The Workforce AI Index · Basic Materials
Johnson Controls International plc (JCI)
Building systems maker and installer, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-09-30, filed 2025-11-14. Ranked 3 of the 5 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 31,000 U.S. and 56,000 non-U.S. employees and nothing by kind of work, so the split between installation and service work and equipment manufacturing follows its description (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: 18% now, 27% at the end of 2027, 31% at the end of 2028, 32% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 32% desk work, 14% people work and 53% 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 67% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 26% 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
87,000 employees as of 2025-09-30 (stated). The filing counts approximately 31,000 employees in the United States and 56,000 outside it.
The filing: “As of September 30, 2025, the Company employed approximately 87,000 people worldwide, of which approximately 31,000 were employed in the United States and approximately 56,000 were outside the United States.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Building Equipment Contractors | 55% | By description (c): the filing describes service, systems and installation operations for building systems in every region, the field work of a building solutions business, with no count by kind of work. |
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) | 45% | By description (c): the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment the filing makes, the industry its SIC code names, with no count by kind of work. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 87,000 people, 31,000 in the United States and 56,000 outside; a total recordable incident rate of 0.34 in fiscal 2025; over 75,000 employees completed learning activities.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Building Equipment Contractors, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Otis Worldwide Corporation (OTIS, 72,000 employees)18% now, 30% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
14 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 14 sentences: AI and machine learning inside its OpenBlue platform for remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance, and AI among the technologies it must keep pace with.
- “The Company cautions that these statements are subject to numerous important risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company's control, that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks related to: the ability to develop or acquire new pro...”
- “The Company's OpenBlue platform combines the Company's building expertise with cutting-edge technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered service solutions such as remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, workplace management, compliance monitoring and advanced risk assessments.”
- “If we are unable to be agile and responsive to disruption in the development of new products, services and technologies, including capabilities such as energy efficiency, cooling technology (including liquid 11 cooling), artificial intelligence and machine learning, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.”
- “Further, as we integrate emerging and rapidly evolving technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning into our products and services, we may not be able to anticipate or identify vulnerabilities, design flaws or security threats resulting from the use of such technology and develop adequate protection measures.”
- “We are incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into our products, services and processes.”
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 | 87,000 | 2025-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-30 | 94,000 | 2024-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 100,000 | 2023-12-14 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 102,000 | 2022-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2021-09-30 | 101,000 | 2021-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-09-30 | 97,000 | 2020-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-30 | 104,000 | 2019-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-30 | 122,000 | 2018-11-20 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-30 | 121,000 | 2017-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 209,000 | 2016-11-23 | 10-K |
| 2015-09-25 | 57,000 | 2015-11-13 | 10-K |
| 2014-09-26 | 57,000 | 2014-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2013-09-27 | 70,000 | 2013-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2012-09-28 | 70,000 | 2012-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2011-09-30 | 102,000 | 2011-11-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-09-24 | 108,000 | 2010-11-12 | 10-K |
| 2009-09-25 | 106,000 | 2009-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2008-09-26 | 113,000 | 2008-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2007-09-28 | 118,000 | 2007-11-27 | 10-K |
| 2006-09-29 | 238,200 | 2006-12-11 | 10-K |
| 2005-09-30 | 247,900 | 2005-12-09 | 10-K |
| 2004-09-30 | 258,400 | 2004-12-14 | 10-K |
| 2003-09-30 | 258,600 | 2003-12-17 | 10-K |
| 2002-09-30 | 267,500 | 2002-12-30 | 10-K |
| 2001-09-30 | 242,500 | 2001-12-28 | 10-K |
| 2000-09-30 | 202,000 | 2000-12-21 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-09-30 | not read | 2000-06-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-09-30 | 182,000 | 1999-12-13 | 10-K |
| 1998-09-30 | 87,000 | 1998-12-10 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-09-30 | 75,400 | 1997-12-24 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 16,000 | 1997-03-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts people by country, not by kind of work; the split between field service and manufacturing rests on description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000833444-25-000097, 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 Johnson Controls International plc's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 31% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Johnson Controls International plc'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 Johnson Controls International plc employ?
- 87,000 as of September 30, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025 states. About 36% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Johnson Controls International plc's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Building Equipment Contractors; by those patterns the work is about 32% desk work, 14% people work and 53% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Johnson Controls International plc's annual report say about AI?
- 14 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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