# Tesla employees

entity: /record/tesla.md  
predicate: employees  
page: /record/tesla/employees  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Tesla's employee count on the AsOf record is 140,473, dated December 31, 2023, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record holds 5 claims on Tesla's employee count, 1 still open and 4 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current employees

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 140,473 | valid 2023-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_FB2983C6C13B](/claim/clm_FB2983C6C13B.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000162828024002390/tsla-20231231.htm

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 514 | valid 2009-12-31 to 2010-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_4B7B46D503AD](/claim/clm_4B7B46D503AD.md) | [clm_AD760D776763](/claim/clm_AD760D776763.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000119312510017054/ds1.htm
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 70,757 | valid 2020-12-31 to 2021-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_007122283F45](/claim/clm_007122283F45.md) | [clm_49CA10AE28CD](/claim/clm_49CA10AE28CD.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459021004599/tsla-10k_20201231.htm
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 99,290 | valid 2021-12-31 to 2022-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_D0ADF3FF4B98](/claim/clm_D0ADF3FF4B98.md) | [clm_007122283F45](/claim/clm_007122283F45.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017022000796/tsla-20211231.htm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 127,855 | valid 2022-12-31 to 2023-03-01 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_FB2983C6C13B](/claim/clm_FB2983C6C13B.md) | [clm_D0ADF3FF4B98](/claim/clm_D0ADF3FF4B98.md)
  sources: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000095017023001409/tsla-20221231.htm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214
- [Tesla](/record/tesla.md) | employees | 140,473 | valid 2023-12-31 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_FB2983C6C13B](/claim/clm_FB2983C6C13B.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478214, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/000162828024002390/tsla-20231231.htm

## What replaced what

- 514 (2009-12-31 to 2010-12-31, [clm_AD760D776763](/claim/clm_AD760D776763.md)) was replaced by [clm_4B7B46D503AD](/claim/clm_4B7B46D503AD.md)
- 70,757 (2020-12-31 to 2021-12-31, [clm_49CA10AE28CD](/claim/clm_49CA10AE28CD.md)) was replaced by 99,290 from 2021-12-31 ([clm_007122283F45](/claim/clm_007122283F45.md))
- 99,290 (2021-12-31 to 2022-12-31, [clm_007122283F45](/claim/clm_007122283F45.md)) was replaced by 127,855 from 2022-12-31 ([clm_D0ADF3FF4B98](/claim/clm_D0ADF3FF4B98.md))
- 127,855 (2022-12-31 to 2023-03-01, [clm_D0ADF3FF4B98](/claim/clm_D0ADF3FF4B98.md)) was replaced by 140,473 from 2023-12-31 ([clm_FB2983C6C13B](/claim/clm_FB2983C6C13B.md))

## Questions this record answers

### What is Tesla's current employee count?

140,473, dated December 31, 2023, from a primary source (sec.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

### When did Tesla's employee count last change?

The latest value on the record is 140,473, dated December 31, 2023; before it the record holds 127,855, dated December 31, 2022 and closed on March 1, 2023.

### What was Tesla's employee count before 140,473?

127,855, valid from December 31, 2022 to March 1, 2023 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov).


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