RPM International Inc. (RPM)

Coatings, sealants and roofing products. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed July 22, 2026. Ranked 10 of the 20 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

17,546 employees making paints, coatings and sealants with a roofing and weatherproofing services business, split by description since the filing counts no employees by segment.

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: 19% now, 29% at the end of 2027, 32% at the end of 2028, 33% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 33% desk work, 14% people work and 53% 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

17,546 employees as of May 31, 2026 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country; 70% of revenue is in the United States.

The filing: “Associates As of May 31, 2026, we employed 17,546 persons.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 17,546 persons employed at May 31, 2026; approximately 313 U.S. employees represented by unions; a defined benefit pension and an employer-matched 401(k) for U.S. associates.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG, 43,500 employees)20% now, 34% by 2028
• Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL, 33,600 employees)20% now, 33% by 2028
• Kenvue Inc. (KVUE, 22,000 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

8 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in eight sentences, in its risk factors: cybersecurity threats, data privacy compliance and artificial intelligence as risks to the business, information collected and processed through AI and other technologies, and the uncertain and evolving data protection laws that cover AI.

• “Cybersecurity threats, data privacy compliance, and artificial intelligence ("AI") could have a negative impact on our business.”
• “Additionally, we, ourselves and through our third parties, digitally collect and process different types of information, manually and through AI and other technologies, including personal, confidential, proprietary, and sensitive data, which may include information about our employees, customers, associates, suppliers, distributors and others.”
• “The interpretation and application of cybersecurity, AI, biometric, individual privacy, and other data related rules and regulations around the world applicable to our business (collectively, the "Data Protection Laws") are uncertain and evolving.”
• “In addition, some of our systems, tools and resources use, integrate or will integrate some form of AI which has the potential to result in bias, miscalculations, data errors, intellectual property infringement and other unintended consequences.”
• “These risks may be increased as a result of our inability to keep up with advancements in technology or effectively deploy AI, and evolving interpretations of the Data Protection Law requirements, remote work, a public health crisis, war or civil unrest.”

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 20225median 0
• Fiscal 20235median 1
• Fiscal 20246median 4
• Fiscal 20258median 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 filing counts no employees by segment, so the split is by description (c).
• The U.S. share is not stated.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-312142, 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.