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On the Record · CME

CME layoffs, on the record

Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring CME reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings. Headcount went from approximately 3,565 to approximately 3,760.

Headcount, as reported

Annual reportEmployeesAs of
10-K for 2023approximately 3,565December 31, 2023
10-K for 2024approximately 3,760December 31, 2024

Job cuts, severance and restructuring

  1. Our summaryReduced the workforce by 3% of employees, which drove higher employee separation and restructuring costs. during 2023 · Affected: 3% of employees

    Word for word“Employee separation and restructuring costs increased year over year largely due to a reduction in force of 3% of employees during 2023.” 10-K for 2023

  2. Our summaryAmended and restated the CME Group Inc. Severance Plan, effective March 7, 2023. effective March 7, 2023

    Word for word“10.18(1) CME Group Inc. Severance Plan, as amended and restated, effective March 7, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to CME Group Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2023).” 10-K for 2023

CME has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.

Read from CME’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.