7.1.3. Employees

Personnel expenses

In € thousand

1 – 12/2025

1 – 12/2024

Salaries

716,947

654,876

Expenses for termination benefits

6,337

6,442

Pension expenses

25,776

27,089

Expenditure on mandatory social security contributions as well as income-based charges and compulsory contributions

194,138

184,921

Other social expenditures

17,692

17,314

Total

960,890

890,642

of which sales

154,812

151,933

of which administration

801,479

733,325

of which retirees

4,599

5,384

Average number of employees in full time equivalents

 

31/12/2025

31/12/2024

Total

14,959

15,131

of which sales

3,616

3,797

of which administration

11,342

11,333