Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK)
Industrial automation, 26,000, 35% North America. Read October 3, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025, filed November 12, 2025. Ranked 5 of the 62 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
20%
End of 2028
57%
Employees, annual report
26,000
Leading staffing pattern
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now20%
- End of 202745%
- End of 202857%
- End of 203062%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 38%
- Becomes checking a model's work 49%
- Handed over with lighter checks 7%
The filing states the total by region and revenue by segment, nothing by kind of work, so devices, services and software take their shares by description (c), said so.
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, 45% at the end of 2027, 57% at the end of 2028, 62% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 62% desk work, 19% people work and 18% 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 38% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 49% becomes checking a model's work and 7% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
26,000 employees as of September 30, 2025 (stated). Not stated apart from North America (9,000 of 26,000, 35%); U.S. sales are over half of total sales.
The filing: “At September 30, 2025, our employees, including those employed by consolidated subsidiaries, by region were approximately: North America 9,000; Europe, Middle East and Africa 5,000; Asia Pacific 7,000; Latin America 5,000; Total employees 26,000.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 60% | Intelligent Devices (45% of revenue) and the control hardware in Software and Control (29%): drives, sensors, controllers and safety devices, industrial controls that BLS counts with measuring and control instruments (SIC 3829); no count by segment, so by description and revenue (c). |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services | 26% | Lifecycle Services (26% of revenue): consulting, systems integration and maintenance services; by revenue (c). |
| Software Publishers | 14% | The software part of Software and Control, design and operations software for plants; no count, so by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 26,000 employees: 9,000 in North America, 5,000 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 7,000 in Asia Pacific, 5,000 in Latin America; women 33% of all employees and 46% of manufacturing associates; U.S. race and ethnicity demographics disclosed.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 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.
- Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)18% now, 43% by 2028
- Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)19% now, 48% by 2028
- Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)18% now, 44% by 2028
- GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)19% now, 50% by 2028
- L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)17% now, 47% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
11 sentences in the filing name AI. Eleven sentences: AI adopted and integrated into new hardware, software and solutions, AI making cyber attacks more sophisticated, and the safety, data governance, regulatory and ethical risks as AI spreads across product development, manufacturing and operations.
- “We strive to stay competitive by continuously advancing technologies, including through the adoption and integration of artificial intelligence (AI), for new hardware and software products, product enhancements, and complete solutions that address our customers' business challenges.”
- “The current cyber threat environment indicates increased risk for all companies, including those in industrial automation and information technology, and the adoption of AI has resulted in more sophisticated attacks, increasing our risk exposure.”
- “Artificial Intelligence As we broaden the application of AI across product development, manufacturing, customer operations, and enterprise operations, we face evolving risks related to safety, data governance, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and ethical use.”
- “Integrating AI into our offerings and internal processes may lead to unintended consequences, including biased outputs, inaccurate decision-making, and increased vulnerability to adversarial attacks, that could significantly impact our business, reputation, and financial results.”
- “If we are not able to anticipate, identify, develop, and market products that respond to changes in customer preferences and emerging technological and broader industry trends, including the adoption and integration of AI, demand for our products could decline.”
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 20213median 0
- Fiscal 20223median 0
- Fiscal 20233median 1
- Fiscal 20244median 4
- Fiscal 202511median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 26,000 | 2025-11-12 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-30 | 27,000 | 2024-11-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-30 | 29,000 | 2023-11-08 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 26,000 | 2022-11-08 | 10-K |
| 2021-09-30 | 24,500 | 2021-11-09 | 10-K |
| 2020-09-30 | 23,500 | 2020-11-10 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-30 | 23,000 | 2019-11-12 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-30 | 23,000 | 2018-11-09 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-30 | 22,000 | 2017-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 22,000 | 2016-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2015-09-30 | 22,500 | 2015-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2014-09-30 | 22,500 | 2014-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2013-09-30 | 22,000 | 2013-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2012-09-30 | 22,000 | 2012-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2011-09-30 | 21,000 | 2011-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2010-09-30 | 19,000 | 2010-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2009-09-30 | 19,000 | 2009-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2008-09-30 | 21,000 | 2008-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2007-09-30 | 20,000 | 2007-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2006-09-30 | 23,000 | 2006-11-09 | 10-K |
| 2005-09-30 | 21,000 | 2005-11-10 | 10-K |
| 2004-09-30 | 21,000 | 2004-11-19 | 10-K |
| 2003-09-30 | 21,500 | 2003-12-03 | 10-K |
| 2002-09-30 | 22,000 | 2002-11-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-09-30 | 23,100 | 2001-11-21 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-09-30 | 41,200 | 2000-11-22 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-09-30 | 41,200 | 1999-12-01 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-09-30 | 41,000 | 1998-12-03 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-09-30 | 45,000 | 1997-12-05 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-09-30 | 58,639 | 1996-12-19 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The U.S. share is not stated apart from North America (35%).
- No count by segment: shares by description and revenue (c), with the U.S. patterns applied abroad under rule 7.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001024478-25-000116, 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 Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 20% now and 57% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Rockwell Automation, 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 Rockwell Automation, Inc. employ?
- 26,000 as of September 30, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending September 30, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 3 industry staffing patterns, the largest Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 62% desk work, 19% people work and 18% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 11 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 3, 3, 3, 4 and 11 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 3, 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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