Polaris Inc. (PII)

Powersports vehicle plants, two-thirds hourly. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 13, 2026. Ranked 89 of the 161 Consumer Cyclical companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 14,500 full-time employees, 5,000 salaried, making off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and boats, with no count by segment, so the vehicles group leads.

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, 27% at the end of 2027, 31% at the end of 2028, 32% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 32% desk work, 16% people work and 52% 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 67% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 26% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

14,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Not stated; U.S. revenue is 79%, with the plants and development centers the filing names in Minnesota and the other U.S. sites.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 14,500 full-time employees globally, with approximately 5,000 in salaried roles.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 14,500 full-time, about 5,000 salaried and 9,500 hourly (66%); about 1,200 in product development and research, primarily in Minnesota; annual incentives to the direct labor level; no union figure stated.

What the filing says about AI

2 sentences in the filing name AI. Two sentences: AI, machine learning and augmented reality are named among the technological advancements product development requires, and AI among the matters stakeholders focus on under ESG.

• “Product development requires significant financial resources, technological resources, innovations (including technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality) and other resources.”
• “Many governments, regulators, investors, employees, customers and other stakeholders are increasingly focused on environmental, social and governance ("ESG") and sustainability matters relating to businesses, including climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, data privacy, artificial intelligence, human capital and workplace fairness.”

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 20241median 4
• Fiscal 20252median 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 Marine share is by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001628280-26-008033, 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.