Employees by status group in Germany
Proportion of civil servants continues to fall
Employees by status group in Germany (in FTE)
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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Active civil servants |
12,153 |
10,583 |
9,653 |
8,381 |
6,891 |
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Civil servants on temporary leave from civil servant status1 |
553 |
405 |
311 |
256 |
212 |
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Civil servants at affiliated companies1 |
8,720 |
7,423 |
6,773 |
5,836 |
4,942 |
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Total civil servants |
21,426 |
18,412 |
16,736 |
14,474 |
12,045 |
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Non-civil servants in Germany |
72,685 |
70,620 |
68,424 |
66,995 |
66,555 |
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Total employees in Germany |
94,111 |
89,032 |
85,160 |
81,469 |
78,600 |
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Proportion of non-civil servants in Germany |
77.2 % |
79.3 % |
80.3 % |
82.2 % |
84.7 % |
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Proportion of civil servants in Germany |
22.8 % |
20.7 % |
19.7 % |
17.8 % |
15.3 % |
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In the financial year 2023, the proportion of employees with civil servant status declined to 15.3 percent, while the proportion of non-civil servants rose 2.5 to 84.7 percent. This development was in line with expectations because Deutsche Telekom had stopped recruiting new employees with civil servant status following its privatization in 1995. The number of remaining civil servants is continuously shrinking due to old age retirement, transfers to government authorities, and the dedicated retirement scheme.
