Salesforce is a global cloud-software company that employs more than 55,000 people. Recent staffing activity shows roughly 5,700 new hires against 3,800 departures, resulting in steady net growth. The balance between expansion and retention supports the firm’s broad product portfolio and large customer base. Overall, headcount gains illustrate the company’s continued investment in talent across both technical and customer-facing roles.
Engineering is the largest function with about 18,900 employees, representing a little over one-third of the total workforce and underscoring Salesforce’s focus on platform innovation. Sales and Support follow closely at roughly 18,300 employees, highlighting the importance of revenue generation and customer success. Marketing and Product teams employ more than 5,600 people, while Business Management, Finance & Administration, HR, IT, Operations, and Program & Project Management provide critical corporate services. The distribution shows a technology-led organization that also maintains substantial resources for go-to-market execution and internal operations.
Employee presence is geographically diverse but concentrated in the United States, led by approximately 6,000 staff in San Francisco. Other sizable U.S. hubs include Chicago, New York, Seattle, Indianapolis, and Atlanta, each hosting well over a thousand team members. Outside the U.S., India is a significant talent center with engineering operations in Bengaluru and Hyderabad that collectively exceed 2,600 employees, and London anchors the company’s footprint in the United Kingdom. An additional pool of more than 36,000 employees works remotely or in smaller offices worldwide, reflecting Salesforce’s blended office and distributed workforce model.