Adobe Inc. (ADBE)
Creative and marketing software maker. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending November 28, 2025, filed January 15, 2026. Ranked 21 of the 48 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
23%
End of 2028
69%
Employees, annual report
31,360
Leading staffing pattern
Software Publishers
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now23%
- End of 202755%
- End of 202869%
- End of 203075%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 25%
- Becomes checking a model's work 58%
- Handed over with lighter checks 10%
The filing states 31,360 employees, half in the United States, in one software business, so one pattern carries the whole workforce (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 23% now, 55% at the end of 2027, 69% at the end of 2028, 75% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 25% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 58% becomes checking a model's work and 10% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
31,360 employees as of November 28, 2025 (stated). 50% of 31,360 employees are in the United States and 50% in international locations.
The filing: “As of November 28, 2025, we employed 31,360 people, of which 50% were in the United States and 50% were in our international locations.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Software Publishers | 100% | Creative, document and marketing software (NAICS 5132, the SIC 7372 business), one business; the filing counts employees by country, not by function, so one pattern by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: 31,360 employees, half in the United States; total attrition 9.9% in fiscal 2025; a hybrid model for office-assigned employees.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Software Publishers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Microsoft (MSFT, 223,000 employees)24% now, 69% by 2028
- Oracle (ORCL, 141,000 employees)24% now, 68% by 2028
- Salesforce, Inc. (CRM, 83,334 employees)23% now, 69% by 2028
- Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER, 34,000 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
- DoorDash, Inc. (DASH, 31,400 employees)29% now, 67% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
110 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes AI across its products: first-party and partner AI models in its solutions, conversational and agentic capabilities, and an AI platform for content workflows.
- “Form 10-K Summary 91 Signatures 92 2 Table of Contents Forward-Looking Statements In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements related to our product development plans and new or enhanced offerings; our business, strategy, artificial intelligence ("AI") and inno...”
- “In the artificial intelligence ("AI") era, we are harnessing the power of AI across our solutions by bringing together our commercially safe first-party and leading partner AI models best suited for the job; deploying conversational and agentic capabilities across offerings; ensuring ubiquity on all surfaces; delivering trusted and secure solutions; and expanding our global presence.”
- “We power the entire content workflow with Adobe's AI platform, which offers customers brand safety, compliance, intellectual property protection, and reliability.”
- “Underpinning our customer-focused solutions is our AI strategy and Adobe's AI platform.”
- “AI-powered features and conversational interfaces are increasingly replacing traditional templates, offering dynamic and personalized workflows that enhance efficiency.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 202130median 0
- Fiscal 202234median 0
- Fiscal 202380median 1
- Fiscal 2024107median 4
- Fiscal 2025110median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | 31,360 | 2026-01-15 | 10-K |
| 2024-11-29 | 30,709 | 2025-01-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-01 | 29,945 | 2024-01-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-02 | 29,239 | 2023-01-17 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-03 | 25,988 | 2022-01-21 | 10-K |
| 2020-11-27 | 22,516 | 2021-01-15 | 10-K |
| 2019-11-29 | 22,634 | 2020-01-21 | 10-K |
| 2018-11-30 | 21,357 | 2019-01-25 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-01 | 17,973 | 2018-01-22 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-02 | 15,706 | 2017-01-20 | 10-K |
| 2015-11-27 | 13,893 | 2016-01-19 | 10-K |
| 2014-11-28 | 12,499 | 2015-01-20 | 10-K |
| 2013-11-29 | 11,847 | 2014-01-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-11-30 | 11,144 | 2013-01-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-02 | 9,925 | 2012-01-26 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-03 | 9,117 | 2011-01-27 | 10-K |
| 2009-11-27 | 8,660 | 2010-01-22 | 10-K |
| 2008-11-28 | 7,335 | 2009-01-23 | 10-K |
| 2007-11-30 | 6,959 | 2008-01-24 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-01 | 6,082 | 2007-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-02 | 5,734 | 2006-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-03 | 3,142 | 2005-02-02 | 10-K |
| 2003-11-28 | 3,507 | 2004-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2002-11-29 | 3,341 | 2003-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2001-11-30 | 3,029 | 2002-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-01 | 3,007 | 2001-02-26 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-03 | 2,760 | 2000-02-16 | 10-K |
| 1998-11-27 | 2,680 | 1999-02-17 | 10-K |
| 1997-11-28 | 2,702 | 1998-02-17 | 10-K |
| 1996-11-29 | 2,266 | 1997-02-21 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-01 | 2,319 | 1996-02-22 | 10-K |
| 1994-11-25 | 1,565 | 1995-02-17 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- One pattern by description (c): the filing counts no employees by function.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000796343-26-000003, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Adobe Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 23% now and 69% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Adobe Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Adobe Inc. employ?
- 31,360 as of November 28, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending November 28, 2025 states. About 50% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Adobe Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Software Publishers; by those patterns the work is about 75% desk work, 23% people work and 2% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Adobe Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 110 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 30, 34, 80, 107 and 110 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 3, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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