Employees

At December 31, 2024, Fraunhofer had 31,877 employees. This represents a slight staffing decrease of 0.2 percent (65 people) over the previous year. This was the result of a significant reduction in student numbers of 12.9 percent (-1,015 people). This figure includes a displacement effect from 255 student employees who are now covered by the collective wage agreement for research, technical and administrative employees (RTA) and had previously been reported under the student employee group. In 2024, RTA staff numbers rose by 3.8 percent (+887 people, 255 of which were student employees); excluding the student employees brings this figure down to 2.7 percent, a fall compared to the previous year (5.0 percent). In terms of trainee numbers, Fraunhofer achieved a significant increase of 12.3 percent (+63 people). the licensing and sale of IP amounted to approximately €164 million.