31. Employees and Personnel Expenses
The breakdown of employees by function is as follows:
|
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,253 |
|
8,403 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,644 |
|
7,815 |
Research and development |
|
1,591 |
|
1,686 |
Other functions |
|
3,913 |
|
4,054 |
|
|
21,401 |
|
21,958 |
|
|
2022 |
|
2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,166 |
|
8,313 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,681 |
|
7,779 |
Research and development |
|
1,573 |
|
1,660 |
Other functions |
|
3,813 |
|
3,991 |
|
|
21,233 |
|
21,743 |
Personnel expenses amounted to €1,788 million (previous year: €1,747 million). This amount breaks down into wages and salaries of €1,474 million (previous year: €1,404 million), social security expense of €213 million (previous year: €217 million), and pension expense of €101 million (previous year: €126 million). A breakdown of employees by business segment can be found in the segment reporting.