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Revenue Per Employee

Total revenue divided by the total number of full-time employees, a broader efficiency measure not limited to recurring revenue.

Formula

Total revenue / Total full-time employee count

How to measure

Divide total revenue for a trailing period by the average headcount over that same period.

Why track it

This metric is a simple, comparable proxy for organizational efficiency and productivity across company stages and business models.

Example

A company generating $15 million in annual revenue with 50 employees reports $300,000 revenue per employee.

Revenue Per Employee — Growth metric · Cofounderbase