The Workforce AI Index · Industrials
3M Company (MMM)
Diversified manufacturer, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-03. Ranked 1 of the 28 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 60,500 full-time equivalents with 22,500 in the United States and nothing by segment, so the patterns follow its segments' revenue and 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: 20% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 37% at the end of 2028, 39% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 39% desk work, 15% people work and 46% 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 60% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 30% becomes checking a model's work and 8% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
60,500 employees as of 2025-12-31 (full-time equivalent). The filing counts approximately 22,500 of 60,500 full-time equivalents in the United States.
The filing: “On December 31, 2025, the Company employed approximately 60,500 people (full-time equivalents), with approximately 22,500 employed in the United States and 38,000 employed internationally.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 50% | By revenue (c): the Safety and Industrial segment at 46% and the Consumer segment at 20% of revenue, abrasives, personal safety products and consumer goods across many product lines, with no count by segment. |
| Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) | 35% | By description (c): the adhesives, tapes and coatings the filing makes across its segments, with no stated count. |
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 15% | By revenue (c): the electronics materials and films inside the Transportation and Electronics segment at 33% of revenue, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 60,500 full-time equivalents, 22,500 in the United States and 38,000 international; Americas 35,500, Asia Pacific 13,500 by the geographic table; down from 85,000 in 2023 after the health care spin-off.
What the filing says about AI
13 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 13 sentences, as regulation and risk: data subject to AI, privacy and cybersecurity laws, and its own use of AI technologies as a risk.
- “Demand for the Company's products, which impacts revenue and profit margins, is affected by, among other things: (i) the development and timing of the introduction of competitive products; (ii) the Company's pricing strategies; (iii) changes in customer order patterns, such as changes in the levels of inventory maintained by customers, vendors, or channel partners; (iv) changes in customers' pr...”
- “Additionally, the Company collects and stores certain data, including proprietary business information, and has access to confidential or personal information in certain of our businesses that is subject to artificial intelligence, privacy and cybersecurity laws, regulations, and customer-imposed controls.”
- “Although the Company maintains insurance coverage for various cybersecurity and business continuity risks, there can be no guarantee that all costs, damages, expenses or losses incurred will be fully insured nor reimbursed through insurance recoveries. 15 Table of Contents *The Company's use of artificial intelligence technologies exposes the Company to risks which could have a material adverse...”
- “Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies support a range of the Company's activities, including research and development, operational processes, customer facing tools, and other business functions.”
- “The use of AI introduces risks that could adversely affect the Company's business, results of operations, or financial condition.”
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 | 60,500 | 2026-02-03 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 61,500 | 2025-02-05 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 85,000 | 2024-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 92,000 | 2023-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 95,000 | 2022-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 95,000 | 2021-02-04 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 96,163 | 2020-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 93,516 | 2019-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 91,536 | 2018-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 91,584 | 2017-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 89,446 | 2016-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 89,800 | 2015-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 88,667 | 2014-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 87,677 | 2013-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 84,198 | 2012-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 80,057 | 2011-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 74,835 | 2010-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 79,183 | 2009-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 76,239 | 2008-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 75,333 | 2007-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 69,315 | 2006-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 67,071 | 2005-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 67,072 | 2004-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 68,774 | 2003-03-10 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 71,669 | 2002-03-11 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-12-31 | 75,000 | 2001-02-20 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 70,549 | 2000-02-18 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | 73,564 | 1999-02-12 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 75,639 | 1998-03-10 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 74,289 | 1997-03-11 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 70,687 | 1996-03-11 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-12-31 | 85,166 | 1995-03-06 | 10-K405 |
| 1993-12-31 | 58,058 | 1994-03-07 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts people by country, not by segment; the pattern shares rest on segment revenue and description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000066740-26-000014, 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 3M Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 37% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce 3M Company'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 3M Company employ?
- 60,500 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states, in full-time equivalents. About 37% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up 3M Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 39% desk work, 15% people work and 46% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does 3M Company's annual report say about AI?
- 13 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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