Dow Inc. (DOW)

Chemicals and plastics maker. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 3, 2026. Ranked 3 of the 9 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states approximately 34,600 full-time employees at manufacturing sites in 29 countries, with no count by segment or country, and all three segments make basic chemicals and resins, so one pattern carries the whole 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: 19% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 38% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 38% desk work, 12% people work and 49% 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), 34% 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

34,600 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states no count by country; the U.S. and Canada are 40% of sales.

The filing: “Dow operates manufacturing sites in 29 countries and employs approximately 34,600 people.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 34,600 people permanently employed on a full-time basis at manufacturing sites in 29 countries; 61% of the workforce took part in an employee resource group in 2025.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 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.

• Linde plc (LIN, 65,177 employees)19% now, 39% by 2028
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL, 48,000 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

7 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI as a market its materials serve (thermal management for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence applications) and as a feature of the information systems it relies on, with the data risks that carries.

• “Investments in innovation for growth are focused on addressing market needs such as thermal management in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence applications, industrial power systems and electric vehicle electronics; silicone and hybrid chemistry materials to replace fluorinated materials; high-performance materials for building and infrastructure end-markets; and innovative in...”
• “The Company relies on various information systems, including information systems operated by third-parties and which may also include embedded artificial intelligence ("AI"), to support safe, efficient and reliable business and operating processes and activities and to safeguard its proprietary information assets, including trade secrets, know-how and other sensitive, business critical informat...”
• “These systems may also be used to collect and process sensitive customer and personal employee data the Company may be legally required to store, process and protect in accordance with complex country- and territory-specific laws that continue to evolve, violations of which could result in significant criminal or civil sanctions, investigations, or enforcement actions. 25 Table of Contents Incr...”
• “Additionally, the Company's use of AI software may create additional risks related to the unintentional disclosure of proprietary, confidential, personal or otherwise sensitive information.”
• “As a diversified chemical manufacturing company, the Company's operations at each site, including maintenance of its facilities; the transportation of supplies and products; cyberattacks; the expanding utilization of AI in Company operations, including but not limited to its manufacturing process controls, supply chain optimization, and human resources analysis, and by its suppliers and custome...”

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 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20245median 4
• Fiscal 20257median 10

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.

Limits of this reading

• One pattern by description (c): all three segments make basic chemicals and resins and the filing counts no employees by segment.
• No count by country; the U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001751788-26-000018, 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.