31. Employees and Personnel Expenses
The breakdown of employees by function is as follows:
|
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
7,812 |
|
8,253 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,514 |
|
7,644 |
Research and development |
|
1,530 |
|
1,591 |
Other functions |
|
3,711 |
|
3,913 |
|
|
20,567 |
|
21,401 |
|
|
2021 |
|
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
7,857 |
|
8,166 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,479 |
|
7,681 |
Research and development |
|
1,494 |
|
1,573 |
Other functions |
|
3,648 |
|
3,813 |
|
|
20,478 |
|
21,233 |
Personnel expenses amounted to €1,747 million (previous year: €1,573 million). This amount breaks down into wages and salaries of €1,404 million (previous year: €1,256 million), social security expense of €217 million (previous year: €192 million), and pension expense of €126 million (previous year: €125 million). A breakdown of employees by business segment can be found in the segment reporting.