Plug Power Inc. (PLUG)

Hydrogen and fuel cell maker, temporaries counted. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed March 2, 2026. Ranked 159 of the 275 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing states 2,582 employees at December 31, 2025 including 238 temporary, 86% in the United States, and describes electrolyzer, fuel cell, hydrogen fuel, cryogenic equipment and service lines, so the power equipment leads at electrical equipment with hydrogen production, service and cryogenic equipment beside it by description.

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: 27% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 15% people work and 50% 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 64% 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

2,582 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 2,216 of 2,582 employees in the United States and 366 outside (stated).

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had 2,582 employees, of which 238 are temporary employees, with 2,216 located in the United States and 366 located outside of the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 2,582 employees at December 31, 2025, of which 238 are temporary, 2,216 in the United States and 366 outside, down from 3,224 a year earlier; no collective bargaining unit; sixteen hours a year of paid volunteer time.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Other Electrical Equipment and Component 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. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Hubbell Incorporated (HUBB, 18,000 employees)28% now, 38% by 2028
• Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (AEIS, 13,000 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
• nVent Electric plc (NVT, 12,000 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
• EnerSys (ENS, 9,682 employees)26% now, 35% by 2028
• Belden Inc. (BDC, 8,000 employees)30% now, 41% by 2028
• Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR, 6,050 employees)27% now, 35% by 2028
• Atkore Inc. (ATKR, 5,400 employees)25% now, 32% by 2028
• Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC, 3,734 employees)27% now, 34% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

5 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it leverages artificial intelligence to analyze cost components across its supply chain and optimize sourcing, and names the rapid evolution of AI as a potential disruptor of its markets and a risk if not integrated in a timely, cost-effective way.

• “Despite these external headwinds, we remain focused on structural cost reduction initiatives, leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze detailed cost components across our supply chain, optimize sourcing decisions, and mitigate inflationary impacts on key raw materials.”
• “Any systems failures could impede our ability to timely collect and report financial results in accordance with applicable laws. ​ The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has the potential to disrupt existing business models and markets and could result in a material adverse effect on our business.”
• “If we do not successfully integrate artificial intelligence in a timely and cost-effective manner, we may not fully realize anticipated efficiencies, cost savings, or service improvements.”
• “If artificial intelligence systems or tools do not operate as expected, it could result in adverse operational, safety, reputational, financial, legal, privacy, data security, or other outcomes. ​ Information technology system, network or operational technology disruptions could harm the Company's operations.”
• “Despite these external headwinds, we remain focused on structural cost reduction initiatives, leveraging artificial intelligence to analyze detailed cost components across our supply chain, optimize sourcing decisions, and mitigate inflationary impacts on key raw materials.”

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 20240median 4
• Fiscal 20255median 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

• The stated 2,582 includes 238 temporary employees the filing counts with its people, recorded as stated and flagged (rule 8).
• The filing counts nothing by segment, so the split among equipment, hydrogen production, service and cryogenic equipment follows the revenue lines by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-022286, 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.