Parsons Corporation (PSN)

Defense technology and infrastructure engineering, 21,000 employees. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 11, 2026. Ranked 78 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Parsons states over 21,000 employees at December 31, 2025, over 10,600 of them degree holders and 4,400 with security clearances, across Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments of near equal revenue with no count by segment, so the technology services and the engineering services split by revenue (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: 22% now, 51% at the end of 2027, 66% at the end of 2028, 72% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 72% desk work, 18% people work and 9% 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 27% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 58% 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

21,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; North America is 81% of revenue and the Middle East 18%.

The filing: “Our most important asset is our team of talented employees, over 21,000 as of December 31, 2025, who are committed and passionate experts critical to delivering leading capabilities and whose expertise is sought by our clients for their most sophisticated applications and challenges.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Over 21,000 employees; over 10,600 hold degrees and over 3,600 advanced degrees and credentials; over 4,400 hold government security clearances; about 1,000 embedded with the Missile Defense Agency; about 5,800 participate in the ESOP, which holds about 39% of shares.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Computer Systems Design and Related Services, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Accenture (ACN, 779,000 employees)31% now, 65% by 2028
• Cognizant (CTSH, 351,600 employees)29% now, 66% by 2028
• IBM (IBM, 264,300 employees)24% now, 67% by 2028
• General Dynamics Corporation (GD, 117,000 employees)19% now, 46% by 2028
• DXC Technology Company (DXC, 115,000 employees)27% now, 68% by 2028
• Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (KD, 72,000 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM, 62,850 employees)25% now, 69% by 2028
• Leidos Holdings, Inc. (LDOS, 47,000 employees)23% now, 67% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

19 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing says it exploits digital technology and AI to drive growth and efficiency, with operationally proven capabilities in advanced analytics, AI and machine learning, cyber, electronic warfare and space systems.

• “By exploiting digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), we will continue to drive accelerated growth, create transformative solutions, and enhance efficiency.”
• “Our customers are seeking smart technology-enabled solutions leveraging artificial intelligence and digital technologies such as model-based systems engineering and digital twins to enhance and transform their systems performance and to address these challenges.”
• “With a culture driven by agility, innovation and collaboration, we provide operationally proven capabilities in emerging technical areas, including advanced analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cyber, electronic warfare, environmental remediation and space systems.”
• “Cyber Command, and DOW research laboratories. ▪ Our tools and products are used across a wide variety of electronic warfare operations, including commercial cellular survey, automated signal identification and characterization using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), signal modeling and simulation used for radio frequency (RF) ranges and test and evaluation centers using our Thre...”
• “Parsons' uses AI/ML to detect, track, identify and defeat UAS.”

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 202110median 0
• Fiscal 202210median 0
• Fiscal 202313median 1
• Fiscal 202417median 4
• Fiscal 202519median 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 collector's and the universe's 10,600 is the count of degree holders; the filing states over 21,000 employees (rule 2).
• No count by segment: the two shares are by revenue (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-045495, 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.