Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SWKS)
RF semiconductors, fabs and assembly, 43% union. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending October 3, 2025, filed November 7, 2025. Ranked 129 of the 135 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
17%
End of 2028
44%
Employees, annual report
10,000
Leading staffing pattern
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now17%
- End of 202735%
- End of 202844%
- End of 203049%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 49%
- Becomes checking a model's work 41%
- Handed over with lighter checks 5%
Skyworks states approximately 10,000 employees at October 3, 2025, more than 99% full-time, with 3,260 in Mexico, 550 in Singapore and 460 in Japan under collective bargaining and union agreements, making radio frequency semiconductors with no count by kind of work, so one pattern takes the whole workforce at semiconductors 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: 17% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 44% at the end of 2028, 49% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 49% desk work, 14% people work and 37% 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 49% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 41% 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
10,000 employees as of October 3, 2025 (stated). The filing counts no employees by country beyond the union counts in Mexico, Singapore and Japan; revenue is 77% U.S. by customer location.
The filing: “Employees Our workforce consists of approximately 10,000 employees located around the world, more than 99% of whom are full-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 100% | The filing describes radio frequency semiconductors made in its own fabs and assembled and tested in Mexico and Singapore, with 4,270 employees there and in Japan under union agreements and no count by kind of work, so one pattern takes the whole workforce at semiconductors by description (c), as Analog Devices was read. |
What the filing says about the workforce: More than 99% full-time; approximately 3,260 employees in Mexico, 550 in Singapore and 460 in Japan (43% together) covered by collective bargaining and other union agreements; the count fell from 11,150 in 2022.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Semiconductor and Other Electronic 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.
- Amphenol Corporation (APH, 170,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Flex Ltd. (FLEX, 149,686 employees)18% now, 46% by 2028
- Jabil Inc. (JBL, 135,000 employees)18% now, 46% by 2028
- TE Connectivity plc (TEL, 93,000 employees)18% now, 44% by 2028
- Intel Corp. (INTC, 85,100 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Micron Technology, Inc. (MU, 53,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM, 52,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
- Coherent, Inc. (COHR, 51,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
13 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names the convergence of AI and 5G as a driver of mobile data growth, AI as a catalyst for more efficient wireless communications, and AI-capable phones reaching scale.
- “According to the 2025 Ericsson Mobility Report, global mobile data for 5G subscriptions are forecast to reach 6.3 billion by the end of 2030, driven by new users, innovative services, and the convergence of artificial intelligence ("AI") and 5G technology, and the total number of global IoT connections is now forecast to reach approximately 43 billion by 2030, including connected cars, machines...”
- “We believe AI can be a catalyst for more efficient and effective wireless communications.”
- “From endpoint devices to data centers, generative AI applications will drive the need for higher speed and higher bandwidth networks, while increasing the requirements for our precision timing solutions. 6 Table of Contents The first wave of AI-capable phones is reaching scale, and early demand signals are encouraging.”
- “As AI capabilities become more intuitive and integrated, we believe this could drive an inflection in upgrade cycles, leading to a potential tailwind to volumes and content over time.”
- “Additionally, accelerating AI trends could catalyze the smartphone transformation with incremental content driving unprecedented functional and physical densities.”
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 20234median 1
- Fiscal 202411median 4
- Fiscal 202513median 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | 10,000 | 2025-11-07 | 10-K |
| 2024-09-27 | 10,100 | 2024-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2023-09-29 | 9,750 | 2023-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2022-09-30 | 11,150 | 2022-11-23 | 10-K |
| 2021-10-01 | 11,000 | 2021-11-24 | 10-K |
| 2020-10-02 | 10,000 | 2020-11-17 | 10-K |
| 2019-09-27 | 9,000 | 2019-11-14 | 10-K |
| 2018-09-28 | 9,400 | 2018-11-15 | 10-K |
| 2017-09-29 | 8,400 | 2017-11-13 | 10-K |
| 2016-09-30 | 7,300 | 2016-11-22 | 10-K |
| 2015-10-02 | 6,700 | 2015-11-24 | 10-K |
| 2014-10-03 | 5,550 | 2014-11-25 | 10-K |
| 2013-09-27 | 4,750 | 2013-11-18 | 10-K |
| 2012-09-28 | 4,700 | 2012-11-21 | 10-K |
| 2011-09-30 | 4,400 | 2011-11-28 | 10-K |
| 2010-10-01 | 3,700 | 2010-11-29 | 10-K |
| 2009-10-02 | 3,300 | 2009-11-30 | 10-K |
| 2008-10-03 | 3,300 | 2008-12-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-09-28 | 3,300 | 2007-11-27 | 10-K |
| 2006-09-29 | 4,000 | 2006-12-13 | 10-K |
| 2005-09-30 | 4,000 | 2005-12-14 | 10-K |
| 2004-10-01 | 4,200 | 2004-12-13 | 10-K |
| 2003-09-27 | 3,800 | 2003-12-22 | 10-K |
| 2002-09-27 | 4,000 | 2002-12-23 | 10-K |
| 2002-03-31 | 935 | 2002-07-01 | 10-K |
| 2001-04-01 | 1,120 | 2001-06-29 | 10-K |
| 2000-04-02 | 1,090 | 2000-06-30 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-03-28 | 940 | 1999-06-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-03-29 | 360 | 1998-06-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-03-30 | 990 | 1997-06-27 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-03-31 | 830 | 1996-07-01 | 10-K |
| 1995-04-02 | 100 | 1995-06-30 | 10-K405 |
Limits of this reading
- No count by kind of work: the one pattern is by description (c).
- The U.S. share is not stated.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000004127-25-000085, 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.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Skyworks Solutions, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 17% now and 44% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Skyworks Solutions, 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 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. employ?
- 10,000 as of October 3, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending October 3, 2025 states.
- What kinds of work make up Skyworks Solutions, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 1 industry staffing pattern, the largest Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 49% desk work, 14% people work and 37% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Skyworks Solutions, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 13 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 4, 11 and 13 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 19, 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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