PwC: employees by line of service 2022

Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employed around 328,000 people worldwide in 2022, with approximately 122,000 of those employees working in the assurance service line and close to 106,000 employed in the advisory services sector.

Employment growth in Asia

PwC has member firms around the globe and has continually increased its worldwide workforce since 2010. For several years, the majority of the firm’s employees were based in the geographical regions of Western Europe and the Americas; however, Asia became the region with the second greatest number of PwC employees in 2020. The company’s growth in Asia is further highlighted by its revenue figures in the region, which continue to increase since 2013.

What are assurance and advisory services?

In 2022, around 70 percent of PwC’s total workforce was employed in the assurance and advisory service lines. Employees in the assurance sector provide clients with information regarding potential risks in their market. Due to rapidly changing technologies, qualified employees must be fully trained so they can deliver expert solutions across all markets. Employees working in advisory operations face particular demand from the financial services market. It is their responsibility to offer clients support, helping them to solve their problems and achieve objectives.

Number of PwC employees worldwide from 2010 to 2022, by line of service

Line of service	Assurance	Advisory	Tax	Internal firm services
2022	121,746	105,960	52,251	47,990
2021	116,890	81,369	55,286	41,826
2020	118,771	71,466	55,229	38,792
2019	115,438	68,194	55,261	37,112
2018	107,691	62,613	50,243	30,383
2017	103,019	58,817	46,904	27,495
2016	98,234	54,430	44,948	25,847
2015	91,568	52,027	41,622	22,892
2014	85,991	46,904	39,087	23,452
2013	84,748	40,532	36,847	22,108
2012	84,849	40,011	36,106	21,663
2011	75,919	35,427	35,429	21,932
2010	72,773	32,344	35,578	21,023

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Special properties

Fiscal year ends June 30

Supplementary notes

The terms PricewaterhouseCoopers and PwC are used to refer to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL). Each member firm is a separate legal entity and does not act as an agent of PwCIL or any other member firm. PwCIL does not provide any services to clients.
Values up to 2021 were taken from previous editions.

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