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Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX)
Medical device maker, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-17. Ranked 20 of the 27 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 59,000 employees with 60 percent abroad and nothing by segment, so the split between devices and electromedical systems follows its description (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: 18% now, 34% at the end of 2027, 42% at the end of 2028, 45% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 45% desk work, 16% people work and 38% 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 52% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 38% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
59,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). The filing states approximately 60 percent of employees are outside the U.S.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 59,000 employees, of which approximately 60 percent were outside the U.S.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | 55% | By description (c): stents, catheters, endoscopy and urology devices across its Cardiovascular and MedSurg segments, the industry its SIC code names, with no count by segment. |
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 45% | By revenue (c): the electrophysiology and cardiac rhythm management systems inside Cardiovascular at 66% of revenue, electromedical apparatus, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 59,000 employees, up from 53,000; about 60 percent outside the U.S.; ten employee resource groups.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Medical Equipment and Supplies 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.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT, 115,000 employees)17% now, 35% by 2028
- Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX, 72,000 employees)18% now, 36% by 2028
- Stryker Corporation (SYK, 56,000 employees)18% now, 39% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
6 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 6 sentences: AI and machine learning growing in importance across its business and research pipeline, with opportunities and risks from integrating AI into its own and its suppliers' operations.
- “Digital technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities, have and may continue to increase in their applicability and importance to various aspects of our business, operating and competitive environments, research and development (R&D) pipeline and product portfolio.”
- “This includes opportunities as well as risks associated with the integration of AI into our or our suppliers' or customers' operations.”
- “While AI presents significant opportunities for innovation and efficiency, it could introduce new risks in managing information systems and in the cybersecurity threat landscape.”
- “This includes emerging technologies which increase our threat landscape, such as generative AI and quantum computing, which are evolving rapidly in their practicality and use for cyber-attacks including through enhanced social engineering, and for cyber-attacks on industry standard data protections through increased computing capabilities.”
- “We also use a managed security service provider to enhance our security operations center with AI-enabled monitoring, analysis, and threat correlation capabilities.”
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 | 59,000 | 2026-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 53,000 | 2025-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 48,000 | 2024-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 45,000 | 2023-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 41,000 | 2022-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 38,000 | 2021-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 36,000 | 2020-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 32,000 | 2019-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 29,000 | 2018-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 27,000 | 2017-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 25,000 | 2016-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 24,000 | 2015-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 23,000 | 2014-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 24,000 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 24,000 | 2012-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 25,000 | 2011-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 26,000 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 24,800 | 2009-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 27,500 | 2008-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 28,600 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 19,800 | 2006-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 17,500 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 15,000 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 13,900 | 2003-03-31 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 14,400 | 2002-03-27 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 13,720 | 2001-04-02 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 12,615 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 14,000 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 11,000 | 1998-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 9,580 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts no people by segment; the split between devices and electromedical systems rests on description and revenue (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000885725-26-000010, 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 Boston Scientific Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 42% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Boston Scientific Corporation'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 Boston Scientific Corporation employ?
- 59,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 40% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Boston Scientific Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 45% desk work, 16% people work and 38% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Boston Scientific Corporation'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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