PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG)
Paints and coatings, 43,500 people, 25% U.S.. Read October 2, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 19, 2026. Ranked 2 of the 7 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
34%
Employees, annual report
43,500
Leading staffing pattern
Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202730%
- End of 202834%
- End of 203035%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 64%
- Becomes checking a model's work 29%
- Handed over with lighter checks 6%
The filing states the total and the U.S. count, nothing by segment, so the whole workforce takes the coatings pattern 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: 20% now, 30% at the end of 2027, 34% at the end of 2028, 35% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% 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), 29% 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
43,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). About 11,000 of 43,500 in the United States and 32,500 elsewhere.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, PPG employed approximately 43,500 people, of which approximately 11,000 were in the United States and approximately 32,500 were elsewhere in the world.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only) | 100% | A maker of paints and coatings in three segments (Industrial Coatings 41% of revenue, Performance Coatings 35%, Global Architectural Coatings 24%), all coatings; the filing states no count by segment, so one pattern by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 43,500 people, 11,000 in the United States and 32,500 elsewhere; numerous collective bargaining agreements throughout the world; an injury and illness rate of 0.22 per 200,000 hours in 2025.
What the filing says about AI
6 sentences in the filing name AI. Six sentences: AI technologies being incorporated into its research, products, services and processes, the opportunities and risks of AI and machine learning, and AI among the tools of cyber-attacks.
- “The techniques, tools and tactics used in cyber-attacks evolve rapidly, including 2025 PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10-K 12 from emerging technologies such as advanced automation or artificial intelligence and may be difficult to detect for periods of time.”
- “We are incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into our research, products, services and processes.”
- “Artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine-learning technology continue to advance rapidly, presenting both opportunities and risks.”
- “The use of AI in the development of our products and services could increase the risk of loss or theft of our intellectual property and could subject us to incremental risks related to data privacy and cybersecurity.”
- “The use of AI can lead to unintended consequences, including generating content that appears correct but is factually inaccurate, misleading or otherwise flawed, or that results in unintended biases and discriminatory outcomes, which could harm our stakeholders, our reputation and our business.”
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 20256median 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.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 43,500 | 2026-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 46,000 | 2025-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 53,000 | 2024-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 52,000 | 2023-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 49,300 | 2022-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | not read | 2021-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 27,700 | 2020-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 27,800 | 2019-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 28,200 | 2018-02-15 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 47,000 | 2017-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 46,600 | 2016-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 44,400 | 2015-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 41,400 | 2014-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 39,200 | 2013-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 38,400 | 2012-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 38,300 | 2011-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 39,900 | 2010-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 44,900 | 2009-02-19 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 34,900 | 2008-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 32,200 | 2007-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 30,800 | 2006-02-16 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 31,800 | 2005-02-17 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 32,900 | 2004-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 34,100 | 2003-02-21 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 34,900 | 2002-02-22 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 35,600 | 2001-02-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 33,800 | 2000-02-18 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 32,500 | 1999-02-19 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 31,900 | 1998-02-24 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 31,300 | 1997-02-20 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-12-31 | 31,200 | 1996-02-16 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 30,800 | 1995-02-21 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 31,400 | 1994-02-17 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment or kind of work: one coatings pattern by description (c); the architectural paint stores sit inside it.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000079879-26-000046, 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 PPG Industries, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 34% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce PPG Industries, Inc.'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 PPG Industries, Inc. employ?
- 43,500 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 25% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up PPG Industries, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only); by those patterns the work is about 35% desk work, 14% people work and 51% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does PPG Industries, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 6 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 1 and 6 sentences, year by year. 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 2, 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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