Company Insights
Published on
July 11, 2025

How Many People Work at Google? Headcount and Employee Trends

Total Employees
180981
7.2% from last year
6393
New Hires (YTD)
8769
5% of total workforce
Departments
19
650 in Engineering
Locations
17
5,012 in New York, NY

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.

Google Headcount Breakdown by Department

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.

Engineering
80148
Business Management
26154
Marketing and Product
20606
Sales and Support
18164
Finance and Administration
8348
Information Technology
5917
Operations
5507
Human Resources
4411
Program and Project Management
3799
Other
7927

Google Employees by Location

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.

San Francisco, CA
30436
New York, NY
14073
Seattle, WA
5667
Los Angeles, CA
3189
London, UK
2194
Austin, TX
2011
Bengaluru, India
1891
Chicago, IL
2520
Dublin, Ireland
1279
Other
117721
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