Helmerich & Payne, Inc. employees and revenue per employee

HP · Oil & Gas Drilling · $3.99B market cap

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. had 6,200 employees at the end of fiscal Sep 2025, unchanged from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $3.75B, up 35.9% from a year earlier, or $604K per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

6,200

+0.0% YoY

Revenue

$3.75B

+35.9% YoY

Revenue / employee

$604K

Peer median $604K

Rank in industry

3 of 5

Oil & Gas Drilling

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 Sep 2016
63153243'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 231Staff 151

Hover a year for the numbers.

HP employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Sep 20256,200$3.75B$604K+0.0%+35.9%
Sep 20246,200$2.76B$445K+0.0%-4.0%
Sep 20236,200$2.87B$463K-11.4%+39.5%
Sep 20227,000$2.06B$294K+28.6%+69.0%
Sep 20215,444$1.22B$224K+49.8%-31.3%
Sep 20203,634$1.77B$488K-53.2%-36.6%
Sep 20197,767$2.80B$360K-11.5%+12.5%
Sep 20188,780$2.49B$283K+8.1%+37.8%
Sep 20178,123$1.80B$222K+97.4%+11.1%
Sep 20164,116$1.62B$395K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
3,634'205,444'217,000'226,200'236,200'246,200'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$488K'20$224K'21$294K'22$463K'23$445K'24$604K'25

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Oil & Gas Drilling.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
NE
Noble Corporation Plc
4,500$3.29B$730KLeaner
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
7,900$4.83B$611KContracting
HP
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
6,200$3.75B$604KLeaner
SDRL
Seadrill Limited
3,000$1.44B$479KLeaner
VAL
Valaris Limited
5,070$2.37B$467KLeaner
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Questions about Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

How many employees does Helmerich & Payne, Inc. have?
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. reported 6,200 employees for the fiscal year ending Sep 2025, in the annual report it filed on November 21, 2025. That is unchanged from a year earlier.
What is Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. brought in $3.75B of revenue in fiscal Sep 2025, which is $604K per employee. That ranks 3 of 5 companies we track in Oil & Gas Drilling, where the median is $604K.
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 Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed November 21, 2025. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell HP.