32. Employees and Personnel Expenses
The breakdown of employees by function is as follows:
|
|
2023 |
|
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,403 |
|
8,657 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,815 |
|
8,118 |
Research and development |
|
1,686 |
|
1,841 |
Other functions |
|
4,054 |
|
4,175 |
|
|
21,958 |
|
22,791 |
|
|
2023 |
|
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,313 |
|
8,558 |
Marketing and sales |
|
7,779 |
|
8,029 |
Research and development |
|
1,660 |
|
1,791 |
Other functions |
|
3,991 |
|
4,084 |
|
|
21,743 |
|
22,462 |
Personnel expenses amounted to €1,894 million (previous year: €1,788 million). This amount breaks down into wages and salaries of €1,551 million (previous year: €1,474 million), social security expense of €235 million (previous year: €213 million), and pension expense of €108 million (previous year: €101 million). A breakdown of employees by business segment can be found in the segment reporting.