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 "name": "Finance headcount benchmark by industry",
 "url": "https://sgabenchmarking.com/benchmarks/finance-headcount-benchmark/",
 "question": "finance headcount benchmark",
 "function": "Finance",
 "answer": "Across 6 industries and 60 named companies, finance runs 4.3% to 23.1% of SG&A headcount, median 13.1%. In people that is 8.8 to 159.5 per 1,000 employees, median 41.3. Measured from 65,593 public job titles, each classified one at a time, at every company named on this page. August 2026.",
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   "per1kEmployees": 21.9,
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  }
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 "method": "https://sgabenchmarking.com/methodology.json",
 "publisher": "SG&A Benchmarking, https://sgabenchmarking.com"
}