Number of Apple employees

The following is a list of the worldwide number of employees at Apple Inc., including its predecessors, Apple Computer and the Apple Computer Company, by.

Number of worldwide employees by fiscal year
The first quarter of Apple's starts on October 1. Each fiscal quarter consists of a 35-day month, followed by two 28-day months. Apple typically pays out contractual agreements 33 days after the end of each fiscal month.

Historical data
Data prior to 1994 is incomplete as that is when the was phasing in its publicly-available Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval  system over a 3-year period. Older corporate filings are stored on at the  of the  and can be obtained through a  (FOIA) request.