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HP Inc. (HPQ)
PC and printer maker, one pattern. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-10-31, filed 2025-12-10. Ranked 18 of the 24 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing states approximately 55,000 employees in personal systems and printing, both computer equipment, so one pattern carries the 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: 20% now, 45% at the end of 2027, 56% at the end of 2028, 62% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 62% desk work, 19% people work and 19% 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 38% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 49% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
55,000 employees as of 2025-10-31 (stated). The filing gives no count by country; the Americas are 43% of revenue.
The filing: “HP employs approximately 55,000 employees worldwide.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | 100% | By description (c): personal computers at 70% of revenue and printers at 30%, both computer and peripheral equipment, with no count by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 55,000 employees worldwide, down from 58,000; the collector's first figure of 70,000 counted employees, contractors and partners together; the filing records an expected lowering of global headcount by about 4,000 to 6,000 under its Fiscal 2026 Plan and about 9,500 departures under the earlier plan, as it states them.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Computer and Peripheral 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.
- Apple (AAPL, 166,000 employees)24% now, 53% by 2028
- Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL, 97,000 employees)21% now, 58% by 2028
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE, 67,000 employees)21% now, 57% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
38 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 38 sentences: AI adoption and enablement as part of its Fiscal 2026 Plan, AI as a critical role in how people live and work, and customers recognizing AI's benefits in security, speed and cost.
- “Risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our business and results of operations include factors relating to: HP's ability to execute on its strategic plans, including the previously announced initiatives, business model changes and transformation; the development and transition of new products and services and the enhancement of existing products and services to meet evolving cust...”
- “HP's Fiscal 2026 Plan includes HP's efforts to drive customer satisfaction, product innovation and productivity through artificial intelligence adoption and enablement, and cost savings associated with the Fiscal 2026 Plan represent gross reductions in costs from these measures.”
- “We believe artificial intelligence ("AI") is playing a critical role in the transformation of how people live and work, and customers are beginning to recognize the benefits in security, speed and cost.”
- “Our high-performing product portfolio includes HP's new line of AI PCs and workstations built with the computing power to enable local AI processing for enhanced performance and features as well as intelligent print features incorporated into our home, office and graphics solutions.”
- “Our security solutions provide layered resiliency using enhanced features such as containment and isolation technology as well as the use of AI deep-learning to identify and remove malware threats.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 55,000 | 2025-12-10 | 10-K |
| 2024-10-31 | 58,000 | 2024-12-13 | 10-K |
| 2023-10-31 | 58,000 | 2023-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2022-10-31 | 58,000 | 2022-12-06 | 10-K |
| 2021-10-31 | 51,000 | 2021-12-09 | 10-K |
| 2020-10-31 | 53,000 | 2020-12-10 | 10-K |
| 2019-10-31 | 56,000 | 2019-12-12 | 10-K |
| 2018-10-31 | 55,000 | 2018-12-13 | 10-K |
| 2017-10-31 | 49,000 | 2017-12-14 | 10-K |
| 2016-10-31 | 49,000 | 2016-12-15 | 10-K |
| 2015-10-31 | 287,000 | 2015-12-16 | 10-K |
| 2014-10-31 | 302,000 | 2014-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-10-31 | 317,500 | 2013-12-30 | 10-K |
| 2012-10-31 | 331,800 | 2012-12-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-10-31 | 349,600 | 2011-12-14 | 10-K |
| 2010-10-31 | 324,600 | 2010-12-15 | 10-K |
| 2009-10-31 | 304,000 | 2009-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2008-10-31 | 321,000 | 2008-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2007-10-31 | 172,000 | 2007-12-18 | 10-K |
| 2006-10-31 | 156,000 | 2006-12-22 | 10-K |
| 2005-10-31 | 150,000 | 2005-12-21 | 10-K |
| 2004-10-31 | 151,000 | 2005-01-14 | 10-K |
| 2003-10-31 | 142,000 | 2004-01-20 | 10-K |
| 2002-10-31 | 141,000 | 2003-01-21 | 10-K |
| 2001-10-31 | 86,200 | 2002-01-29 | 10-K |
| 2000-10-31 | 88,500 | 2001-01-25 | 10-K |
| 1999-10-31 | 84,400 | 2000-01-27 | 10-K |
| 1998-10-31 | 124,600 | 1999-01-15 | 10-K |
| 1997-10-31 | 121,900 | 1998-01-27 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-10-31 | 112,000 | 1997-01-29 | 10-K |
| 1995-10-31 | 102,300 | 1996-01-29 | 10-K |
| 1994-10-31 | 98,400 | 1995-01-27 | 10-K |
| 1993-10-31 | 96,200 | 1994-01-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The collector's first figure of 70,000 included contractors and partners; the filing's 55,000 employees replaces it.
- The filing counts no people by segment or by country; the single pattern rests on its description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000047217-25-000071, 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 HP Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 56% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce HP 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 HP Inc. employ?
- 55,000 as of October 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending October 31, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up HP Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 62% desk work, 19% people work and 19% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does HP Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 38 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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