營運著 Steam 平台（如果你未曾聽過，這是一款用現金「買遊戲」的「遊戲」）的 VALVE ，因為不是公開發行公司，所以外人往往難以得知內部運作的各項數據與資料。
不過近來 SteamDB 創立人 Pavel Djundik 透過 Wolffire 與 Valve 的反壟斷訴訟文件中窺見了一些與毛利率及雇員人數相關的資料。
據 The Verge 的整理：
- 2021 總員工人數為 336 人
- 分為 Admin / Steam / Games / Hardware 四個部門
- 分別負責行政管理、Steam 營運、遊戲開發、硬體開發
- 營運部門 2003 年有 16 名員工，至 2021 年止為 79 人
- 遊戲開發部門在 2019 年達到巔峰，約 201 人，之後預算與編制有所減少
- 硬體部門起初 7 人，在 Steam Deck 發售時約 41 人
- 從訴訟文件資料來看，以 2021 年支付給開發部門的薪水來回推的話（雖然意義不大），每位員工的年薪大約是 106 萬美金，注意，這只是推算。
以下是 The Verge 整理的表格，詳情可見原文：
Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs
| Year | Category | [Presumably: Gross pay] | [Presumably: Number of employees] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Admin | $454,142 | 5 |
| 2004 | Admin | $548,833 | 8 |
| 2005 | Admin | $11,644,172 | 9 |
| 2006 | Admin | $7,905,166 | 11 |
| 2007 | Admin | $1,997,107 | 12 |
| 2008 | Admin | $19,519,296 | 14 |
| 2009 | Admin | $20,300,752 | 18 |
| 2010 | Admin | $34,754,590 | 19 |
| 2011 | Admin | $35,216,732 | 22 |
| 2012 | Admin | $68,925,186 | 24 |
| 2013 | Admin | $48,462,690 | 20 |
| 2014 | Admin | $90,406,510 | 23 |
| 2015 | Admin | $91,496,697 | 24 |
| 2016 | Admin | $95,444,499 | 35 |
| 2017 | Admin | $83,146,640 | 38 |
| 2018 | Admin | $103,479,550 | 39 |
| 2019 | Admin | $109,720,296 | 39 |
| 2020 | Admin | $118,435,121 | 39 |
| 2021 | Admin | $157,999,567 | 35 |
| 2003 | Games | $3,933,064 | 57 |
| 2004 | Games | $4,471,342 | 61 |
| 2005 | Games | $18,122,549 | 81 |
| 2006 | Games | $17,260,260 | 97 |
| 2007 | Games | $12,768,984 | 100 |
| 2008 | Games | $39,677,549 | 136 |
| 2009 | Games | $44,076,164 | 148 |
| 2010 | Games | $66,201,302 | 173 |
| 2011 | Games | $68,173,834 | 175 |
| 2012 | Games | $135,484,323 | 186 |
| 2013 | Games | $107,654,658 | 188 |
| 2014 | Games | $152,351,554 | 185 |
| 2015 | Games | $181,769,451 | 160 |
| 2016 | Games | $174,660,830 | 175 |
| 2017 | Games | $221,488,403 | 184 |
| 2018 | Games | $216,249,204 | 192 |
| 2019 | Games | $236,798,782 | 201 |
| 2020 | Games | $199,306,798 | 189 |
| 2021 | Games | $192,355,985 | 181 |
| 2003 | Steam | $1,038,091 | 16 |
| 2004 | Steam | $1,113,136 | 16 |
| 2005 | Steam | $2,840,825 | 23 |
| 2006 | Steam | $3,424,485 | 29 |
| 2007 | Steam | $3,128,634 | 34 |
| 2008 | Steam | $5,053,283 | 40 |
| 2009 | Steam | $7,339,922 | 51 |
| 2010 | Steam | $17,732,609 | 60 |
| 2011 | Steam | $16,369,045 | 101 |
| 2012 | Steam | $42,966,257 | 127 |
| 2013 | Steam | $44,515,505 | 128 |
| 2014 | Steam | $52,338,579 | 119 |
| 2015 | Steam | $72,391,837 | 142 |
| 2016 | Steam | $56,390,975 | 125 |
| 2017 | Steam | $64,945,395 | 102 |
| 2018 | Steam | $70,814,165 | 82 |
| 2019 | Steam | $66,481,253 | 80 |
| 2020 | Steam | $71,752,682 | 82 |
| 2021 | Steam | $76,446,633 | 79 |
| 2011 | Hardware | $2,252,828 | 7 |
| 2012 | Hardware | $3,460,641 | 14 |
| 2013 | Hardware | $5,369,203 | 20 |
| 2014 | Hardware | $10,180,424 | 27 |
| 2015 | Hardware | $12,396,140 | 27 |
| 2016 | Hardware | $11,001,217 | 36 |
| 2017 | Hardware | $16,724,365 | 39 |
| 2018 | Hardware | $19,578,951 | 47 |
| 2019 | Hardware | $15,831,572 | 47 |
| 2020 | Hardware | $12,008,996 | 31 |
| 2021 | Hardware | $17,706,376 | 41 |
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