LinkedIn employs approximately 21,374 people, making it one of the larger business-oriented social platforms in the market. Recent hiring exceeded attrition by roughly 250 roles, signaling modest net growth in the company’s global workforce. As a subsidiary of Microsoft, LinkedIn continues to staff product innovation, sales enablement, and trust & safety teams that support its worldwide member base and enterprise customers. The organisation’s scale reflects the broad range of functions required to run a professional networking platform, talent marketplace, and advertising business.
Engineering is the largest discipline at LinkedIn with about 6,478 employees, or roughly 30 % of total headcount. Sales and Support follow at 4,749 employees (about 22 %), underscoring the importance of driving revenue and customer success. Marketing & Product groups collectively account for 2,739 team members, while Business Management functions number 2,275. Human Resources, Finance & Administration, Operations, and Information Technology together comprise nearly 3,700 roles. Recent company-wide hiring of 1,957 people compares with 1,693 departures, resulting in a single-digit net gain and an overall attrition rate of just under 8 %.
LinkedIn’s workforce is widely distributed, with notable concentrations in the United States and Ireland. San Francisco hosts the largest office at around 3,776 employees, followed by New York City with 1,869 and Dublin with 1,270. Additional U.S. hubs include Sunnyvale, Chicago, San Jose, Omaha, and Mountain View, while Bengaluru anchors the company’s presence in India. The ten listed locations together represent over half of all employees; the remainder are spread across other domestic and international sites or remote roles, illustrating LinkedIn’s global operating footprint.