KBR, Inc. (KBR)
Engineering and government services, 36,000 in 28 countries. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending January 2, 2026, filed February 26, 2026. Ranked 19 of the 47 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
52%
Employees, annual report
36,000
Leading staffing pattern
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202740%
- End of 202852%
- End of 203058%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 41%
- Becomes checking a model's work 46%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
The filing states one total and the countries, nothing by segment, so the engineering and mission support shares are by description (c), said so.
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: 17% now, 40% at the end of 2027, 52% at the end of 2028, 58% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 58% desk work, 15% people work and 27% 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 41% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 46% 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
36,000 employees as of January 2, 2026 (stated). Employees in over 28 countries; no count by country.
The filing: “At the end of fiscal 2025, we employed approximately 36,000 people performing multi-faceted, complex and mission critical roles in over 28 countries.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | 75% | Sustainable Technology Solutions (62% of revenue) and much of Mission Technology Solutions (38%) are engineering, process technology and systems work; the filing states no count by segment, so the share is by description (c). |
| Facilities Support Services | 25% | Mission support and base operations for government customers within Mission Technology Solutions; by description (c), with no count stated. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 36,000 people in over 28 countries; unconsolidated joint ventures employ about 9,000 more; over 5,900 hired in fiscal 2025; a total recordable incident rate of 0.033.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Aecom (ACM, 51,000 employees)18% now, 62% by 2028
- Amentum Holdings, Inc. (AMTM, 50,000 employees)17% now, 50% by 2028
- Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J, 43,000 employees)19% now, 62% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
19 sentences in the filing name AI. Nineteen sentences: AI, machine learning and data science among the technologies it may use and must manage, and data analytics and digital capabilities among its offerings.
- “We may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and similar technologies in our business, and challenges with properly managing such technologies could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.”
- “Our capabilities and offerings include the following: Leading national security and defense systems engineering; rapid prototyping; test and evaluation; aerospace acquisition support; data analytics and systems and platform integration; and sustainment engineering; Operational expertise in areas such as space domain awareness; C5ISR; human spaceflight and satellite operations; integrated supply...”
- “Technical Excellence and Digital Solutions ◦ High-end differentiated capabilities spanning government and commercial missions, including data analytics and integration, model-based systems engineering, smart asset optimization, and more. ◦ Portfolio of over 85 innovative, sustainable, proprietary process technologies, expertise and solutions. ◦ Innovative, advanced digital capabilities to impro...”
- “Technical Professionals For our Technical Talent, our One KBR Tech Fellows program provides funding and opportunities for these world-leading scientists and technical professionals to conduct advanced research into topics ranging from carbon capture to machine learning.”
- “We will also need to continue to respond to and anticipate changes resulting from disruptive technologies, including in areas of artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
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 20215median 0
- Fiscal 20227median 0
- Fiscal 202311median 1
- Fiscal 202421median 4
- Fiscal 202519median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | 36,000 | 2026-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2025-01-03 | 38,000 | 2025-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-29 | 34,000 | 2024-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 30,000 | 2023-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 28,000 | 2022-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 29,000 | 2021-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 28,000 | 2020-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 25,000 | 2019-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 20,000 | 2018-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 27,500 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 22,000 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 25,000 | 2015-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 27,000 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 27,000 | 2013-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 27,000 | 2012-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 35,000 | 2011-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 51,000 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 57,000 | 2009-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 52,000 | 2008-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 56,000 | 2007-02-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- Unconsolidated joint ventures employ about 9,000 more, not counted (rule 8).
- No count by segment or country: the engineering and mission support shares are by description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001357615-26-000051, 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 KBR, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 52% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce KBR, 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 KBR, Inc. employ?
- 36,000 as of January 2, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending January 2, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up KBR, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; by those patterns the work is about 58% desk work, 15% people work and 27% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does KBR, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 19 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 5, 7, 11, 21 and 19 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 2, 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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