New hires
In 2023, about 33,900 new employees (including vocational trainees and dual-degree students) in Germany completed their first working day at DB Group (previous year: about 26,700). As a result, we welcomed more new employees in 2023 than ever before, demonstrating the attractiveness of DB Group as an employer. The new hires include more than 5,500 maintenance technicians, about 2,500 main line locomotive drivers and more than 2,100 interlocking employees.
In 2023, we had 28,193 external new hires in Germany, excluding young talents (previous year: 21,810). This is an important contribution to the implementation of our central strategic HR objective and to the robustness of DB Group.
New hires by gender (excl. young talents) as of Dec 31 / NP | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
<30 years | 10,824 | 8,247 | 7,161 |
Share of women (%) | 29.6 | 30.7 | 30.5 |
30 –49 years | 13,200 | 10,528 | 8,892 |
Share of women (%) | 25.5 | 25.4 | 21.9 |
≥50 years | 4,169 | 3,035 | 2,397 |
Share of women (%) | 21.8 | 21.6 | 18.9 |
DB Group | 28,193 | 21,810 | 18,450 |
Germany (companies with about 98% of domestic employees). This does not include the hiring and permanent employment of vocational trainees and dual-degree students.
