What do Tech Companies Earn per Employee?

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 08 February 2012, 19:51 IST   |    5 Comments
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How much of the market capital did the employees contribute for?
As of February 6, 2011, the market capital per employee was the most for Facebook, was $23.44 million, but market estimates of $75-100 billion dollars (since the social network had not gone public at the time) led to an approximate $31.25 million. It was followed by Apple which came in second with $7.10 million, and Google with $5.97 million at third place. LinkedIn came in at fourth place with $4.34 million, followed by Zynga having a market cap of $3,360,000 and Netflix with $3.21 million. Microsoft came in next with $2.82 million and Amazon came in second-last with $1.52 million. Groupon was last on the list of the nine Internet technology companies, with each employee contributing to $1.50 million of market capital.