
62,602$24.9B$398KHiring ahead
SHW
The Sherwin-Williams Company
64,249$23.6B$367KEfficient growth
Every Basic Materials company

Questions about Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

How many employees does Freeport-McMoRan Inc. have?
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. reported 29,000 employees for the fiscal year ending Dec 2025, in the annual report it filed on February 13, 2026. That is up 1.8% from a year earlier.
What is Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. brought in $25.7B of revenue in fiscal Dec 2025, which is $888K per employee. That ranks 14 of 46 companies we track in Basic Materials, where the median is $727K.
Where do these numbers come from?
Employee counts and revenue are taken from each company's own annual report (Form 10-K). Open roles are counted from the company's public job board where we have matched one. Companies report headcount once a year, sometimes rounded, so small changes can be noise.

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Source: employee counts and revenue as stated in Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed February 13, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell FCX.