On September 30, 2010, the Bayer Group employed 108,700 people worldwide, compared with 108,800 twelve months earlier. The number of employees thus remained practically constant (-0.1%). HealthCare had 53,500 employees (Q3 2009: 53,800), CropScience 18,800 (Q3 2009: 18,600), and MaterialScience 14,300 (Q3 2009: 14,300). The remaining 22,100 (Q3 2009: 22,100) employees worked mainly for the service companies.
Personnel expenses rose by 3.6% in the first three quarters of 2010 to €6,062 ion (9M 2009: €5,854 million). This increase was largely attributable to regular salary increases and currency effects. The prior-year figure also included €106 million in additional funding for the German corporate pension assurance association.