Google, the flagship subsidiary of Alphabet, employs roughly 181,000 people who build, sell, and support products spanning Search, YouTube, Android, Cloud, and a variety of emerging technologies. Recent staffing activity shows about 8,800 positions filled and a little more than 6,300 departures, resulting in modest net expansion of the employee base. The scale of the workforce mirrors Google’s broad product portfolio and continued investment in artificial intelligence, advertising platforms, and enterprise cloud solutions.
Engineering is by far Google’s largest organization with about 80,000 employees, accounting for just over 44 % of total headcount and highlighting the company’s technology-driven culture. Business Management follows at roughly 26,000 employees, while Marketing & Product and Sales & Support stand at around 20,600 and 18,200, respectively, underscoring balanced attention to go-to-market functions. Smaller but essential groups such as Finance & Administration, IT, Operations, Human Resources, and Program & Project Management collectively employ fewer than 9,000 people each, representing between 2 % and 5 % of the overall workforce. Hiring has outpaced attrition across most functions, suggesting steady expansion without major shifts in the departmental mix.
Google’s talent footprint is highly distributed. Approximately 30,000 employees work in the San Francisco Bay Area, the largest single hub and home to many core product teams. New York hosts more than 14,000 staff, while Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, London, Bengaluru, Chicago, and Dublin each support between 1,200 and 5,700 employees. More than 117,000 people—about two-thirds of the workforce—operate from other global offices or remote settings, illustrating Google’s emphasis on accessing talent worldwide and supporting flexible work locations.