The Workforce AI Index · Healthcare
Stryker Corporation (SYK)
Medical technology maker, split by description. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-11. Ranked 19 of the 27 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 56,000 employees with 28,000 in the United States and nothing by segment, so the split between devices and electromedical systems follows its 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: 18% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 39% at the end of 2028, 41% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 41% desk work, 16% people work and 43% 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 54% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 36% 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
56,000 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). The filing counts approximately 28,000 of 56,000 employees in the United States.
The filing: “On December 31, 2025 we had approximately 56,000 employees globally, with approximately 28,000 employees in the United States.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | 80% | By description (c): surgical instruments, implants, orthopaedic devices and patient handling equipment across MedSurg and Orthopaedics, the industry its SIC code names, with no count by segment. |
| Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | 20% | By description (c): the surgical navigation, endoscopic and communications systems the filing names, electromedical apparatus, with no stated count. |
What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 56,000 employees globally, 28,000 in the United States, up from 53,000; products sold in about 61 countries.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Medical Equipment and Supplies 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.
- Abbott Laboratories (ABT, 115,000 employees)17% now, 35% by 2028
- Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX, 72,000 employees)18% now, 36% by 2028
- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX, 59,000 employees)18% now, 42% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
15 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 15 sentences: AI-assisted clinical communication among its products, and competitors integrating robotics, AI and machine learning.
- “Our products are sold in approximately 61 countries through company-owned subsidiaries and branches as well as third-party dealers and distributors, and include surgical equipment and surgical navigation systems; endoscopic and communications systems; patient handling, emergency medical equipment and intensive care disposable products; clinical communication and artificial intelligence-assisted...”
- “Net Sales by Reportable Segment 2025 2024 2023 MedSurg and Neurotechnology $ 15,647 62 % $ 13,518 60 % $ 12,163 59 % Orthopaedics 9,469 38 9,077 40 8,335 41 Total $ 25,116 100 % $ 22,595 100 % $ 20,498 100 % MedSurg and Neurotechnology MedSurg and Neurotechnology products include surgical equipment, patient and caregiver safety technologies, and navigation systems (Instruments), endoscopic and...”
- “Our existing competitors and new market entrants may respond more quickly to or integrate new or emerging technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in their product offerings, undertake more extensive marketing campaigns, have greater access to clinical information to support ongoing product position in the market, have greater financial, marketing and oth...”
- “Emerging technologies such as generative AI may be used by malicious actors to create more targeted phishing narratives, spread disinformation about us or our products or otherwise strengthen social engineering capabilities.”
- “Although we have made investments and expect to continue to make investments seeking to address these threats, including monitoring of networks and systems, use of AI, hiring of experts, employee training, security policies for employees and third-party providers and designing, developing and maintaining processes and procedures to come into compliance with regulatory and legal enactments such...”
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 | 56,000 | 2026-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 53,000 | 2025-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 52,000 | 2024-02-14 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 51,000 | 2023-02-10 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 46,000 | 2022-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 43,000 | 2021-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 40,000 | 2020-02-06 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 36,000 | 2019-02-07 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 33,000 | 2018-02-08 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 33,000 | 2017-02-09 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 27,000 | 2016-02-11 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 26,000 | 2015-02-12 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 25,000 | 2014-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 22,010 | 2013-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 21,241 | 2012-02-13 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 20,036 | 2011-02-18 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 18,582 | 2010-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 17,594 | 2009-02-20 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 16,026 | 2008-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 18,806 | 2007-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 17,265 | 2006-03-07 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 15,891 | 2005-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 14,762 | 2004-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 14,045 | 2003-03-14 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 12,839 | 2002-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 12,084 | 2001-03-16 | 10-K405 |
| 1999-12-31 | 10,925 | 2000-03-15 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 10,974 | 1999-03-31 | 10-K405 |
| 1997-12-31 | 5,691 | 1998-03-26 | 10-K405 |
| 1996-12-31 | 5,274 | 1997-03-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1995-12-31 | 4,629 | 1996-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 4,221 | 1995-03-24 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 3,228 | 1994-03-24 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts people by country, not by segment; the split between devices and electromedical systems rests on description (c).
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000310764-26-000010, 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 Stryker Corporation's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 18% now and 39% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Stryker Corporation'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 Stryker Corporation employ?
- 56,000 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 50% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Stryker Corporation's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 41% desk work, 16% people work and 43% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Stryker Corporation's annual report say about AI?
- 15 sentences in the filing name AI. 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 1, 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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