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Aptiv PLC (APTV)
Vehicle electrical systems, mostly hourly. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-06. Ranked 23 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
An automotive supplier whose filing states its salaried and hourly counts and its regional split but no headcount by segment, so one motor vehicle parts pattern applies to a workforce that is 79% hourly.
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: 15% now, 24% at the end of 2027, 28% at the end of 2028, 29% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 29% desk work, 14% people work and 57% 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 70% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 24% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
140,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). No U.S. share is stated; 50% of the workforce is in North America with the largest presence in Mexico, 30% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 15% in Asia Pacific and 5% in South America.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 140,000 people; 30,000 salaried employees and 110,000 hourly employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 100% | By (c): the filing describes electrical distribution systems, engineered components and safety and user experience systems made for vehicle manufacturers, motor vehicle parts in all three segments, with headcount stated by status and region rather than by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 30,000 salaried and 110,000 hourly employees; a contingent workforce of approximately 51,000 is maintained beside them and not counted (rule 8); certain employees are represented by unions and works councils worldwide.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Lear Corporation (LEA, 164,300 employees)15% now, 28% by 2028
- Adient plc (ADNT, 65,000 employees)15% now, 28% by 2028
- Autoliv, Inc. (ALV, 64,300 employees)15% now, 28% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
5 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes developing automated driving software and sensing and perception technologies enhanced through AI and machine learning, and names AI-enabled cyberattacks among its risks.
- “These technologies are designed to seamlessly integrate vehicles into their operating environment, while providing drivers with connectivity to consumer ecosystems, and data and insights to OEMs via over-the-air ("OTA") technology. 7 Table of Contents Across multiple industries, devices and systems themselves are becoming increasingly software-defined, with the capability to being continuously...”
- “We are also continuing to develop market-leading automated driving solutions, such as automated driving software, sensing and perception technologies enhanced through artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as the underlying architecture technologies capable of supporting safety-critical applications.”
- “Additionally, some actors are using artificial intelligence technology to launch more automated, targeted and coordinated attacks which further heightens these risks.”
- “Our recent financial and business achievements include the following: Generating new business awards of approximately $27 billion, based on expected volumes and prices, validating our industry-leading portfolio of advanced technologies tied to the secular growth drivers across industries; ◦ Driving more than 75% of new business awards in China with local OEM customers; Delivering record revenue...”
- “We are also continuing to develop market-leading automated driving solutions, such as automated driving software, sensing and perception technologies enhanced through artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as the underlying architecture technologies capable of supporting safety-critical applications.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 140,000 | 2026-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 141,000 | 2025-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 154,000 | 2024-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 160,000 | 2023-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 155,000 | 2022-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 151,000 | 2021-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 141,000 | 2020-02-03 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 143,000 | 2019-02-04 | 10-K |
| 2018-02-05 | 129,000 | 2018-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 145,000 | 2017-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 139,000 | 2016-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 127,000 | 2015-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 117,000 | 2014-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 118,000 | 2013-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 104,000 | 2012-02-17 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- One pattern by description (c): the filing states headcount by status and region, not by segment.
- The 51,000 contingent workers are stated and excluded from the headcount (rule 8).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001521332-26-000009, 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 Aptiv PLC's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 15% now and 28% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Aptiv 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 Aptiv PLC employ?
- 140,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Aptiv PLC's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 29% desk work, 14% people work and 57% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Aptiv PLC's annual report say about AI?
- 5 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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