Employment and wealth generation |
Absolute number and rate of employment |
Partially Comply |
To deliver on our strategy - The New Equation - which launched in June 2021, we have committed to creating over 100,000 net new jobs over a five year period, with a clear emphasis on hiring specialists in increasingly critical areas such as cybersecurity, cloud, climate, transformation, and supply chain.
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Despite the challenges of a year overshadowed by the pandemic, our recruiting efforts significantly increased in FY22 and we increased our headcount by 32,576 to a total of 327,947.
Similar to last year, we are disclosing our hires and total turnover broken out by region, LoS and gender. Additionally, this year we are also providing headcount, hires and total turnover by ethnicity.
Overall, our hiring is quite balanced from a gender perspective: 48.4% of our FY22 hires are female. However, consistent with the underrepresentation of women in our Advisory business, we continue to hire more men than women in Advisory across all regions. To improve the representation of women in Advisory specifically, some member firms are introducing initiatives to ensure consideration of a diverse range of candidates. For example, some firms require that all interviews include at least one female candidate. Many member firms are also working with recruitment firms that specialise in finding women and/or minorities to fill more senior Advisory roles.
Hires by Region, Line of Service, Management Level & Gender |
Region |
Global Line of Service |
FY22 Hires |
Rate of New Hire |
Female (%) |
Male (%) |
Not Declared (%) |
Americas |
Advisory |
10,374 |
49.7% |
39.2% |
60.4% |
0.41% |
Assurance |
11,008 |
45.0% |
49.5% |
50.3% |
0.21% |
Internal Firm Services |
4,473 |
34.6% |
56.2% |
43.4% |
0.41% |
Tax and Legal Services |
6,138 |
38.4% |
51.2% |
48.3% |
0.48% |
Americas Total |
|
31,993 |
43.1% |
47.4% |
52.2% |
0.36% |
Asia Pacific |
Advisory |
27,259 |
69.1% |
39.6% |
60.4% |
0.03% |
Assurance |
28,205 |
61.6% |
58.4% |
41.5% |
0.03% |
Internal Firm Services |
5,212 |
48.1% |
56.7% |
43.3% |
0.04% |
Tax and Legal Services |
6,385 |
40.1% |
57.7% |
42.2% |
0.03% |
Asia Pacific Total |
|
67,032 |
59.9% |
50.4% |
49.5% |
0.03% |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |
Advisory |
15,576 |
46.7% |
38.4% |
61.5% |
0.04% |
Assurance |
20,538 |
39.4% |
47.0% |
52.9% |
0.04% |
Internal Firm Services |
6,431 |
31.1% |
54.5% |
45.5% |
0.05% |
Tax and Legal Services |
7,223 |
31.9% |
54.3% |
45.6% |
0.07% |
Europe, Middle East and Africa Total |
|
49,768 |
38.6% |
46.3% |
53.7% |
0.05% |
Grand Total |
|
148,822 |
47.3% |
48.4% |
51.5% |
0.11% |
This is the first year that we are reporting hires by ethnicity.
The minority representation of our hires (32.9%) is slightly less than the minority representation of our overall staff (36.7%) and our focus has therefore been on attracting and recruiting ethnic minority talent through targeted programmes and recruitment campaigns.
Note on ethnicity data: We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
Hires by Line of Service, Management Level & Ethnicity |
|
|
Line of Service |
Aggregated Management Level |
Major (%) |
Minor (%) |
Advisory |
Intern/Trainee |
63.3% |
36.7% |
Associates |
77.6% |
22.4% |
Managers |
62.9% |
37.1% |
Directors |
62.8% |
37.2% |
Advisory Total |
|
72.8% |
27.2% |
Assurance |
Intern/Trainee |
61.5% |
38.5% |
Associates |
63.8% |
36.2% |
Managers |
57.2% |
42.8% |
Directors |
76.1% |
23.9% |
Assurance Total |
|
62.8% |
37.2% |
Internal Firm Services |
Intern/Trainee |
24.7% |
75.3% |
Associates |
74.5% |
25.5% |
Managers |
64.7% |
35.3% |
Directors |
73.6% |
26.4% |
Internal Firm Services Total |
|
64.0% |
36.0% |
Tax and Legal Services |
Intern/Trainee |
52.1% |
47.9% |
Associates |
64.2% |
35.8% |
Managers |
64.0% |
36.0% |
Directors |
70.8% |
29.2% |
Tax and Legal Services Total |
|
61.9% |
38.1% |
Total |
|
67.1% |
32.9% |
Intern/Trainee |
Intern/Trainee |
Associates |
Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists |
Managers |
Senior Manager, Manager |
Directors |
Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner |
Major |
Defined locally by territories |
Minor |
Defined locally by territories |
Like all organisations, we have been impacted by the great resignation. In FY22, 65,375 people left our member firms (FY21: 53,503), resulting in a total turnover rate of 23.5% (FY21: 20.9%).
We remain focused on improving retention and delivering a differentiated people experience to ensure that PwC continues to be a great place to work. We are in contact with many of our former colleagues via our strong and active alumni network.
While our overall turnover rate is higher in FY22 than in FY21, the ratio of female to male leavers has remained relatively consistent and proportionate to our overall headcount.
Total Turnover by Region, Line of Service & Gender |
Region |
Global Line of Service |
Total Terminations |
Turnover Rate (%) |
Female (%) |
Male (%) |
Not Declared (%) |
Americas |
Advisory |
4,210 |
22.4% |
36.5% |
63.4% |
0.19% |
Assurance |
6,352 |
29.6% |
47.5% |
52.3% |
0.13% |
Internal Firm Services |
1,735 |
14.0% |
64.5% |
35.3% |
0.17% |
Tax and Legal Services |
3,473 |
24.9% |
49.9% |
50.0% |
0.09% |
Americas Total |
|
15,770 |
23.7% |
47.0% |
52.9% |
0.14% |
Asia Pacific |
Advisory |
8,590 |
24.1% |
34.1% |
65.8% |
0.12% |
Assurance |
11,322 |
28.0% |
55.1% |
44.9% |
0.04% |
Internal Firm Services |
1,660 |
16.8% |
60.4% |
39.6% |
0.06% |
Tax and Legal Services |
3,418 |
23.9% |
55.0% |
45.0% |
0.03% |
Asia Pacific Total |
|
24,990 |
24.9% |
48.2% |
51.8% |
0.06% |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |
Advisory |
7,194 |
24.8% |
37.5% |
62.5% |
0.03% |
Assurance |
10,926 |
24.4% |
46.0% |
54.0% |
0.04% |
Internal Firm Services |
2,487 |
13.5% |
56.5% |
43.5% |
0.04% |
Tax and Legal Services |
4,008 |
20.9% |
56.0% |
43.9% |
0.05% |
Europe, Middle East and Africa Total |
|
24,615 |
22.1% |
46.2% |
53.8% |
0.04% |
Total |
|
65,375 |
23.5% |
47.1% |
52.8% |
0.07% |
The turnover of our minority staff is slightly lower than the overall reported minority population.
Note on ethnicity data: We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
Total Turnover by Line of Service, Management Level & Ethnicity |
|
|
Line of Service |
Aggregated Management Level |
Major % |
Minor % |
Advisory |
Associates |
72.2% |
27.8% |
Managers |
58.5% |
41.5% |
Directors |
60.4% |
39.6% |
Advisory Total |
|
67.3% |
32.7% |
Assurance |
Associates |
63.9% |
36.1% |
Managers |
62.6% |
37.4% |
Directors |
74.3% |
25.7% |
Assurance Total |
|
64.0% |
36.0% |
Internal Firm Services |
Associates |
68.2% |
31.8% |
Managers |
67.1% |
32.9% |
Directors |
85.4% |
14.6% |
Internal Firm Services Total |
|
69.1% |
30.9% |
Tax and Legal Services |
Associates |
64.6% |
35.4% |
Managers |
62.3% |
37.7% |
Directors |
72.8% |
27.2% |
Tax and Legal Services Total |
|
64.5% |
35.5% |
Total |
|
65.8% |
34.2% |
Associates |
Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists, Interns (ML only) |
Managers |
Senior Manager, Manager |
Directors |
Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner |
Major |
Defined locally by territories |
Minor |
Defined locally by territories |
|
Employment and wealth generation |
Economic Contribution |
Partially Comply |
Given the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not produce consolidated financial accounts for PwC globally; however, we do provide some information related to revenues, net income, employment taxes paid, and so on.
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Please see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review.
In addition, please see the Impact chapter for information on our pro-bono and volunteering work. |
Innovation of better products and services |
Total R&D expenses ($) |
Comply |
Despite the economic uncertainty of the past year, continuing to invest in the future of our people, new technologies, further enhancing the quality of our work, and new products and services to meet the developing needs of our stakeholders remains a key priority for PwC.
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Across the PwC network, we invested over US$3.1bn during FY22 in areas such as strategic deployments, investments in critical markets, technology, risk and quality initiatives, and acquisitions. These investments collectively help PwC to drive innovation and be fit for the future. |
Community and social vitality |
Total tax paid |
Partially Comply |
It is a characteristic of partnerships that payment of the taxes on the income produced in the partnership is an obligation of the individual equity partners.
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Given this and the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect comprehensive information at a global level on taxes paid on income by each individual firm. However we are this year providing in our Financials chapter details of some of the taxes paid by PwC firms around the world. |
Employment and wealth generation |
Significant indirect economic impacts |
Partially comply |
PwC is a community of solvers and we are committed to supporting and working with others to increase inclusivity and enable more people to participate in and benefit from the economy and society more broadly.
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Our New world. New skills. programme seeks to enable everyone to have the digital skills they will need to thrive in the workforce of the future. We’ve activated this programme by empowering our people in their communities, joining forces with others such as our collaboration with UNICEF in support of Generation Unlimited, and through our work with clients.
For more detail on how we are building trust, supporting the development of public policy in the public interest, working on ESG topics, and having a positive impact on society, please see our chapters on Trust, ESG, and Impact, plus our Community Report in our FY22 Global Annual Review. |
Innovation of Better Products and Services |
Social value
generated (%) |
Partially comply |
We estimate that work that we classify as “entirely” ESG has generated US$301m of revenues in FY22.
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We do undertake further work on ESG matters as part of larger, multi-disciplinary projects and we plan to reflect that ESG work in future versions of this report.
To learn more about the range of our work that provides social benefit, please see our ESG, Trust, and Impact chapters. |
Vitality Index |
In progress |
We are proud of the recent innovations in our services in areas such as sustainability (see our ESG chapter). Show More
Currently, we collect data on our revenues in accordance with our lines of service. However we will look at the feasibility of analysing revenues in line with this metric and reporting information on services recently added to our portfolio. |
Community and social vitality |
Total Social Investment ($) |
Partially comply |
Across the world, we contribute to our local communities by volunteering and offering our services on a pro-bono or discounted basis. For example, in this financial year, 34,245 PwC volunteers gave 789,000 hours of volunteering.
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Over the last year, the financial value of our community activities is US$222.5 million. This includes contributions for disaster and in-kind responses from our 21 largest territories totalling US$6,183,584.
Another of our key societal impacts is supporting our people’s learning and development. On average we spent US$2,088 per employee on internal learning and development activities. This translates to an average of 69.7 hrs per person, up from 56.3 hrs in FY21.
Across our network, 226,042 people completed one or more pieces of learning related to inclusion and diversity in FY22 (up from 210,201 in FY21). This includes our Inclusive Mindset training programme with 83,651 learning hours completed to date. The total investment in the Inclusive Mindset programme was US$684,403.
More information on our community activities can be found in the Impact chapter of our FY22 Global Annual Review. |
Community and social vitality |
Additional tax remitted |
Partially comply |
Given the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect comprehensive information at a global level on taxes paid by each individual firm.
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However this year we are providing details of some of the taxes paid by PwC firms around the world including taxes such as VAT collected on behalf of others. To review this information, please see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review. |
Community and social vitality |
Total tax paid by country for significant locations |
Not comply |
It is a characteristic of partnerships that payment of the taxes on the income produced in the partnership is an obligation of the individual equity partners.
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Given this and the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect information at a global level on taxes paid by each individual firm. We do provide some information on some taxes aggregated at a network level (see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review) and some of our individual firms do provide information on their total tax contributions. |
Employment and wealth generation
|
Financial investment contribution
Infrastructure investments and services supported |
Not Material |
As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.
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Since PwC is a network of privately owned separate legal entities, the metric on financial investment contribution is not relevant to PwC.
As a professional services network, we make limited investments in infrastructure outside of renting property. However, our commercial work involves infrastructure-related work that serves to benefit communities. For example, see our ESG chapter for examples of how we are supporting the development of plastic recycling infrastructure in India and green energy infrastructure in Germany and Australia. |