The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Cyclical
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT)
Hotels employed or managed, franchises excluded. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-11. Ranked 21 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
A hotel company whose filing counts the people it employs or manages at its leased and managed hotels and corporate offices together, so one accommodation pattern applies and the franchised properties' workers are excluded.
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: 16% now, 21% at the end of 2027, 22% at the end of 2028, 22% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 22% desk work, 18% people work and 60% 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 79% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 14% 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
182,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). No U.S. share of the 182,000 is stated; about 45% of people working in the U.S. are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed or managed approximately 182,000 individuals at our leased and managed hotels and corporate offices around the world.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Traveler Accommodation | 100% | By (c): the filing describes the people at its leased and managed hotels and corporate offices with no split between them, so one hotel pattern with corporate staff inside it (rule 6). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 25% of people employed or managed globally, and about 45% of those working in the U.S., are covered by collective bargaining agreements; about 32% of U.S. employees have been with the company at least ten years.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Traveler Accommodation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Marriott (MAR, 148,000 employees)18% now, 24% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
13 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI among its risk factors, including the spread of inaccurate content on social media and the evolution of technology in the hospitality industry; it describes no use of its own in the workforce section.
- “A summary of the principal factors that create risk in investing in our securities and might cause actual results to differ from expectations is set forth below : We are subject to the business, financial and operating risks inherent to the hospitality industry, any of which could reduce our revenues and limit opportunities for growth ; Macroeconomic conditions, geopolitical activity, public he...”
- “Our business is subject to a number of business, financial and operating risks inherent to the hospitality industry, including: significant competition from multiple hospitality providers in all parts of the world; changes in the supply and demand for hotel services, including rooms, food and beverage and other products and services; the financial condition of and relationships with third-party...”
- “Many social media platforms publish content immediately and without filtering or verifying the accuracy of that content; AI technologies may exacerbate the spread of negative or inaccurate content.”
- “Failure to keep pace with developments in technology, including AI, could adversely affect our operations or competitive position.”
- “If we fail to keep pace with rapidly evolving technological developments in AI, our competitive position and business results may suffer.”
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 | 182,000 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 181,000 | 2025-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 178,000 | 2024-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 159,000 | 2023-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 142,000 | 2022-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 141,000 | 2021-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 173,000 | 2020-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 169,000 | 2019-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 163,000 | 2018-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 169,000 | 2017-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 164,000 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 157,000 | 2015-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 152,000 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The 182,000 counts people the company employs or manages at leased and managed hotels, as the filing states it (rule 8); a further 328,000 at franchised properties are employed by third-party owners and excluded.
- One pattern by description (c): no split between hotels and corporate offices is stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001585689-26-000007, 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 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 16% now and 22% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Hilton Worldwide Holdings 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 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. employ?
- 182,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Traveler Accommodation; by those patterns the work is about 22% desk work, 18% people work and 60% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 13 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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