Employment Structure
We define employees as all active members of the workforce holding a permanent or fixed-term employment contract with WACKER (in other words Wacker Chemie AG or one of its subsidiaries) as of December 31, 2025. Subcontracted employees work in our plants, too. 65 percent (previous year: 64 percent) of our employees work in Germany and 35 percent (previous year: 36 percent) elsewhere; 51 percent of these employees work in direct areas (production, production-related). Further information on the number of employees, personnel costs and retirement benefits can be found in the combined management report.
The following tables show the characteristics of our employees. Headcounts relating to our reporting date are generally reported at the end of the reporting period.
Head count |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender |
|
Number |
|
% |
|
Number |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
|
12,331 |
|
74.9 |
|
12,526 |
|
75.3 |
Female |
|
4,135 |
|
25.1 |
|
4,110 |
|
24.7 |
Other |
|
1 |
|
0.0 |
|
1 |
|
0.0 |
Total employees |
|
16,467 |
|
100.0 |
|
16,637 |
|
100.0 |
One person in the workforce identifies as non-binary. The information below is limited to two genders.
Head count |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Number |
|
% |
|
Number |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany |
|
10,749 |
|
65.3 |
|
10,656 |
|
64.1 |
USA |
|
1,690 |
|
10.3 |
|
1,878 |
|
11.3 |
China |
|
1,652 |
|
10.0 |
|
1,748 |
|
10.5 |
Other countries |
|
2,376 |
|
14.4 |
|
2,355 |
|
14.2 |
Total employees |
|
16,467 |
|
100.0 |
|
16,637 |
|
100.0 |
WACKER’s own workforce also includes non-employees. As of December 31, 2025, there were 178 (previous year: 186) non-employees (temporary workers) at WACKER.
Head count |
|
2025 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Female |
|
Male |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of permanent employees |
|
3,816 |
|
11,615 |
|
1 |
|
15,432 |
|
93.7 |
Number of temporary employees |
|
319 |
|
716 |
|
– |
|
1,035 |
|
6.3 |
Number of non-guaranteed hours employees |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
Number of full-time employees |
|
2,786 |
|
9,758 |
|
1 |
|
12,545 |
|
76.2 |
Number of part-time employees |
|
1,349 |
|
2,573 |
|
– |
|
3,922 |
|
23.8 |
Total employees |
|
4,135 |
|
12,331 |
|
1 |
|
16,467 |
|
100.0 |
Head count |
|
2024 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Female |
|
Male |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of permanent employees |
|
3,791 |
|
11,749 |
|
1 |
|
15,541 |
|
93.4 |
Number of temporary employees |
|
319 |
|
777 |
|
– |
|
1,096 |
|
6.6 |
Number of non-guaranteed hours employees |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
|
– |
Number of full-time employees |
|
2,802 |
|
10,022 |
|
1 |
|
12,825 |
|
77.1 |
Number of part-time employees |
|
1,308 |
|
2,504 |
|
– |
|
3,812 |
|
22.9 |
Total employees |
|
4,110 |
|
12,526 |
|
1 |
|
16,637 |
|
100.0 |
Head count |
|
2025 |
|
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
Total departures |
|
1,190 |
|
1,005 |
Employee turnover rate (%) |
|
7.2 |
|
6.1 |
When calculating employee turnover, we look at the entire reporting period and include reasons for leaving the company such as dismissal by the employer and resignation by the employee, severance agreements (Aufhebungsverträge), employees who leave at the end of fixed-term contracts, retirement and death. Employees who leave WACKER through phased early retirement are considered a departure on the date they switch from the active phase to the passive phase since the employee is no longer included from this date onward in our active employee figures. In order to enable a comparison with benchmark values, we use the total number of departures and the yearly average headcount.