The Workforce AI Index · Industrials
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR)
Automation equipment maker, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-09-30, filed 2025-11-10. Ranked 2 of the 28 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 71,000 employees and nothing by segment, so the patterns follow its description of instruments, valves and software and the segments' 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, 39% at the end of 2027, 48% at the end of 2028, 52% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 52% desk work, 17% people work and 31% 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 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
71,000 employees as of 2025-09-30 (stated). The filing gives no count by country; the Americas are 51% of revenue.
The filing: “The Company and its subsidiaries had approximately 71,000 employees at September 30, 2025.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 50% | By revenue (c): the measurement, analytical and control instruments inside Intelligent Devices at 69% of revenue and the control systems in Software and Control, with no count by segment. |
| Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) | 30% | By description (c): the valves, actuators and final control equipment the filing describes inside Intelligent Devices, with no stated count. |
| Software Publishers | 20% | By revenue (c): Software and Control at 31% of revenue, including the industrial software the filing describes, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 71,000 employees, down from 73,000; the collector's first figure of 2,250 was not a headcount; a small portion of U.S. employees unionized, with representation in parts of Europe; restructuring actions in 2023 to 2025 included workforce reductions, as the filing states them; a total recordable injury rate of 0.25 in 2025.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 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.
- Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)18% now, 43% by 2028
- Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)18% now, 44% by 2028
- GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)18% now, 49% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
8 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 8 sentences: AI and machine learning among the technological changes affecting its businesses, AI improving cyber attacks, and its own increasing reliance on AI in operations, products and services.
- “Our businesses are affected by varying degrees of technological change, such as, among others, artificial intelligences and machine learning, and corresponding shifts in customer demand, which result in unpredictable product transitions, shortened life cycles and increased importance of bein g first to market with new products and services.”
- “We anticipate that the risk of cybersecurity attacks will increase as artificial intelligence capabilities improve and are increasingly used to identify vulnerabilities and construct increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, with the possibility of additional vulnerabilities being introduced through our own use of artificial intelligence and its use by our stakeholders, including vendor...”
- “We May Use Artificial Intelligence in Our Businesses and in Our Products and Services, and Challenges With Managing its Use Could Result in Reputational Harm, Competitive Harm, and Legal Liability, and Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations Our businesses increasingly rely on artificial intelligence solutions to optimize our operations, improve customer experiences, and enhance our products...”
- “While the use of artificial intelligence presents significant 8 opportunities, it also introduces a range of risks that could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.”
- “Our artificial intelligence efforts subject us to risks related to accuracy, intellectual property infringement or misappropriation, data privacy, and cybersecurity, among others, and if our use of artificial intelligence becomes controversial, we may experience brand or reputational harm, competitive harm, or legal liability.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 71,000 | 2025-11-10 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-30 | 73,000 | 2024-11-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 67,000 | 2023-11-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 85,500 | 2022-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2021-09-30 | 86,700 | 2021-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-09-30 | 83,500 | 2020-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-30 | 88,000 | 2019-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-30 | 87,500 | 2018-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-30 | 76,500 | 2017-11-20 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 103,500 | 2016-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-09-30 | 110,800 | 2015-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-09-30 | 115,100 | 2014-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-09-30 | 131,600 | 2013-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2012-09-30 | 134,900 | 2012-11-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-09-30 | 133,200 | 2011-11-22 | 10-K |
| 2010-09-30 | 127,700 | 2010-11-23 | 10-K |
| 2009-09-30 | 129,000 | 2009-11-23 | 10-K |
| 2008-09-30 | 140,700 | 2008-11-25 | 10-K |
| 2007-09-30 | 137,700 | 2007-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2006-09-30 | 127,800 | 2006-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2005-09-30 | 114,200 | 2005-11-22 | 10-K |
| 2004-09-30 | 107,800 | 2004-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2003-11-14 | 106,700 | 2003-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2002-09-30 | 111,500 | 2002-12-23 | 10-K |
| 2001-09-30 | 124,500 | 2001-12-21 | 10-K |
| 2000-09-30 | 123,400 | 2000-12-22 | 10-K |
| 1999-09-30 | 116,900 | 1999-12-20 | 10-K |
| 1998-09-30 | 111,800 | 1998-12-23 | 10-K |
| 1997-09-30 | 100,700 | 1997-12-19 | 10-K |
| 1996-09-30 | 86,400 | 1996-12-19 | 10-K |
| 1995-09-30 | 78,900 | 1995-12-21 | 10-K |
| 1994-09-30 | 73,900 | 1994-12-22 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts no people by segment or by country; the pattern shares rest on segment revenue and description (c).
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000032604-25-000087, 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 Emerson Electric Co.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 19% now and 48% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Emerson Electric Co.'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 Emerson Electric Co. employ?
- 71,000 as of September 30, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Emerson Electric Co.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 52% desk work, 17% people work and 31% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Emerson Electric Co.'s annual report say about AI?
- 8 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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