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Personnel expenses and employee information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract]  
Personnel expenses and employee information Personnel expenses and employee information
Personnel expenses for all payroll employees were as follows:
Year ended December 31 (€, in millions)
2023
2024
2025
Wages and salaries
4,447.0
5,001.2
5,460.2
Social security expenses
410.5
468.4
516.6
Pension and retirement expenses
348.9
395.2
433.7
Share-based payments
134.8
172.6
202.3
Personnel expenses
5,341.2
6,037.4
6,612.8
The continued increase in personnel expenses is primarily attributable to higher average wages and salaries per FTE,
reflecting our ongoing investment in talent to support the growth and expansion of our business.
Short-term incentive bonus plans
We offer annual performance-based STI bonus plans to our employees. Bonus payouts vary depending on job grade,
plan type, and both company and individual performance. For employees excluding the Board of Management, the
payout average is 17% of annual base gross salary. The 2025 STI bonus is accrued for as part of Accrued and other
liabilities in the Consolidated balance sheets and will be paid in the first quarter of 2026.
The STI bonus expenses for the (former) Board of Management and other employees were as follows:
Year ended December 31 (€, in millions)
2023
2024
2025
Board of Management
6.0
5.3
7.3
Former Board of Management1
—
1.0
—
Other employees
712.6
816.8
951.0
Total STI bonus expenses
718.6
823.1
958.3
1.On April 24, 2024, Peter T.F.M. Wennink and Martin A. van den Brink stepped down from their roles as Presidents of ASML and are, therefore,
presented as former Board of Management in 2024.
The average number of payroll employees in FTEs was:
Average number of payroll employees in FTEs
2023
2024
2025
Netherlands
19,876
21,811
22,801
Worldwide (including Netherlands)
38,805
41,697
43,267
The total number of payroll and temporary employees as of December 31 in FTE per sector was:
Year ended December 31 (in FTE)
2023
2024
2025
Customer Support and Sales
10,790
10,344
10,235
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
9,954
11,341
11,124
Strategic Supply Management
2,033
1,965
1,929
General and Administrative
4,035
4,385
4,473
Research and Development
15,604
15,992
16,448
Total
42,416
44,027
44,209
Less: Temporary employees
2,107
1,241
689
Payroll employees
40,309
42,786
43,520