Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Pumps and water technology, plants worldwide. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 25, 2026. Ranked 24 of the 85 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

A water equipment maker whose filing states its total and its count by region but nothing by segment, so the machinery and instruments patterns follow segment revenue.

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, 33% at the end of 2027, 40% at the end of 2028, 43% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 43% desk work, 16% people work and 41% 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 57% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 34% 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

22,000 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). Approximately 9,000 of about 22,000 employees are in the U.S., 7,000 in western Europe, 5,000 in the emerging markets and 1,000 elsewhere.

The filing: “BUSINESS Business Overview Xylem is a leading global water technology company with 2025 revenues of $9.0 billion and approximately 22,000 employees worldwide.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 22,000 employees: 9,000 in the U.S., 7,000 in western Europe, 5,000 in the emerging markets, 1,000 elsewhere; approximately 10% of U.S. colleagues are represented by labor unions and some abroad by works councils; the filing names production, field service and technical services talent among its strategic competencies.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 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.

• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, 118,000 employees)18% now, 37% by 2028
• Deere & Company (DE, 73,100 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
• Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH, 59,850 employees)18% now, 38% by 2028
• Carrier Global Corporation (CARR, 47,000 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• Trane Technologies plc (TT, 44,000 employees)18% now, 33% by 2028
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW, 43,000 employees)19% now, 37% by 2028
• Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT, 36,500 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028
• CNH Industrial N.V. (CNH, 34,197 employees)19% now, 36% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

13 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI among the strategically important capabilities its talent development focuses on, beside product management and leadership, and otherwise names it inside its forward-looking statements and global risk factors.

• “Important factors that could cause our actual results, performance and achievements, or industry results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in or implied by our forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: the impact of overall industry and general economic conditions, including industrial, governmental, and public and private sector spending, inter...”
• “We seek to foster a high-impact culture and a continuous improvement, 80/20 and learning mindset throughout all areas of the Company. 13 We have competitively differentiated approaches to talent development, with a strong focus on developing skills for strategically important capabilities, such as product management, artificial intelligence and leadership competence.”
• “Our operations, supply chain and sales both within the U.S. and internationally are subject, to varying degrees, to risks and uncertainties inherent in doing business globally, including: nationalism, populism, protectionism, anti-global sentiment and changes in trade protection measures, including the imposition of increased or new embargoes, tariffs and other trade barriers, import and export...”
• “Our competitive position and future growth depend on a number of factors, including our ability to: (i) enhance and differentiate our offerings, business models and customer experience through efficiency, security, and the addition of innovative features or technologies, such as AI, that address emerging regulations and trends, meet customers' needs, and prevent commoditization; (ii) defend our...”
• “Competitors may develop and commercialize new technologies, such as AI, more effectively to drive internal efficiencies or create new or enhanced products or services that may adversely affect our competitiveness.”

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 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20244median 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.

Limits of this reading

• Pattern shares rest on segment revenue (c); the filing counts employees by region, not by segment.
• About 59% of employees are outside the United States; the patterns apply abroad because the work is the same (rule 7).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001524472-26-000012, 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.