The Workforce AI Index · Consumer Cyclical
Marriott (MAR)
A hotel company counting only its own employees. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-10. Ranked 17 of the 39 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing distinguishes the associates Marriott employs from those employed by hotel owners under its management, so the headcount is the 148,000 it employs and the patterns follow its description of where they work.
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, 23% at the end of 2027, 24% at the end of 2028, 24% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 24% desk work, 18% people work and 58% 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 77% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 15% 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
148,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). Approximately 115,000 of the associates employed by Marriott are in the U.S., about 19,000 of them in labor unions; the 266,000 managed associates employed by hotel owners are outside this count.
The filing: “This number includes approximately 148,000 associates employed by Marriott at properties, customer care centers, and above-property operations, as well as approximately 266,000 associates who are employed by our hotel owners but whose employment is managed by Marriott.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Traveler Accommodation | 95% | By (a) for the count and (c) for the split: the filing states 148,000 associates employed by Marriott at properties, customer care centers and above-property operations, without a split; hotel property work is the traveler accommodation pattern and takes nearly all of it by description. |
| Business Support Services | 5% | By (c): customer care centers are named among the places Marriott's own associates work, without a count, so a small share is read into the business support services pattern, where BLS counts call centers, by description. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Marriott managed the employment of about 414,000 associates at year-end 2025: about 148,000 employed by Marriott and about 266,000 employed by hotel owners but managed by Marriott, which the filing says is common outside the U.S. About 19,000 of the 115,000 U.S. associates employed by Marriott belong to unions.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Traveler Accommodation, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT, 182,000 employees)16% now, 22% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
12 sentences in the filing name AI. AI appears in the risk factors (AI capabilities introduced by travel intermediaries that may change how guests plan, book and pay) and in the technology discussion; the human capital section does not mention it.
- “Some of the regulations that most affect us and our business include those related to employment practices; marketing and advertising; consumer protection; trade and economic sanctions; anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering; intellectual property; cybersecurity, data privacy, data localization, data transfers, the handling of personally identifiable information, and artificia...”
- “In addition, the introduction of AI capabilities by existing and emerging travel intermediaries may change the way guests plan, book, and pay for travel, which may disrupt how our products and services are marketed and distributed, potentially eroding brand loyalty, increasing distribution costs, and negatively affecting our Loyalty Program, which could adversely impact our financial performanc...”
- “We, the hotels in our system, our other lodging offerings, and the programs that we offer are subject to or affected by a variety of laws, regulations, and government policies around the globe, including, among others, those related to employment practices; marketing and advertising; consumer protection; trade and economic sanctions; anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering; int...”
- “Disruptions in or changes to these systems, including during upgrades or replacements, could result in a disruption to our business and the loss of important data. 16 Table of Contents We are incorporating AI and other emerging technologies into certain of our processes, offerings, and services, and these technologies may become increasingly important in our operations over time.”
- “The introduction of these technologies, particularly generative AI, into our processes, offerings, and services may also result in new or expanded risks and liabilities, including due to increased government attention and rapidly-evolving regulatory frameworks governing such technologies, legal claims and assertions, compliance and ethical considerations, data security and privacy risks, and ot...”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 148,000 | 2026-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 155,000 | 2025-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 148,000 | 2024-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 140,000 | 2023-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 120,000 | 2022-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 121,000 | 2021-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 174,000 | 2020-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 176,000 | 2019-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 177,000 | 2018-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 226,500 | 2017-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 127,500 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 123,500 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 123,000 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-28 | 127,000 | 2013-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-30 | 120,000 | 2012-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 129,000 | 2011-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2010-01-01 | 137,000 | 2010-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2009-01-02 | 146,000 | 2009-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-28 | 151,000 | 2008-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-29 | 150,600 | 2007-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-30 | 143,000 | 2006-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 133,000 | 2005-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2004-01-02 | 128,000 | 2004-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2003-01-03 | 144,000 | 2003-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-28 | 140,000 | 2002-03-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-29 | 153,000 | 2001-03-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 143,000 | 2000-03-10 | 10-K |
| 1999-01-01 | 133,000 | 1999-03-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-01-02 | 117,000 | 1998-03-06 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing's 414,000 includes 266,000 associates employed by hotel owners; under rule 8 this reading counts the 148,000 Marriott employs, with the managed associates recorded in the notes.
- The split among properties, care centers and corporate operations is by description (c); no corporate headcount is stated, so no management-of-companies share.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001048286-26-000007, 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 Marriott's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 24% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Marriott'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 Marriott employ?
- 148,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 78% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Marriott's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Traveler Accommodation; by those patterns the work is about 24% desk work, 18% people work and 58% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Marriott's annual report say about AI?
- 12 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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