Alphabet: distribution of employees 2016

This statistic shows the number of Alphabet employees between 2008 and 2016. As of that year, out of Alphabet's total number of employees, 27,169 were working in the research and development department. Up until Alphabet's creation in 2015, these figures were reported as Google employees.

Number of full-time Alphabet employees from 2008 to 2016, by department

Characteristic	Research and development	Sales and marketing	General and administrative	Operations
2016	27,169	20,902	9,695	14,287
2015	23,336	19,082	8,452	10,944
2014	20,832	17,621	7,510	7,637
2013	18,593	15,348	6,563	7,252
2012	19,746	15,306	6,214	12,595
2011	11,665	11,933	4,651	4,218
2010	9,508	8,778	3,346	2,768
2009	7,443	7,338	2,941	2,113
2008	7,254	8,002	3,109	1,857

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Release date

February 2017

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2008 to 2016

Supplementary notes

Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate created in 2015 as the parent company of Google and several other companies previously owned by or tied to Google. Reported figures match up to previously reported Google employee headcount.