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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
Payroll and HR services, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-05. Ranked 5 of the 24 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 67,000 associates and nothing by segment, so the patterns follow its revenue and description, payroll services, software and the PEO (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: 29% now, 55% at the end of 2027, 68% at the end of 2028, 73% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 73% desk work, 18% people work and 10% 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 27% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 58% becomes checking a model's work and 9% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
67,000 employees as of 2026-06-30 (stated). The filing states over 140 countries and territories and gives no count by country; the United States is 95% of revenue.
The filing: “As of June 30, 2026, our global team of associates consisted of approximately 67,000 persons.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | 70% | By revenue (c): HCM at 44% and Global at 14% of revenue, payroll, benefits administration and compliance services delivered to employers, with no count by segment. |
| Software Publishers | 20% | By description (c): the cloud-based HCM software at the core of its offerings, which the filing describes without a count. |
| Employment Services | 10% | By revenue (c): the professional employer organization at 22% of revenue, co-employment services, weighted down because much of that revenue passes through as benefits, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 67,000 associates serving clients in over 140 countries and territories; more than 770,000 worksite employees served through its PEO, who are clients' employees and not counted.
What the filing says about AI
55 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 55 sentences: AI built into how it orchestrates and executes HR and pay processes, AI adding complexity to workforce management for its clients, and its position as an AI-enabled partner.
- “Today, we continue that legacy with artificial intelligence ("AI"), building AI into the very core of how we orchestrate, govern and execute HR and pay processes for real-world outcomes.”
- “As AI adds new layers of complexity to managing the workforce infrastructure that makes business possible, our clients need a partner they can trust.”
- “As the trusted, service-driven, and AI-enabled partner for HCM, we deliver services powered by deep domain expertise, workforce data, and global scale to help organizations manage their most critical workforce functions with precision, compliance and confidence.”
- “AI is reshaping how work gets done at the task level, but that does not eliminate the need to manage it.”
- “In fact, AI has added new layers of complexity for business and ADP is purpose-built for this challenge.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 67,000 | 2026-08-05 | 10-K |
| 2025-06-30 | 67,000 | 2025-08-06 | 10-K |
| 2024-06-30 | 64,000 | 2024-08-07 | 10-K |
| 2023-06-30 | 63,000 | 2023-08-03 | 10-K |
| 2022-06-30 | 60,000 | 2022-08-03 | 10-K |
| 2021-06-30 | 56,000 | 2021-08-04 | 10-K |
| 2020-06-30 | 58,000 | 2020-08-05 | 10-K |
| 2019-06-30 | 58,000 | 2019-08-09 | 10-K |
| 2018-06-30 | 57,000 | 2018-08-03 | 10-K |
| 2017-06-30 | 58,000 | 2017-08-04 | 10-K |
| 2016-06-30 | 57,000 | 2016-08-05 | 10-K |
| 2015-06-30 | 55,000 | 2015-08-07 | 10-K |
| 2014-06-30 | 61,000 | 2014-08-08 | 10-K |
| 2013-06-30 | 60,000 | 2013-08-19 | 10-K |
| 2012-06-30 | 57,000 | 2012-08-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-06-30 | 51,000 | 2011-08-24 | 10-K |
| 2010-06-30 | 47,000 | 2010-08-25 | 10-K |
| 2009-06-30 | 45,000 | 2009-08-28 | 10-K |
| 2008-06-30 | 47,000 | 2008-08-29 | 10-K |
| 2007-06-30 | 46,000 | 2007-08-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-06-30 | 46,000 | 2006-08-30 | 10-K |
| 2005-08-31 | 44,000 | 2005-08-31 | 10-K |
| 2004-08-30 | 42,000 | 2004-08-30 | 10-K |
| 2003-09-12 | 41,000 | 2003-09-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-09-16 | 40,000 | 2002-09-16 | 10-K |
| 2001-06-30 | 70,000 | 2001-09-14 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-06-30 | 40,000 | 2000-09-12 | 10-K |
| 1999-06-30 | 37,000 | 1999-09-21 | 10-K |
| 1998-06-30 | 34,000 | 1998-09-23 | 10-K |
| 1997-06-30 | 30,000 | 1997-09-18 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-06-30 | 29,000 | 1996-09-23 | 10-K |
| 1995-06-30 | 25,000 | 1995-09-21 | 10-K |
| 1994-06-30 | 22,000 | 1994-09-01 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts no people by segment or by country; the pattern shares rest on segment revenue and description (c).
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000008670-26-000030, 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 Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 29% now and 68% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Automatic Data Processing, 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 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. employ?
- 67,000 as of June 30, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services; by those patterns the work is about 73% desk work, 18% people work and 10% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 55 sentences in the filing name AI. 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 1, 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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