Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HOG)
Motorcycle maker and finance arm, counted by segment. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 83 of the 184 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
21%
End of 2028
35%
Employees, annual report
5,500
Leading staffing pattern
Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now21%
- End of 202731%
- End of 202835%
- End of 203036%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 63%
- Becomes checking a model's work 30%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
Harley-Davidson’s approximately 5,500 employees are 4,900 in its motorcycle segments and 600 in its financing arm, each counted by the filing, 80.6% in the U.S.
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: 21% now, 31% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 17% people work and 46% 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 63% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 30% 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
5,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 80.6% of employees are based in the U.S., by the filing.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s global workforce was comprised of approximately 5,500 employees, including approximately 4,750, 150 and 600 employees within the HDMC, LiveWire, and HDFS segments, respectively.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 89% | By (a): the filing counts about 4,750 employees in HDMC and 150 in LiveWire, motorcycles, parts, accessories and apparel, motorcycle manufacturing (NAICS 336991). |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation | 11% | By (a): the filing counts about 600 employees in HDFS, the financing arm, nondepository credit intermediation. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 5,500 employees: HDMC 4,750, LiveWire 150, HDFS 600; 80.6% in the U.S.; 60% salaried; about 1,700 hourly unionized employees (31.5%) at York, Milwaukee and Tomahawk under IAM and USW agreements.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Transportation Equipment 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.
- Polaris Inc. (PII, 14,500 employees)18% now, 31% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI nine times: AI among the technologies it implements, and among cyber and misuse risks.
- “The Company implements new and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and necessary upgrades to these technologies while supporting its older technologies.”
- “Threat actors may also utilize new or emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.”
- “Artificial intelligence (AI) technology may adversely impact our business: (i) by potentially posing risks to Company confidential or proprietary information; (ii) by potentially giving rise to legal actions or reputational damage; (iii) if employees misuse AI; or (iv) if the Company fails to timely and appropriately adopt AI to remain competitive.”
- “The Company's workforce may use AI technology, such as generative AI, which may result in the exposure of our confidential or proprietary information to unauthorized third-parties and the misuse of the Company's intellectual property.”
- “Use of AI technology may also result in claims against the Company alleging violation of third-party intellectual property rights.”
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 20235median 1
- Fiscal 20245median 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 | 5,500 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,900 | 2025-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 6,400 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 6,300 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 5,800 | 2022-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 5,200 | 2021-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 5,000 | 2020-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 5,300 | 2019-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 5,200 | 2018-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 5,400 | 2017-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 5,700 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 5,900 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 5,800 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 5,800 | 2013-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 6,000 | 2012-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 6,300 | 2011-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 7,300 | 2010-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 9,300 | 2009-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 9,000 | 2008-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 9,000 | 2007-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 9,000 | 2006-03-03 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 8,900 | 2005-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 8,800 | 2004-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 8,500 | 2003-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 8,100 | 2002-03-28 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 7,700 | 2001-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 6,700 | 2000-03-28 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 6,200 | 1999-03-19 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 5,700 | 1998-03-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 5,200 | 1997-03-31 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 4,800 | 1996-04-01 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 2,400 | 1995-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 4,100 | 1994-03-30 | 10-K |
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000793952-26-000011, 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 Harley-Davidson, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 21% now and 35% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Harley-Davidson, 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 Harley-Davidson, Inc. employ?
- 5,500 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 81% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Harley-Davidson, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 17% people work and 46% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Harley-Davidson, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 9 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 5, 5 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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