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Average number of employees and personnel costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024

2023

2022

Group (total)

 

200,227

204,856

211,236

Of which: discontinued operation

 

0

65

760

Germany

 

76,787

80,112

83,406

International

 

123,440

124,744

127,830

Non-civil servants

 

193,986

197,289

202,346

Civil servants (domestic, active service relationship)

 

6,241

7,567

8,891

Trainees and students on cooperative degree courses

 

4,684

4,908

5,251

Personnel costs

millions of €

19,004

19,077

19,371

Of which: wages and salaries

millions of €

15,724

15,787

16,052

Of which: social security contributions and pension benefit costs

millions of €

3,280

3,290

3,319

The average headcount decreased by 2.3 % compared with the prior year. In Germany, it decreased by 4.2 % due in particular to efficiency enhancement measures and the take-up of socially responsible instruments in connection with staff restructuring in the Germany operating segment, and in the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment. The average headcount outside of Germany also decreased by 1.0 %, mainly in the United States. In the Europe operating segment, we continued to drive forward the socially responsible staff restructuring. Recruitment in the Technology and Innovation unit had an offsetting effect.

Personnel costs decreased by EUR 0.1 billion year-on-year to EUR 19.0 billion, mainly driven by the United States operating segment, due to the lower average headcount and lower restructuring expenses. In the Germany and Europe operating segments and in the Group Headquarters & Group Services segment, lower headcounts likewise resulted in a reduction in personnel costs. The agreed salary increases from the collective agreements concluded in 2023 and 2024 in Germany and abroad had an offsetting effect.