Lennox International Inc. (LII)

HVAC plants, U.S. and Mexico, 58% hourly. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 17, 2026. Ranked 66 of the 175 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 12,900 employees, 8,500 in the U.S. and 3,200 in Mexico, 7,500 of them hourly, making heating and cooling equipment, so one machinery pattern carries the workforce.

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

12,900 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 8,500 of 12,900 employees in the U.S. (66%) and 3,200 in Mexico, stated.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 12,900 people, primarily in the U.S. (approximately 8,500 employees) and Mexico (approximately 3,200 employees). Of these employees, approximately 5,400 were salaried and 7,500 were hourly.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 5,400 salaried and 7,500 hourly (58%); 8,500 in the U.S. and 3,200 in Mexico; about 3,400 union-represented (26%); higher turnover at manufacturing and distribution locations, as the filing states it.

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

11 sentences in the filing name AI. Eleven sentences, risk factors: advances in AI and machine learning present opportunities and risks, and the company may lose ground if competitors use AI better to serve customers, drive efficiency or create products.

• “Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine-learning technology both present opportunities and pose risks to us.”
• “If we fail to keep pace with rapidly evolving technological developments in AI, our competitive position and business results may suffer.”
• “We face risk of competitive disadvantage if our competitors more effectively use AI to better serve customers, drive internal efficiencies, and/or create new or enhanced products or services.”
• “We have begun to incorporate AI capabilities into our operations and the introduction of these technologies, particularly generative AI, into internal processes, customer engagements, and/or new and existing product offerings may result in new or expanded risks and liabilities, including due to enhanced governmental or regulatory scrutiny, litigation, compliance issues, ethical concerns, confid...”
• “In addition, our personnel could, unbeknownst to us, improperly utilize AI and machine learning-technology while carrying out their responsibilities.”

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 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20248median 4
• Fiscal 202511median 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.

Limits of this reading

• No count by segment: one pattern by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001069202-26-000028, 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.