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Staffing benchmark · HR

Employees per payroll staff member

Across 4 named companies in 1 industry, the median is 425.0 employees per staff member, from 330.2 at The Kraft Heinz Company to 671.4 at McCormick & Company.

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named companies with a value
425.0
median, employees per staff member
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Food & CPG

Definition

The question. How many employees per payroll staff member?
How it is computed. Employees ÷ payroll headcount.

Counts people whose title places them in the function: an exact count for the org and a floor for the process, since someone in another function may perform part of it.

Also called: compensation & benefits, diversity & inclusion, employee & labor relations, human resource information system, human resources, human resources executive.

Food & CPG companies

Across 4 food & CPG companies, the median is 425.0 employees per staff member, from 330.2 at The Kraft Heinz Company to 671.4 at McCormick & Company.

Measured: named-profile census of every person in the function, grossed up for coverage, as of June 2026. The food & CPG benchmark.

CompanyTickerPayroll headcountEmployeesRevenue, $BEmployees per staff memberProvenance
IngredionINGRpaid11,2007.22paidmeasured
International Flavors & FragrancesIFFpaid21,50010.89paidmeasured
McCormick & CompanyMKCpaid14,1006.84paidmeasured
The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHCpaid35,00024.94paidmeasured

Company values and headcounts are in the $150 cut.

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