7. Personnel expenses
|
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
1,051,374 |
976,815 |
|
|
Social security costs |
149,097 |
135,050 |
|
|
Share-based payment expense |
29 |
2,573 |
2,709 |
|
Pension costs - defined contribution plans |
114,021 |
103,646 |
|
|
Pension costs - defined benefit plans |
25 |
1,736 |
1,548 |
|
Other post-employment benefits |
4,263 |
8,999 |
|
|
1,323,064 |
1,228,767 |
Personnel expenses include restructuring costs and other termination benefits of €7 million (2024: €12 million). At year-end 2025, the Group employed 13,443 FTE (2024: 13,103). The average number of FTE in 2025 was 13,323 (2024: 13,172), of which 6,539 in other countries than the Netherlands (2024: 6,465).
