MKS Inc. (MKSI)

Instruments, lasers and electronics chemicals, three regions. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 94 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

MKS states a total workforce of approximately 10,300 at December 31, 2025, 10,200 employees and 100 temporary workers, a third each in the Americas, EMEA and India, and Asia-Pacific, with 55% in operations, manufacturing and service, so the instruments and photonics take the larger share and the Materials Solutions chemistry business the rest by 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: 19% now, 36% at the end of 2027, 44% at the end of 2028, 48% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 48% desk work, 16% people work and 37% 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 52% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 39% 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

10,300 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states 33% of employees in Asia-Pacific, 34% in Europe, the Middle East and India and 33% in the Americas; the U.S. alone is not stated.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had a total workforce of approximately 10,300 individuals, excluding contracted employees. Of our total workforce, approximately 10,200 were employees and approximately 100 were temporary workers.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 10,200 employees and 100 temporary workers, contracted employees excluded; 18% in research and development, 55% in operations, manufacturing, service and quality assurance, 27% in sales, order administration, marketing, finance and other administrative functions, a mixed share kept inside; sites in 37 countries.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)19% now, 43% by 2028
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)20% now, 48% by 2028
• Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)19% now, 45% by 2028
• GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)19% now, 50% by 2028
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)18% now, 48% by 2028
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK, 26,000 employees)21% now, 57% by 2028
• Garmin Ltd. (GRMN, 23,000 employees)19% now, 49% by 2028
• AMETEK, Inc. (AME, 22,500 employees)18% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

24 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI-related demand among the drivers of its semiconductor revenue and the development, deployment and use of generative AI in its business among its risks.

• “Among the important factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements that we make are the level and terms of our substantial indebtedness and our ability to service such debt; risks related to pursuing, completing, and/or failing to realize the benefits of acquisitions and other strategic transactions critical to our growth strategy; risks...”
• “Emerging issues related to the development, deployment, and use of AI, including generative AI, in our business could give rise to competitive disadvantages, reputational harm, legal or regulatory action, or other adverse impacts on our business. 3 Risks Related to Our Industries and Markets The semiconductor, electronics manufacturing and automotive industries we serve are characterized by per...”
• “Due in part to these demand shifts, including AI-related demand and trade restrictions, our semiconductor market revenue sequentially increased 13% in 2025, sequentially increased 1% in 2024, but sequentially decreased 28% in 2023.”
• “We believe we are well positioned to support innovation in advanced technologies that underpin the growing adoption of AI.”
• “Its products include: Advanced chemical processes and production equipment, for the manufacturing of PCBs, package substrates and wafers used in smartphones, computers, other consumer electronics, server and data centers, including infrastructure related to AI, automotive electronics, and the medical and industrial industries. 7 Advanced chemical processes and production equipment for decorativ...”

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 20211median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20247median 4
• Fiscal 202524median 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: the split between the instruments and photonics businesses and the materials business is by description (c).
• The 27% in sales and administrative functions mixes sales with administration and stays inside the operating patterns.
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-066820, 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.