How many employees work at Southern?
The Southern Co. has 28,194 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 3.8%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: December 2025
About Southern
Together with our subsidiaries, we deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our 9 million customers. Our focus is doing so with service excellence. That means we are leaders who take action to meet our customers’ and communities’ needs while advancing our commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. We create community value through energy, social, economic, and environmental progress. We do this through electric operating companies in three states and natural gas distribution companies in four. Our family of companies draw on diverse energy sources to create the best mix for our service areas, including electricity, natural gas, solar power, carbon-free nuclear, and other sustainable sources. We leverage our leading distributed energy infrastructure company and other innovative technology to better serve every customer. Our competitive, national generation company serves wholesale customers, and our family includes a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services.
As of December 2025
Southern
workforce metrics
Headcount
28.2k
Avg. Salary
$94.2k
Tenure
7.2yr
Growth Rate
3.8%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Southern annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Southern total number of employees in 2025 was 28,195, a 3.8% increase from 2024.
- Southern total number of employees in 2024 was 27,142, a 1.7% increase from 2023.
- Southern total number of employees in 2023 was 26,686, a 1.0% increase from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Southern annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Southern active job postings in 2025 was 374, a 40.0% decline from 2024.
- Southern active job postings in 2024 was 561, a 29.4% decline from 2023.
- Southern active job postings in 2023 was 754, a 30.1% increase from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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