Coherent, Inc. (COHR)
Optics and lasers, 51,000 employees, 89% in manufacturing. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed August 14, 2026. Ranked 32 of the 38 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
44%
Employees, annual report
51,000
Leading staffing pattern
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202734%
- End of 202844%
- End of 203049%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 48%
- Becomes checking a model's work 41%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
The filing counts its people by function and by region (a), nearly all in manufacturing, so one electronic component pattern carries the whole workforce.
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, 34% at the end of 2027, 44% at the end of 2028, 49% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 49% desk work, 14% people work and 37% 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 48% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 41% 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
51,000 employees as of June 30, 2026 (stated). About 44,582 in the Asia-Pacific region, 3,177 in Europe and 3,719 in the Americas; no U.S. count.
The filing: “As of June 30, 2026, the Company employed approximately 51,000 employees worldwide.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 100% | A maker of optical components and lasers for datacenters and industry; the filing counts 45,775 in manufacturing, 3,344 in research and development and 2,359 in sales, general and administrative (a), all inside the one electronic component pattern as BLS counts them. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Manufacturing 45,775 (89%), research and development 3,344 (6%), sales, general and administrative 2,359 (5%), a table total of 51,478; about 44,582 in Asia-Pacific, 3,177 in Europe and 3,719 in the Americas; about 47% women.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component 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.
- Amphenol Corporation (APH, 170,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Flex Ltd. (FLEX, 149,686 employees)17% now, 46% by 2028
- Jabil Inc. (JBL, 135,000 employees)17% now, 46% by 2028
- TE Connectivity plc (TEL, 93,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Intel Corp. (INTC, 85,100 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Micron Technology, Inc. (MU, 53,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM, 52,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA, 42,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
41 sentences in the filing name AI. Forty-one sentences: AI among the defined terms and the demand behind its datacenter and communications products, and risk language on the uncertainties of the use and evolution of AI and on AI requirements in law.
- “We may be adversely impacted by any of the multiple uncertainties and outcomes associated with the use and evolution of AI.”
- “We are subject to a variety of complex and evolving laws, regulations, or industry standards, including with respect to environmental, health, safety, and product considerations and cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI requirements, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition.”
- “The following defined terms are used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K: artificial intelligence (AI); bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 ); carbon dioxide (CO 2 ); continuous wave (CW); co-packaged optics (CPO); datacenter interconnect (DCI); deep ultraviolet (DUV); digital signal processor (DSP); edge-emitting laser (EEL); electron-absorption modulated laser (EML); environmental, social, and govern...”
- “AI and ML are driving rapid growth in datacenter infrastructure, increasing demand for high-performance optical connectivity that enables greater bandwidth, lower latency, and improved power efficiency.”
- “Coherent is a leading supplier of optical transceivers for AI datacenter and networking applications, offering a comprehensive, protocol-agnostic portfolio supporting Ethernet, InfiniBand, NVIDIA NVLink, and other AI networking architectures.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 202310median 1
- Fiscal 202415median 4
- Fiscal 202526median 10
- Fiscal 202641
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 | 51,000 | 2026-08-14 | 10-K |
| 2025-06-30 | 30,000 | 2025-08-15 | 10-K |
| 2024-06-30 | 26,000 | 2024-08-16 | 10-K |
| 2023-06-30 | 27,000 | 2023-08-18 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing states approximately 51,000 and its function table totals 51,478; the stated total is used.
- No U.S. count: the Americas hold 3,719.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000820318-26-000020, 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 Coherent, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 44% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Coherent, 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 Coherent, Inc. employ?
- 51,000 as of June 30, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Coherent, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 49% desk work, 14% people work and 37% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Coherent, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 41 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2026 name it in 0, 0, 10, 15, 26 and 41 sentences, year by year. 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 2, 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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