You are of course free to consult your employer and draw your line however you like.

For me, I'm comfortable saying that I don't speak for the company and leaving the numbers within an order of magnitude. When it becomes my job to decide which numbers are and aren't fit to talk about publicly, I'm happy to update you.

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I doubt it is, and I don't think I'd get in trouble for sharing it.

But, it's not my job to decide whether or not that information should be shared, because it's not my job to speak for the company.

I'm having a hard time understanding why people think this is not a reasonable position.

if combined with other data, it could show how inefficient/efficient programmers are

I'd bet he has a lot of colleagues more qualified to question what he cares to reveal about their collective private intellectual property than you