7.1.3. Employees

Personnel expenses

In € thousand

1 – 12/2024

1 – 12/2023

Salaries

654,876

591,248

Expenses for termination benefits

6,442

9,286

Pension expenses

27,089

23,538

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

184,921

152,858

Other social expenditures

17,314

14,431

Total

890,642

791,362

of which sales

151,933

132,114

of which administration

733,325

653,174

of which retirees

5,384

6,074

Average number of employees in full time equivalents1)

 

31/12/2024

31/12/2023

Total

15,131

14,629

of which sales

3,797

3,798

of which administration

11,333

10,831

1)

The presentation does not include the average number of salaried employees in the discontinued operation.