25 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.