Total Workforce

Including the Chinese joint ventures, the Volkswagen Group employed an average of 667,164 people in fiscal year 2025, a decrease of 2.3%. In Germany, there were on average 286,505 employees under contract; at 42.9 (43.2)%, their share of the total workforce was below the level recorded in the previous year.

The number of active employees in the Volkswagen Group receded by 2.7% to 628,893 as of December 31, 2025. In addition, 16,925 employees were in the passive phase of their partial retirement and 17,124 young people were participating in a traineeship program. At the end of the reporting year, the Volkswagen Group’s total workforce including the Chinese joint ventures amounted to 662,942 employees worldwide, 2.4% fewer than on December 31, 2024. There were 284,032 (−3.2%) employees in Germany, while 378,910 employees worked outside Germany (−1.9%). At the end of 2025, the Volkswagen Group’s total workforce excluding the Chinese joint ventures had a total of 602,659 employees, which was 1.9% fewer than at the end of 2024.

EMPLOYEES BY SEGMENTS

as of December 31, 2025