How many employees work at Waste Management?

Waste Management, Inc. has 35,464 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 0.8%.

Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: September 2025

About Waste Management

WM is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. We are on a quest for environmental performance, a mission to maximize resource value, while minimizing – and even eliminating – environmental impact so that both our economy and our environment can thrive. WM tailors its services to meet the needs of each customer group and to ensure consistent, superior service at the local level. Headquartered in Houston, the company serves nearly 20 million municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers through a network of 367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 104 recycling plants, and 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects.

As of September 2025

Waste Management
workforce metrics

Headcount

35.5k

Avg. Salary

$64.4k

Tenure

6.2yr

Growth Rate

0.8%

Hiring Rate

Attrition Rate

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Employee Headcount

Interactive chart of Waste Management annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.

  • Waste Management total number of employees in 2025 was 35,460.915, a 0.8% increase from 2024.
  • Waste Management total number of employees in 2024 was 34,913.5, a 0.5% increase from 2023.
  • Waste Management total number of employees in 2023 was 34,700.178, a 0.4% decline from 2022.

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Employee Geographic Breakdown

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Employee Role Breakdown

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Employee Compensation

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Active Job Postings

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  • Waste Management active job postings in 2025 was 15,363, a 40.6% increase from 2024.
  • Waste Management active job postings in 2024 was 9,880, a 27.2% increase from 2023.
  • Waste Management active job postings in 2023 was 7,516, a 44.4% decline from 2022.

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