People Overview

PPG employees wearing PPE inspecting equipment in laboratory

PPG people make it happen.

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

2019	47,600
2020	46,900
2021	49,300
2022	52,000
2023	50,000

_{Numbers are average for the full year and include PPG joint ventures.}

2023 employees by region

	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

	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.}