KLA Corporation (KLAC)

Semiconductor equipment maker, half in Asia. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed August 6, 2026. Ranked 101 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 17,000 full-time and 200 part-time and temporary employees, 31% in the U.S., in one business, process control equipment for semiconductor makers.

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: 19% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 36% at the end of 2028, 38% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 38% desk work, 16% people work and 47% 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 62% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 30% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

17,200 employees as of June 30, 2026 (sum of stated parts). Approximately 31% of regular full-time employees are in the U.S., 19% in Europe and the Middle East and 50% in Asia; stated for the full-time count.

The filing: “As of June 30, 2026, we had approximately 17,000 regular full-time employees and approximately 200 part-time and temporary employees in facilities located in 18 major regions.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 17,000 regular full-time and 200 part-time and temporary employees; 21% in manufacturing, 27% in R&D, 27% in customer service, 4% in sales and marketing, 21% in other roles; no employee is represented by a labor union, with a trade union delegation in Belgium and works councils in Germany; voluntary turnover under 3.4% in fiscal 2026.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, 118,000 employees)18% now, 37% by 2028
• Deere & Company (DE, 73,100 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
• Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH, 59,850 employees)18% now, 38% by 2028
• Carrier Global Corporation (CARR, 47,000 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Trane Technologies plc (TT, 44,000 employees)18% now, 33% by 2028
• Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK, 43,500 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW, 43,000 employees)19% now, 37% by 2028
• Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT, 36,500 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

38 sentences in the filing name AI. Thirty-eight sentences, mostly on demand: AI-related investment in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing, high-performance computing and data centers drives the company's markets, and it says its products support the AI infrastructure buildout; trade rules on sales to China are named beside it.

• “Department of Commerce ("Commerce") rules and regulations (the "BIS Rules") and their impact on our ability to sell products to and provide services to certain customers in People's Republic of China ("China"); Tariffs, retaliatory trade measures and other trade restrictions, as well as uncertainty regarding tariff authority, implementation and refund process; Costly intellectual property ("IP"...”
• “High-performance computing ("HPC") and data centers, supported by increasing adoption of AI, are contributing to industry growth and these trends are expected to continue to influence industry investment during fiscal year 2027.”
• “AI-related demand is driving innovation and investment at the leading edge and we believe our portfolio of products is uniquely positioned to support leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing and ongoing AI infrastructure buildout.”
• “Demand for advanced semiconductor technologies, particularly at the 2-nanometer node, where investment levels and process control intensity are increasing, continues to support AI-related investments.”
• “Increasing complexity and value of semiconductor packages, particularly for AI and HPC applications, is also driving significant growth in our advanced packaging business.”

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 20214median 0
• Fiscal 20222median 0
• Fiscal 202312median 1
• Fiscal 202421median 4
• Fiscal 202523median 10
• Fiscal 202638

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.

Limits of this reading

• The function split is recorded in the notes; R&D and customer service stay inside the machinery pattern as BLS counts an equipment maker's own staff, no separate establishment count being stated.
• The U.S. share (31%) is stated for regular full-time employees only; the total is the sum of the stated full-time and part-time and temporary parts (rule 2).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000319201-26-000027, 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.