Jefferies Financial Group Inc. employees and revenue per employee

JEF · Financial - Capital Markets · $9.35B market cap

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. had 7,787 employees at the end of fiscal Nov 2025, down 0.4% from a year earlier. Revenue for the year was $10.8B, up 2.9% from a year earlier, or $1.39M per employee. Revenue held up or grew while headcount stayed flat or fell.

Employees

7,787

-0.4% YoY

Revenue

$10.8B

+2.9% YoY

Revenue / employee

$1.39M

Peer median $1.51M

Rank in industry

12 of 21

Financial - Capital Markets

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
0151303'16'17'19'20'21'22'23'24'25Revenue 281Staff 22

Hover a year for the numbers.

JEF employees and revenue by fiscal year
Year endingEmployeesRevenuePer employeeStaff YoYRevenue YoY
Nov 20257,787$10.8B$1.39M-0.4%+2.9%
Nov 20247,822$10.5B$1.34M+3.4%+41.3%
Nov 20237,564$7.44B$984K+40.6%+4.1%
Nov 20225,381$7.15B$1.33M-3.1%-20.1%
Nov 20215,556$8.95B$1.61M+12.4%+28.6%
Nov 20204,945$6.96B$1.41M+3.0%+29.8%
Nov 20194,800$5.36B$1.12M——
Dec 201736,700$5.05B$138K+1.9%+31.2%
Dec 201636,000$3.85B$107K——

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

Employees, last six fiscal years
4,945'205,556'215,381'227,564'237,822'247,787'25
Revenue per employee, last six fiscal years
$1.41M'20$1.61M'21$1.33M'22$984K'23$1.34M'24$1.39M'25

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. against similar companies

The closest industry peers by revenue, from Financial - Capital Markets.

CompanyEmployeesRevenueRevenue / employeeShape
VIRT
Virtu Financial, Inc.
1,027$3.63B$3.54MEfficient growth
CRCL
Circle Internet Group
1,100$2.75B$2.50M—
LPLA
LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
10,000$17.0B$1.70MEfficient growth
HOOD
Robinhood Markets, Inc.
2,900$4.47B$1.54MEfficient growth
EVR
Evercore Inc.
2,570$3.88B$1.51MEfficient growth
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
7,787$10.8B$1.39MLeaner
TW
Tradeweb Markets Inc.
1,569$2.05B$1.31MEfficient growth
SCHW
The Charles Schwab Corporation
33,000$27.7B$839KEfficient growth
BGC
BGC Group, Inc
4,560$3.01B$660KEfficient growth
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Questions about Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

How many employees does Jefferies Financial Group Inc. have?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. reported 7,787 employees for the fiscal year ending Nov 2025, in the annual report it filed on January 28, 2026. That is down 0.4% from a year earlier.
What is Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s revenue per employee?
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. brought in $10.8B of revenue in fiscal Nov 2025, which is $1.39M per employee. That ranks 12 of 21 companies we track in Financial - Capital Markets, where the median is $1.51M.
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 Jefferies Financial Group Inc.'s annual reports (Form 10-K), latest filed January 28, 2026. This is data, not a recommendation to buy or sell JEF.