The Workforce AI Index · Communication Services
Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR)
Cable operator, one pattern, all U.S.. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-01-30. Ranked 2 of the 10 Communication Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 91,900 full-time equivalent employees, all U.S.-based, in one telecommunications business, so one pattern carries the 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: 26% now, 42% at the end of 2027, 49% at the end of 2028, 51% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 51% desk work, 20% people work and 29% 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 49% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 38% 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
91,900 employees as of 2025-12-31 (full-time equivalent). The filing describes its employees as 100% U.S.-based.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 91,900 active full-time equivalent employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Telecommunications | 100% | By the filing's own sentence (c): the vast majority of its employees sell or service its products, cable, internet, mobile and voice services in one business, with no count by kind of work. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 91,900 active full-time equivalent employees, all U.S.-based; a starting minimum wage of at least $20 an hour for hourly employees; about 80% eligible for variable compensation; a Department of Labor certified broadband technician apprenticeship.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Telecommunications, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Comcast (CMCSA, 179,000 employees)23% now, 47% by 2028
- AT&T (T, 133,030 employees)26% now, 49% by 2028
- Verizon (VZ, 89,900 employees)26% now, 49% by 2028
- T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS, 75,000 employees)26% now, 49% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 9 sentences, as risk: failing to adapt to technologies that use AI, AI intensifying cyber attacks, and legal or regulatory exposure from the development and use of AI.
- “A failure to effectively anticipate or adapt to new technologies (including those that use artificial intelligence ("AI")) and changes in customer expectations and behavior could significantly adversely affect our competitive position with respect to the leisure time and discretionary spending of our customers and, as a result, affect our business and results of operations.”
- “Both unsuccessful and successful "cyber attacks" on companies have continued to increase in frequency, scope and potential harm in recent years, and the increasing use of AI may intensify these cybersecurity risks.”
- “Issues related to the development and use of AI could give rise to legal or regulatory action, damage our reputation or otherwise materially harm our business.”
- “We currently incorporate AI technology in certain parts of our business operations.”
- “AI presents risks, challenges and unintended consequences that could affect our and our customers' adoption and use of this technology.”
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 | 91,900 | 2026-01-30 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 94,500 | 2025-01-31 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 101,100 | 2024-02-02 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 101,700 | 2023-01-27 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 93,700 | 2022-01-28 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 96,100 | 2021-01-29 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 95,100 | 2020-01-31 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 98,000 | 2019-01-31 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 94,800 | 2018-02-02 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 91,500 | 2017-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 23,800 | 2016-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 23,200 | 2015-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 21,600 | 2014-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 17,800 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 16,800 | 2012-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 16,600 | 2011-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 16,700 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 16,600 | 2009-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 16,500 | 2008-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 15,500 | 2007-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 17,200 | 2006-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 15,500 | 2005-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 15,500 | 2004-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 18,600 | 2003-04-15 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 17,900 | 2002-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 13,490 | 2001-03-06 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 11,970 | 2000-03-30 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts no people by kind of work; the single pattern rests on its sentence that the vast majority sell or service its products (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001091667-26-000017, 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 Charter Communications, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 26% now and 49% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Charter Communications, 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 Charter Communications, Inc. employ?
- 91,900 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states, in full-time equivalents. About 100% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Charter Communications, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Telecommunications; by those patterns the work is about 51% desk work, 20% people work and 29% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Charter Communications, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 9 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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