(32) Personnel expenses
Personnel expenses comprised the following:
€ million |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wages and salaries |
|
5,340 |
|
4,824 |
Compulsory social security contributions and other costs |
|
844 |
|
748 |
Pension expenses |
|
460 |
|
461 |
Personnel expenses |
|
6,644 |
|
6,033 |
Personnel expenses comprised expenses of € 200 million (2021: € 170 million) for defined contribution plans which are funded exclusively using external funds and therefore do not represent any obligation for the Group other than making contribution payments. In addition, employer contributions amounting to € 92 million (2021: € 87 million) were transferred to the German statutory pension insurance system and € 105 million (2021: € 88 million) to statutory pension insurance systems abroad.