Pearson plc (LON:PSON)

Pearson Employees

As of December 31, 2025, Pearson had 16,665 total employees, including 13,665 full-time and 3,000 part-time employees. The number of employees decreased by 451 or -2.63% compared to the previous year. That makes Pearson the 2,195th largest employer in the world and 75th in the United Kingdom.

• Employees: 16,665
• Change (1Y): -451
• Growth (1Y): -2.63%
• Revenue / Employee: 239.63K GBP
• Profits / Employee: 21.04K GBP
• Market Cap: 7.87B

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Employees History

Date	Employees	Change (1Y)	Growth (1Y)	Full-Time	Part-Time
Dec 31, 2025	16,665	-451	-2.63%	13,665	3,000
Dec 31, 2024	17,116	-496	-2.82%	13,522	3,594
Dec 31, 2023	17,612	-2,557	-12.68%	17,612	0
Dec 31, 2022	20,169	-1,181	-5.53%	20,169	0
Dec 31, 2021	21,350	1,350	6.75%	21,350	0

Data Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence Last updated: Dec 31, 2025

Employee data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence and updates once per year after the filing of each annual report.

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Oct 13, 2026

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