The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Cyclical
Amcor plc (AMCR)
Packaging maker, counted by segment. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-14. Ranked 20 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 36,000 employees in flexible packaging and 38,000 in rigid packaging of 75,000 in all, both plastics packaging, so one pattern carries the workforce (a).
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: 17% now, 24% at the end of 2027, 27% at the end of 2028, 28% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 28% desk work, 12% people work and 61% 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 71% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 23% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
75,000 employees as of 2026-06-30 (stated). The filing states approximately 39% of employees in North America, 34% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 12% in Latin America and 15% in Asia Pacific; no U.S. count.
The filing: “As of June 30, 2026, Amcor employed approximately 75,000 employees globally, including part-time and temporary workers.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Plastics Product Manufacturing | 100% | By stated counts (a): approximately 36,000 employees in Global Flexible Packaging Solutions and 38,000 in Global Rigid Packaging Solutions, both plastics packaging made at about 400 facilities, 74,000 of the 75,000. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 75,000 employees including part-time and temporary workers: 36,000 in flexible packaging at about 190 facilities and 38,000 in rigid packaging at about 210; 39% North America, 34% EMEA, 12% Latin America, 15% Asia Pacific; about 37% under collective bargaining agreements; the business combined with Berry during the year.
What the filing says about AI
6 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 6 sentences, as risk: AI enabling threat actors to find vulnerabilities faster, and its own use of AI technologies as a factor that could affect results.
- “Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer demand patterns and customer requirements in numerous industries; risk of loss of key customers, a reduction in their production requirements, or consolidation among key customers; significant competition in the industries and regions in which we operate; risk...”
- “Artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies have also enabled threat actors to identify vulnerabilities at an accelerated pace, which increases the scale and sophistication of threats and which may intensify these cybersecurity risks.”
- “Artificial Intelligence - Our use of artificial intelligence technologies could adversely affect our business and financial results.”
- “We are increasingly leveraging AI technologies, including data analytics and machine learning, across our business, including in R&D, operational processes, and other functional areas.”
- “The development and deployment of AI involves significant operational, legal, regulatory, and reputational risks, and there can be no assurance that our use of AI will result in the anticipated benefits.”
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 | 75,000 | 2026-08-14 | 10-K |
| 2025-06-30 | 77,000 | 2025-08-15 | 10-K |
| 2024-06-30 | 41,000 | 2024-08-16 | 10-K |
| 2023-06-30 | 41,000 | 2023-08-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-06-30 | 44,000 | 2022-08-18 | 10-K |
| 2021-06-30 | 46,000 | 2021-08-24 | 10-K |
| 2020-06-30 | 6,000 | 2020-08-27 | 10-K |
| 2019-06-30 | 6,000 | 2019-09-03 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Most of the workforce is abroad; the pattern applies abroad because the work is the same in kind (rule 7).
- The U.S. share is not stated; the filing counts by region.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001748790-26-000022, 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 Amcor plc's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 27% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Amcor plc'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 Amcor plc employ?
- 75,000 as of June 30, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Amcor plc's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Plastics Product Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 28% desk work, 12% people work and 61% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Amcor plc's annual report say about AI?
- 6 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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