Google Cloud Narrows Gap With AWS in Revenue per Employee

As a pioneer in renting out cloud servers, Amazon Web Services has long generated far more revenue and profits than its rivals. But one rival, Google Cloud, has made up a lot of ground on AWS when it comes to a key measure of efficiency—revenue per employee.

In the first three quarters of 2023, AWS generated around $580,000 per employee while Google Cloud generated around $460,000 per employee, according to calculations by The Information using previously undisclosed data. While those figures mean AWS generated 26% more revenue per employee than Google during that period, that gap was much bigger just a few years ago. During the first three quarters of 2019, AWS generated 67% more revenue per employee than Google’s cloud unit.