The Workforce AI Index · Industrials
Deere & Company (DE)
Farm and construction equipment maker, counted in production. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-11-02, filed 2025-12-18. Ranked 3 of the 28 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 73,100 employees with 32,500 in production and 27,000 in the U.S., and nothing by segment, so the patterns follow its description and revenue (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: 19% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 37% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 16% people work and 44% 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 60% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 32% 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
73,100 employees as of 2025-11-02 (stated). The filing counts 27,000 total employees in the U.S., of which about 11,600 are full-time production employees.
The filing: “At November 2, 2025, we had approximately 73,100 employees, of which approximately 32,500 were full-time production employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) | 95% | By description (c): farm, construction, forestry and turf equipment, the agricultural machinery its SIC code names, with 32,500 full-time production employees stated inside it and no count by segment. |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation | 5% | By revenue (c): Financial Products at 14% of revenue, the equipment financing arm, weighted well down because a lender carries few people for its revenue, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 73,100 employees, 32,500 of them full-time production; 27,000 in the U.S. with 11,600 in production; unions represent about 77% of U.S. production and maintenance employees, including about 7,600 under a UAW agreement to November 2027, and the majority at plants outside the U.S.; consultants, contractors and temporary workers also retained, not counted.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, 118,000 employees)18% now, 37% by 2028
- Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH, 59,850 employees)17% now, 38% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
18 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 18 sentences, as technology in its products: machine learning and autonomy across its technology stack, obstacle detection with cameras, radar and machine learning, and precision agriculture.
- “The technology stack leverages these core technologies across the enterprise, including digital capabilities, automation and machine learning, and autonomy.”
- “For example, cameras, obstacle detection, radars, and machine learning have been applied to our CF Smart Detect™ tool to identify obstacles on jobsites.”
- “Obstacle detection solutions such as SmartDetect™ supplement operator visibility on the jobsite through a combination of cameras, radar, and machine learning.”
- “We are also integrating emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence driven analytics and advanced robotics into our manufacturing processes where appropriate.”
- “Our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of our investments in technology and product design depends on a variety of factors, including: ● the usefulness and competitiveness of our offerings relative to our peers, ● access to radio frequency (RF) spectrum and satellite functionality which enables connectivity for equipment, operations, owners, dealers, and technicians, ● meeting developm...”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-02 | 73,100 | 2025-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2024-10-27 | 75,800 | 2024-12-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-10-29 | 83,000 | 2023-12-15 | 10-K |
| 2022-10-30 | 82,200 | 2022-12-15 | 10-K |
| 2021-10-31 | 75,600 | 2021-12-16 | 10-K |
| 2020-11-01 | 69,600 | 2020-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-11-03 | 73,500 | 2019-12-19 | 10-K |
| 2018-10-28 | 74,000 | 2018-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2017-10-29 | 60,500 | 2017-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2016-10-31 | 56,800 | 2016-12-19 | 10-K |
| 2015-10-31 | 57,200 | 2015-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-10-31 | 59,600 | 2014-12-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-10-31 | 67,000 | 2013-12-16 | 10-K |
| 2012-10-31 | 66,900 | 2012-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2011-10-31 | 61,300 | 2011-12-19 | 10-K |
| 2010-10-31 | 55,700 | 2010-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-10-31 | 51,300 | 2009-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2008-10-31 | 56,700 | 2008-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2007-10-31 | 52,000 | 2007-12-20 | 10-K |
| 2006-10-31 | 46,500 | 2006-12-19 | 10-K |
| 2005-10-31 | 47,400 | 2005-12-20 | 10-K |
| 2004-10-31 | 46,500 | 2004-12-21 | 10-K |
| 2003-10-31 | 43,200 | 2003-12-22 | 10-K |
| 2002-10-31 | 43,000 | 2002-12-20 | 10-K |
| 2001-10-31 | 45,100 | 2001-12-21 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-10-31 | 43,700 | 2001-01-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-10-31 | 38,700 | 2000-01-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-10-31 | 37,000 | 1999-01-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-10-31 | 34,400 | 1998-01-23 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-10-31 | 33,900 | 1997-01-15 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-10-31 | 33,400 | 1996-01-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-10-31 | 34,300 | 1995-01-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1993-10-31 | 33,070 | 1994-01-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts production employees but no segment; the split between equipment and financing rests on description and revenue (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-25-122321, 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 Deere & Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 19% now and 37% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Deere & Company'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 Deere & Company employ?
- 73,100 as of November 2, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending November 2, 2025 states. About 37% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Deere & Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only); by those patterns the work is about 39% desk work, 16% people work and 44% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Deere & Company's annual report say about AI?
- 18 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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