People Overview
At PPG, we aim to champion all employees, encouraging them to be their authentic selves and empowering everyone to reach their full potential. Our people strategies provide the foundation for our team members to thrive, deliver and grow, enabling them to deliver exceptional performance and live our purpose: We protect and beautify the world.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Aspirational goals | Progress since 2021 |
34-36% representation of non-frontline, global female professionals by 2025 | 32% representation of non-frontline, global female professionals |
45-55% increase in headcount of Black, Latino and Asian professionals across non-frontline, U.S.-based employee population by 2025 | 42% increase in non-frontline headcount for U.S. Black professionals |
44% increase in non-frontline headcount for U.S. Latino professionals | |
26% increase in non-frontline headcount for U.S. Asian professionals | |
50% global employee resource network and DE&I capability-building participation by 2025 | 42% global employee resource network and DE&I capability-building participation |
Safety and health
2030 target | Progress since 2019 |
100% of employees go home safely each day. On our way, drive at least 5% annual improvement in injury and illness rate | 0% annual improvement in injury and illness rate |
Multi-year data highlights
Number of employees
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2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
50,000 | 52,000 | 49,300 | 46,900 | 47,600 |
Numbers are average for the full year and include PPG joint ventures.
2023 employees by region
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Asia Pacific | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Latin America | U.S. and Canada | Total | |
Female | 1,804 | 5,440 | 2,281 | 5,279 | 14,804 |
Male | 5,554 | 11,899 | 6,410 | 13,343 | 37,206 |
Non-binary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
Not specified | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
Total | 7,358 | 17,389 | 8,692 | 18,640 | 52,079 |
Numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2023.
2023 employees by employee type
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Full-time | Part-time | |
Female | 14,016 | 788 |
Male | 36,591 | 61 |
Non-binary | 17 | 1 |
Not specified | 51 | 0 |
Total | 49,786 | 1,352 |
Numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2023.