Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
Specialty chemical plants, 72% North America. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 12 of the 43 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
37%
Employees, annual report
13,000
Leading staffing pattern
Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202732%
- End of 202837%
- End of 203039%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 61%
- Becomes checking a model's work 33%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
The filing states 13,000 employees, 72% in the United States and Canada, in four segments that all make specialty chemicals and materials, so one 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: 20% 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, 13% 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 61% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 33% 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
13,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated alone; the United States and Canada hold 72% of employees, EMEA 15%, Asia Pacific 10% and Latin America 3%.
The filing: “Building an inclusive workplace, powered by a global employee population of approximately 13,000 people worldwide is key to promoting innovation and driving results.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only) | 100% | All four segments, Additives and Functional Products (33% of revenue), Advanced Materials (33%), Chemical Intermediates (22%) and Fibers (12%), make specialty chemicals, polymers and acetate fibers in integrated chemical plants, which NAICS counts with basic chemicals and resins (3251, 3252, in 3250A1), and the filing counts employees by region only, so one pattern carries the whole workforce by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 13,000, down from 14,000; 72% United States and Canada, 15% EMEA, 10% Asia Pacific, 3% Latin America; an annual independent pay equity assessment; no hourly, part-time or union figure stated.
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)20% now, 39% by 2028
- Ecolab Inc. (ECL, 48,000 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028
- Dow Inc. (DOW, 34,600 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
- Corteva, Inc. (CTVA, 21,500 employees)15% now, 25% by 2028
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD, 21,300 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB, 18,970 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
- DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD, 15,000 employees)19% now, 35% by 2028
- Celanese Corporation (CE, 11,434 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
9 sentences in the filing name AI. Nine sentences: the company says it increasingly uses AI tools and data science in operations and R&D, governed by a cross-functional Responsible AI Council with AI-specific policies on permitted uses, data handling and human oversight.
- “Artificial Intelligence Eastman has been increasingly using artificial intelligence ("AI") tools and more traditional data science practices in its operations, research and development, and other areas to improve efficiency and effectiveness.”
- “Eastman has implemented a risk-based governance approach led by a cross-functional Responsible AI Council that oversees AI use cases, sets standards, and coordinates with existing risk and compliance functions.”
- “The Company maintains AI-specific policies, procedures, and general IT controls that define permitted uses, data handling requirements (including privacy and intellectual property protection), human oversight, and documentation expectations.”
- “AI use cases, models, and third-party tools are subject to review, vendor due diligence, and contractual safeguards.”
- “The Company is subject to risks associated with the potential use of artificial intelligence in the Company's own operations and by third-party partners that the Company may engage with.”
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 20212median 0
- Fiscal 20222median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 20259median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 13,000 | 2026-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 14,000 | 2025-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 14,000 | 2024-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 14,500 | 2023-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 14,000 | 2022-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 14,500 | 2021-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 14,500 | 2020-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 14,500 | 2019-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 14,000 | 2018-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 14,000 | 2017-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 15,000 | 2016-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 15,000 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 14,000 | 2014-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 13,500 | 2013-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 10,000 | 2012-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 10,000 | 2011-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 10,000 | 2010-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 10,500 | 2009-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 10,800 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 11,000 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 12,000 | 2006-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 12,000 | 2005-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 15,000 | 2004-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 15,700 | 2003-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 800 | 2002-03-12 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 1,200 | 2001-03-02 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 1,200 | 2000-03-06 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 2,000 | 1999-03-05 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 1,700 | 1998-03-06 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | not read | 1997-03-13 | 10-K405 |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment: one pattern by description (c).
- The U.S. share is not stated alone.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000915389-26-000013, 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.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Eastman Chemical Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 37% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Eastman Chemical 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 Eastman Chemical Company employ?
- 13,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Eastman Chemical Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only); by those patterns the work is about 39% desk work, 13% people work and 49% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Eastman Chemical Company's annual report say about AI?
- 9 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 2, 2, 0, 0 and 9 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 19, 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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