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As of 31st December 2006, the EADS workforce was composed of 116,805 employees. It has globally increased by 3.2% compared to 2005, with higher rates of increase registered at Airbus, Astrium and Eurocopter.
In 2006, 98.1% of the workforce was permanent employees. Depending on country and hierarchy level, the average working time is between 35 and 40 hours a week.
In 2006, 8,283 employees worldwide entered employment with EADS (7,843 in 2005), of which 3,929 were employed by Airbus. At the same time, 6,261 employees left EADS (5,471 in 2005).
In total, 97.5% of EADS’ active workforce is located in Europe on more than 80 sites.
Workforce by Division and by Geography
The tables below set out the number of EADS employees by business sector and by geographic region. Employees of companies accounted for by the proportionate method (such as ATR, MBDA, LFK) are included in the tables on the same proportionate basis.
The figures for 2004 have been adjusted in order to reflect the new organisational structure which occurred in 2005; “Other businesses” includes ATR, Elbeflugzeugwerke GmbH, EADS Sogerma, EADS Socata.
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EADS Employees by Division |
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31st December 2006 |
31st December 2005 |
31st December 2004 |
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Airbus |
56,966 |
54,721 |
51,959 |
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Defence and Security |
23,268 |
23,237 |
24,268 |
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Eurocopter |
13,422 |
12,755 |
11,850 |
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Military Transport Aircraft |
4,212 |
3,976 |
3,856 |
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Astrium |
11,927 |
10,985 |
11,053 |
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HQ, |
7,010 |
7,536 |
7,676 |
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Total EADS |
116,805 |
113,210 |
110,662 |
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EADS Employees by Geographic Region |
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31st December 2005 |
31st December 2004 | |||
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Amount |
In percentage |
Amount |
In percentage |
Amount |
In percentage |
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France |
44,536 |
38.1 |
43,286 |
38.2 |
42,807 |
38.7 |
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Germany |
42,920 |
36.7 |
41,438 |
36.6 |
40,325 |
36.4 |
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Spain |
8,991 |
7,7 |
8,710 |
7.7 |
8,435 |
7.6 |
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U.K. |
14,309 |
12.3 |
14,297 |
12.6 |
14,045 |
12.7 |
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Italy |
701 |
0.6 |
729 |
0.7 |
734 |
0.7 |
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U.S. |
1,932 |
1.7 |
1,877** |
1.7 |
2,166 |
2.0 |
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Other Countries* |
3,416 |
2.9 |
2,873 |
2.5 |
2,150 |
1.9 |
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Total EADS |
116,805 |
100.0 |
113,210 |
100.0 |
110,662 |
100.0 |
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(*) |
The “Other countries” figure includes employees from 13 other countries. |
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(**) |
This decrease is mostly due to the disposal of EADS Telecom and EADS Aeroframe services. |
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Part Time Contracts |
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2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
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In percentage |
In percentage |
In percentage |
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France |
4.1 |
4 |
3.7 |
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Germany |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
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Spain |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.02 |
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U.K. |
1.6 |
1.4 |
0.82 |
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U.S. |
n/a |
0.1 |
0.0 |
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Other countries |
n/a |
n/a |
1.3 |
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Total EADS |
3.2 |
3.2 |
2.87 |
