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Apple Headquarters & offices · Cupertino, California
Apple · Cupertino, California
A ring of glass among 9,000 trees, a 100,000 sq ft fitness center, and up to $10,000 a year in donation matching.
Apple Park, the benefits and the road from a family garage to Infinite Loop to the ring — then the pay. Every number from Apple's filings, newsroom and careers pages.
- 8,568 → 166,000people, 2000 → 2025
- 175acres at Apple Park
- $139,483median employee pay
- $2.5Mrevenue per employee
Sources: Form 10-K FY2025 · Proxy statement 2026 · Apple Newsroom (Feb 22, 2017) · apple.com/careers
Companies / United States / Consumer electronics / Apple
THE NEWEST OFFICE · APPLE PARK · 2017
175 acres, 9,000 trees and a ring that runs on the sun
Apple Park replaced 5 million sq ft of asphalt and concrete with grass and more than 9,000 native and drought-resistant trees. The main building is 2.8 million sq ft, the roof carries 17 megawatts of solar panels, and employees have a 100,000 sq ft fitness center.
- 2.8M sq ft (≈ 260,129 m²)
- 12,000+ people
- 17 MW rooftop solar
- 1,000-seat theater
- Design: Foster + Partners






Apple Park, up close









Before Apple Park: Infinite Loop and other Cupertino offices





Facts: Apple Newsroom, “Apple Park opens to employees in April” (Feb 22, 2017). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo.
Apple Park, Cupertino
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Apple Park (HQ) | One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014 |
| Infinite Loop (former HQ) | 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 |
Source: Form 10-K covers (FY2017 and FY2018) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Apple Newsroom, “Apple Park opens to employees in April” (2017)
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Benefits (United States)
One-for-one, up to $10,000 a year.
Apple contributes $25 for every hour you volunteer.
Buy Apple stock at a discount (Employee Stock Purchase Plan).
Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
Health, wellness and time-away benefits around the world.
The fitness and wellness center at Apple Park.
Source: apple.com/careers/us benefits page · Apple job postings (2026) · Apple Newsroom (2017). Apple doesn't publish its PTO or parental-leave numbers on these pages.
What Apple says it offers its people
Discretionary cash and equity awards so employees share in the company's success.
Employees can buy Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Donations matched one-for-one up to $10,000 a year.
Apple gives $25 for every hour an employee volunteers.
Programs on leadership, management and Apple's culture, plus online classes.
Surveys on career development, manager performance and inclusion.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Human Capital · apple.com/careers benefits page · Apple job postings (2026)
Who works here
full-time equivalent employees (Sept 27, 2025)
people moved into Apple Park
growth since 2000 (8,568 employees)
benefits for employees around the world
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 and FY2000 · Apple Newsroom (2017). Apple doesn't break its workforce down by job in the 10-K.
Pay at Apple
Includes base pay, bonuses, commissions and stock. The CEO earned 533 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Source: Apple job postings 200683887-0836 and 200686913-0836 (2026). Base pay only; stock and benefits are on top.
Apple doesn't publish pay by age. Pay ranges in job postings are the closest official number.
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Office history: from a family garage to the ring
- The start A garage on Crist Drive, Los Altos
Apple's story is usually told from the garage of Steve Jobs' parents' house on Crist Drive in Los Altos, a few kilometres from today's campus.
Source: Photo caption: Wikimedia Commons (“Garage of Steve Jobs’ parents on Crist Drive in Los Altos”)

Crist Drive, Los Altos · Mathieu Thouvenin / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1993–2017 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
For more than two decades Apple's filings gave its address as 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino — the address on every 10-K from the earliest one on EDGAR through fiscal 2017.
Source: Form 10-K covers, FY2000–FY2017

Infinite Loop from the air, 2023 · InvadingInvader / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2017 Apple Park opens
Employees began moving into Apple Park in April 2017, a process spanning more than six months for over 12,000 people. The Steve Jobs Theater opened later that year.
Source: Apple Newsroom, Feb 22, 2017

Apple Park, 2018 · Daniel L. Lu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2017 A visitor center for the public
The Apple Park Visitor Center — an Apple Store, café and exhibit — opened to the public in November 2017.
Source: Apple Newsroom, Nov 2017

Visitor Center, 2017 · FASTILY / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2018– One Apple Park Way
From the fiscal 2018 annual report on, Apple's official address is One Apple Park Way, Cupertino.
Source: Form 10-K cover, FY2018–FY2025

Apple Park, 2024 · Nils Huenerfuerst / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
| Annual report | HQ space (sq ft) | m² | As described |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2,800,000 | 260,128 | Apple Park main building (Apple Newsroom) |
Map: how the headquarters moved
Apple has never left a few kilometres of the Santa Clara Valley: from a garage in Los Altos to Infinite Loop by Interstate 280, and then 1.5 km east to the ring.

- 1 · the startCrist Drive garage, Los Altos
- 2 · 1993–20171 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
- 3 · 2017–todayApple Park, One Apple Park Way
Addresses: Form 10-K covers · Locations: OpenStreetMap · Basemap © Esri
What Apple does
Apple designs the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods, and sells services on top of them — the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Pay and more.
Reports five geographic segments; sales are shown by product category below.
Where the money came from · net sales by category, FY2025
Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Products and Services Performance
Source: Form 10-K FY2025 · SEC XBRL · per-employee figures calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$24.6B → $416.2B
21,600 → 166,000
Fiscal years end in late September. Revenue: SEC XBRL data. Employees: Form 10-K (full-time equivalent; FY2015–FY2024 not shown). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives

Chief Executive Officer. Signs Apple's annual reports and proxy statements as CEO.
Co-founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · apple.com/leadership
Hear it from the CEO
Apple: questions people ask
Where is Apple's headquarters?
Apple Park, One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, California. Before 2018 Apple's address was 1 Infinite Loop, also in Cupertino.
Source: Form 10-K covers
How many people work at Apple?
About 166,000 full-time equivalent employees as of September 27, 2025.
Source: Form 10-K FY2025
How much do Apple employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $139,483 in fiscal 2025. Two 2026 Cupertino postings list base pay of $150,400–$277,600 (Backend Software Engineer) and $206,200–$356,400 (Engineering Manager).
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Apple job postings
How big is Apple Park?
175 acres. The main building is 2.8 million sq ft and was built for more than 12,000 people.
Source: Apple Newsroom (2017)
Who designed Apple Park?
Foster + Partners, working with Apple.
Source: Apple Newsroom (2017)
Can you visit Apple Park?
The Apple Park Visitor Center — with an Apple Store and café — is open to the public. The main campus is for employees.
Source: Apple Newsroom
Does Apple match donations?
Yes: one-for-one up to $10,000 a year, plus $25 for every hour an employee volunteers.
Source: apple.com/careers
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