TotalEnergies' employment figures 2008-2021

TotalEnergies, formerly Total SE, had a workforce of 101,309 people as of December 31, 2021. This represents a reduction of the company's employment figures by more than 4,000 people in comparison to the previous year. Nevertheless, the number of employees at TotalEnergies has experienced an overall increasing tendency since 2008.

Overview of TotalEnergies

Founded in 1924, TotalEnergies is counted among the 'Big Oil' supermajors. Headquartered in Paris-Courbevoie, France, the multinational company operates throughout the entire oil and gas supply chain and is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer and gas station operator. In 2021, TotalEnergies' revenue came to approximately 205.86 billion U.S. dollars. Regionally, most of their revenue came from their operations in Europe excluding France; in 2021 that region generated a revenue of about 85.1 billion U.S. dollars. In France alone, the company generated a revenue of 43.3 billion U.S. dollars. The segment with the highest revenue was their Refining & Chemicals segment, which generated a revenue of about 87.6 billion U.S. dollars.

Leading employers in the oil & gas sector

State-owned giants such as Russia's Gazprom and China's Sinopec are the largest oil and gas companies worldwide by employment. These companies had a workforce of over 400,000 people each, with TotalEnergies being amongst the largest employer publicly traded oil supermajors.