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Apple Headquarters & offices · Cupertino, California

The curved glass wall of Apple Park and its inner courtyard
Inside the ring, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view of Apple Park with solar panels on the roof
Apple Park from the air, 2018 · Daniel L. Lu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Steve Jobs Theater across the landscape
Steve Jobs Theater, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Apple Park at sunset from the air
Apple Park at sunset, 2024 · Nils Huenerfuerst / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
The main building seen across a meadow
Across the meadow, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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
The inner courtyard of Apple Park
The inner courtyard, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Steve Jobs Theater on its hill
Steve Jobs Theater, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The ring seen from the theater hill
View from the theater, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Apple Park Visitor Center
Visitor Center, 2017 · FASTILY / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Apple Park from a drone in 2022
From a drone, 2022 · InvadingInvader / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Apple Park and Cupertino from the air
Apple Park, 2019 · Arne Müseler / CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Apple Park, up close

Long curved glass facade of a ring-shaped building
The curved glass of the ring, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wooden walkway under a canopy beside plants
Walkway by the wellness center, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rainbow-coloured arch over a lawn
Rainbow stage on the grounds, 2026 · Nicolapps / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wide view of a dark auditorium lit in blue
Steve Jobs Theater auditorium, 2018 · Justin Ormont / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view of the ring building at sunset
Apple Park at sunset, 2024 · Nils Huenerfuerst / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
White stone staircase
Visitor Center staircase, 2018 · Gregory Varnum / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Glass-walled room with olive trees
Inside the Visitor Center, 2018 · Gregory Varnum / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Terrace with wooden tables under a slatted roof
Visitor Center roof terrace, 2025 · Yelderberry (talk) / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dark wooden barn among plants
Glendenning Barn on the grounds, 2019 · Victor Grigas / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Before Apple Park: Infinite Loop and other Cupertino offices

Glass entrance of a white office building
Infinite Loop, 2016 · FASTILY / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Store shelves with T-shirts and gifts
The company store at Infinite Loop, 2008 · Greg Dunlap / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wall of screens between dark server cabinets
Executive Briefing Center, 2010 · Cole Camplese / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Long low office building behind a car park
De Anza campus, 2013 · Kohei Kanno / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Aerial view of round and rectangular office buildings
Wolfe campus, 2023 · InvadingInvader / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Facts: Apple Newsroom, “Apple Park opens to employees in April” (Feb 22, 2017). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each photo.

Apple Park, Cupertino

BuildingAddress
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 ↓

ArchitectFoster + Partners
Main building2.8M sq ft
Site175 acres
Trees planted9,000+

Source: Apple Newsroom, “Apple Park opens to employees in April” (2017)

Office tour videos

Touring Apple Park At WWDC | Inside Apple's $5 Billion HQPhones And Drones · 2022 · YouTube ↗
I visited Apple Park in Cupertino — Campus & Visitor CenterThisIsE · 2025 · YouTube ↗

Benefits (United States)

Donation matching$10,000

One-for-one, up to $10,000 a year.

Volunteering$25/hr

Apple contributes $25 for every hour you volunteer.

Stock purchaseESPP

Buy Apple stock at a discount (Employee Stock Purchase Plan).

Stock awardsRSUs

Eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards.

Health and time awayGlobal

Health, wellness and time-away benefits around the world.

Fitness100,000 sq ft

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

EquityCash and stock awards

Discretionary cash and equity awards so employees share in the company's success.

ESPPBuy Apple stock at a discount

Employees can buy Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

$10,000Giving matched

Donations matched one-for-one up to $10,000 a year.

$25/hrFor volunteering

Apple gives $25 for every hour an employee volunteers.

Apple UApple University

Programs on leadership, management and Apple's culture, plus online classes.

SurveysEmployees are asked

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

People · FY2025
166,000 full-time equivalent employees
166,000

full-time equivalent employees (Sept 27, 2025)

12,000+

people moved into Apple Park

19×

growth since 2000 (8,568 employees)

Global

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

Median employee · total compensation, FY2025$139,483

Includes base pay, bonuses, commissions and stock. The CEO earned 533 times this amount.

Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio)

Base pay range · two Apple job postings, Cupertino
Backend Software Engineer$150,400 – $277,600
Engineering Manager$206,200 – $356,400

Source: Apple job postings 200683887-0836 and 200686913-0836 (2026). Base pay only; stock and benefits are on top.

Pay by ageNot published

Apple doesn't publish pay by age. Pay ranges in job postings are the closest official number.

Compare Apple with: Google · Microsoft · Samsung Electronics · Panasonic

Office history: from a family garage to the ring

  1. 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”)

    The house and garage on Crist Drive, Los Altos
    Crist Drive, Los Altos · Mathieu Thouvenin / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  2. 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

    Aerial view of the Infinite Loop campus
    Infinite Loop from the air, 2023 · InvadingInvader / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  3. 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 from the air in 2018
    Apple Park, 2018 · Daniel L. Lu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  4. 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

    The Apple Park Visitor Center
    Visitor Center, 2017 · FASTILY / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  5. 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 at sunset
    Apple Park, 2024 · Nils Huenerfuerst / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Annual reportHQ space (sq ft)m²As described
20172,800,000260,128Apple 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.

Map of Crist Drive, Infinite Loop and Apple Park
  1. 1 · the startCrist Drive garage, Los Altos
  2. 2 · 1993–20171 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
  3. 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

iPhoneSmartphones
$209.6B
ServicesApp Store, iCloud, Music, Pay…
$109.2B
Wearables, Home and AccessoriesWatch, AirPods, Apple TV…
$35.7B
MacLaptops and desktops
$33.7B
iPadTablets
$28.0B

Source: Form 10-K FY2025, Products and Services Performance

Net sales, FY2025$416.2Bup 6% in a year
Net income, FY2025$112.0BGAAP
Revenue per employee$2.5M$416.2B ÷ 166,000
Profit per employee$0.7M$112.0B ÷ 166,000

Source: Form 10-K FY2025 · SEC XBRL · per-employee figures calculated by eciffo

Growth: revenue vs. people

17×revenue, FY2007 → FY2025
$24.6B → $416.2B
7.7×employees, same years
21,600 → 166,000
YearRevenueEmployees
FY2007
$24.6B
21,600
FY2008
$37.5B
32,000
FY2009
$42.9B
34,300
FY2010
$65.2B
46,600
FY2011
$108.2B
60,400
FY2012
$156.5B
72,800
FY2013
$170.9B
80,300
FY2014
$182.8B
92,600
FY2025
$416.2B
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

Tim Cook
Austin Community College / CC BY 2.0 (2017)
2011 – today
Tim Cook

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's official social accounts

Apple's official accounts.

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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