32. Employees and Personnel Expenses
The breakdown of employees by function is as follows:
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|
2024 |
|
2025 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,658 |
|
8,632 |
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Marketing and sales |
|
7,822 |
|
7,945 |
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Research and development |
|
1,738 |
|
1,849 |
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Other functions |
|
4,049 |
|
3,973 |
|||
|
|
22,267 |
|
22,399 |
|||
|
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|
|
2024 |
|
2025 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Production, supply chain, and quality management |
|
8,625 |
|
8,667 |
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Marketing and sales |
|
7,761 |
|
7,912 |
|||
Research and development |
|
1,675 |
|
1,842 |
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Other functions |
|
3,998 |
|
3,980 |
|||
|
|
22,059 |
|
22,401 |
|||
|
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Personnel expenses amounted to €1,957 million (previous year: €1,894 million). This amount breaks down into wages and salaries of €1,600 million (previous year: €1,551 million), social security expense of €242 million (previous year: €235 million), and pension expense of €114 million (previous year: €108 million). A breakdown of employees by business segment can be found in the segment reporting.