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The Southern Company (SO)
NYSE: SO · Real-Time Price · USD
86.28
-1.05 (-1.20%)
At close: Dec 5, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
86.37
+0.09 (0.10%)
After-hours: Dec 5, 2025, 7:13 PM EST

The Southern Company Employees

The Southern Company had 28,600 employees as of December 31, 2024. The number of employees increased by 500 or 1.78% compared to the previous year.

Employees
28,600
Change (1Y)
500
Growth (1Y)
1.78%
Revenue / Employee
$1,010,944
Profits / Employee
$155,909
Market Cap
95.00B

Employees Chart

Employees History

Date Employees Change Growth
Dec 31, 202428,6005001.78%
Dec 31, 202328,1004001.44%
Dec 31, 202227,7004001.47%
Dec 31, 202127,300-400-1.44%
Dec 31, 202027,700-243-0.87%
Dec 31, 201927,943-1,249-4.28%
Dec 31, 201829,192-2,152-6.87%
Dec 31, 201731,344-671-2.10%
Dec 31, 201632,0155,31219.89%
Dec 31, 201526,7033341.27%
Dec 31, 201426,369690.26%
Dec 31, 201326,300-139-0.53%
Dec 31, 201226,439620.24%
Dec 31, 201126,3774371.68%
Dec 31, 201025,940-172-0.66%
Dec 31, 200926,112-1,164-4.27%
Dec 31, 200827,2765342.00%
Dec 31, 200726,7426512.50%
Dec 31, 200626,0915372.10%
Dec 31, 200525,554-94-0.37%
Dec 31, 200425,648-114-0.44%
Dec 31, 200325,762-416-1.59%
Dec 31, 200226,178560.21%
Dec 31, 200126,1221010.39%
Dec 31, 200026,021-6,928-21.03%
Dec 31, 199932,9491,1013.46%
Dec 31, 199831,8481,0923.55%
Dec 31, 199730,7561,5105.16%
Dec 31, 199629,246-2,636-8.27%
Dec 31, 199531,8824,05614.58%
Dec 31, 199427,826-917-3.19%
Dec 31, 199328,743-342-1.18%
Dec 31, 199229,085-1,317-4.33%
Dec 31, 199130,4021390.46%
Dec 31, 199030,263-267-0.87%
Dec 31, 198930,530-1,993-6.13%
Dec 31, 198832,523-89-0.27%
Dec 31, 198732,6122540.78%
Dec 31, 198632,35840.01%
Dec 31, 198532,3546011.89%
Dec 31, 198431,7532540.81%
Dec 31, 198331,499--
Sources: Annual number of employees according to filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Data is also manually gathered from company press releases, IPO filings, and other official sources.

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