# How many people work for the EU institutions?

- Link: https://euemployment.eu/how-many-people-work-for-the-eu-institutions/
- Published: 2023-10-09T10:29:55+02:00
- Author: Ben

**The European Union institutions employ at least 79211 staff**. 
This information
is based on the annual reports from each of the [79 European Union institutions and bodies](https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/institutions-and-bodies/search-all-eu-institutions-and-bodies_en?page=3).
Find out more below.

[Copy: Copy: Number of staff in each EU institution](https://infogram.com/ad1d36a9-3403-47da-a77d-eb767d2d0871)

[Infogram](https://infogram.com)

## Discussion

While this number appears to be sufficiently large and larger than the [official](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/official/)**
[number of people working for the European Commission](https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/commission-staff_en)–**
33 271 in 2026 – I always had the nagging feeling that there’s something off about
it.

First of all, it’s suspiciously round.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-30-1280x922.png)

Secondly, there are at least **[79 EU institutions](https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/institutions-and-bodies/search-all-eu-institutions-and-bodies_en?page=3)**,
and a new one is created at least every few years; this figure, however, the 60000
staff figure hasn’t really changed in the past many years.

There are some **clearly wrong figures floating on the internet** and being ranked
high in Google search results, including in seemingly respectable sources like this
one – [The Conversation UK](https://theconversation.com/how-many-people-work-for-the-eu-59702).
Even by the most conservative estimates the relatively low number cited in this 
source – 46,356 – is nowhere near reality and even lower than the figure prepared
by the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/).

**This is why I embarked on a quest. **

I spent no less than 36 hours of **combing through the annual reports of each EU
institution**, in order to do as thorough a calculation as possible.

**It was not an easy job**, and I understand why no media editor did assign an intern
to do the same. As you will see from the methodological notes below, to arrive at
the number of 79211, there is quite some digging and thinking to be done.

I hope that you find this information informative and useful!

**If you have a question**, or even better, **a methodological suggestion**, please
drop a comment below.

If you are from one of the **EU institutions that do not publicly list a precise
staff figure**, please drop me a note on how to obtain this info. I’m talking about
you, dear [European Parliament](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/),
EIB, [ECB](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-central-bank/), EISMEA, EDPS,
EDCTP3, and ECDC.

Here’s the same data in a different layout.

[Bar Stacked Chart](https://infogram.com/9fa0fdf0-d50d-4c6a-8091-87e2f892c4aa)
[Infogram](https://infogram.com)

## Methodology

### **Sources**

This article uses the available Consolidated Annual Activity Reports ([CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/))
for each institution in October 2023. All CAARs for the previous year should be 
available by July of the next year, however, that is not always the case.

As an example, in 2023 a Court of Justice of the EU [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
was available only for 2021. Some institutions’ reports with precise staff figures
are not publicly available at all.

 In cases where the [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
is not available or does not contain a precise staff figure, other [official](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/official/)
sources such as the EU institutions’ websites are used. You will find the source
or each figure used in this overview in the table below.

### **Notes**

 * Using the ‘establishment plans’ as included in the EU’s annual budget might seem
   like the easiest approach to get the total EU institutions staff figures from
   one single document. However, this does not work. The establishment plans for
   EU institutions only list [statutory staff categories](https://euemployment.eu/staff-categories-eu-institutions/)
   such as [AD Administrators](https://euemployment.eu/category/administrators-ad5-to-ad16/),
   [AST Assistants](https://euemployment.eu/category/assistants/), and [AST/SC Secretaries and Clerks](https://euemployment.eu/category/secretaries-clerks-ast-sc/)
   positions, but completely omit [CA Contract Agents](https://euemployment.eu/category/contract-agents-fgi-fgii-fgiii-fgiv/)
   and [Seconded National Experts](https://euemployment.eu/sne-salary-calculator/).
 * Most EU institutions listed two staff figures in their annual reports: available
   and actually filled positions. We used the higher figure of available staff positions
   in the summary above, as any seemingly “vacant” positions are most often actually
   filled by the so-called [‘interims’ – temporary staff on short-term contracts](https://euemployment.eu/guide-to-being-interim-staff-in-eu-institutions/).
 * For some institutions (Europol, CJEU, EBA) we used the figures of ‘staff actually
   employed, if these were higher than the establishment plan figure to provide 
   a truer picture of actually employed staff in EU institutions.
 * Precise staff figure is not publicly available for these EU institutions: [European Parliament](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/),
   European Investment Bank, [European Central Bank](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-central-bank/),
   European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive 
   Agency, European Data Protection Supervisor, Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking,
   European Centre for Disease Control. However, all these institutions provide 
   an approximate figure in their reports or websites; this figure is used in the
   above calculation.
 * Any trainees recruited by the EU institutions are not included in the figures
   of this article, although the largest EU institutions can have many tenths or
   even hundreds of trainees at any given moment, and trainees receive a stipend
   of around 1200 EUR per month.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How many people work for the **European Commission**?

EC employed 32262 staff.

Source/Comments: Website “Key figures on [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
staff”, [https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/organisational-structure/commission-staff_en#key-figures-on-european-commission-staff](https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/organisational-structure/commission-staff_en#key-figures-on-european-commission-staff)

### How many people work for the **European Parliament**?

The total number of personnel working for the Parliament is 8132.

This encompassed officials, temporary staff, and contract staff, including those
working for political groups. Of these, 5253 were based in Brussels, 300 in Strasbourg,
2291 in Luxembourg, and 288 in other locations.

Important – [assistants](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/assistants/) to MEPs were
not included in this count, hence, the actual figure of people employed by the [European Parliament](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/)
is higher than 8132.

Women represented a majority of the Parliament’s workforce, making up 55% of the
staff. Additionally, 13% of the Parliament’s staff, equating to 1,093 posts, were
dedicated to serving the political groups.

Source/Comments: [European Parliament](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/)
webpage: [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/faq/21/how-many-people-work-in-the-parliament](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/faq/21/how-many-people-work-in-the-parliament)

### How many people work for the **European External Action Service**?

EEAS employed 5188 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-12.png)

Source: [EEAS 2022 Annual report](https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en#10818),
page 32

Source/Comments: EEAS 2022 Annual report, page 32, [https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en#10818](https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/annual-reports_en#10818)

### How many people work for the **European Investment Bank**?

EIB employed 4000 staff.

Source/Comments: The EIB does not disclose a precise staff number. EIB webiste mentions
that the institution has more than 4000 staff members. Source: [https://www.eib.org/en/about/at-a-glance/easy-to-read.htm](https://www.eib.org/en/about/at-a-glance/easy-to-read.htm)

### How many people work for the **European Central Bank**?

[ECB](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-central-bank/) employed 3500 staff.

Source/Comments: [ECB](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-central-bank/) 
2022 report no available. Approximate figure from [https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/working-at-the-ecb/html/index.en.html](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/working-at-the-ecb/html/index.en.html)

### How many people work for the **European Council and Council of the European Union** (General Secretariat)?

Council employed 3108 staff.

The General Secretariat does not produce a [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report similar to most other EU institutions that lists a precise staff figure. 
However, general figure of 3108 staff (which include officials, temporary and contract
staff and seconded national experts) is listed on its website. Gender breakdown 
is also provided:

 * 1783 women and 1325 men
 * [senior management](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/senior-management/): 18 
   women and 33 men
 * middle management: 37 women and 46 men
 * [administrators](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/administrators/) (AD): 814 
   women and 648 men
 * assistant (AST) and secretary (SC): 882 women and 529 men

The data is for 1 January 2023. [Source](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/staff-budget/)

Source/Comments: General Secretariat of the [European Council](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-council/)
and [Council of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/council-of-the-european-union/)
Webpage, [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/staff-budget/](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/staff-budget/)
A [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report with a precise staff figure is not available.

### How many people work for the **European Border and Coast Guard Agency**?

[Frontex](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/frontex/) employed 2503 staff.

In 2021, [Frontex](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/frontex/) became the largest
EU Agency in terms of the number of staff (source: [Frontex](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/frontex/)
2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 128).

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-2.png)

[Frontex 2022 CAAR report](https://prd.frontex.europa.eu/document/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022/),
page 30

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-4.png)

[Frontex 2022 CAAR report](https://prd.frontex.europa.eu/document/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022/),
page 116

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-3.png)

[Frontex 2022 CAAR report](https://prd.frontex.europa.eu/document/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022/),
page 117

Source/Comments: [Frontex](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/frontex/) 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 120-121, [https://prd.frontex.europa.eu/document/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022/](https://prd.frontex.europa.eu/document/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022/)
In the 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report the agency employed 2063 staff with an 82.42% occupancy rate. The agency 
mentions that it filled 102 positions with interims in 2022 (page 118).

### How many people work for the **Court of Justice of the European Union**?

CJEU employed 2247 staff.

Source/Comments: CJEU 2021 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report (2022 report no available in 09/2023), 54, [https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7015/en/](https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7015/en/)

Important: page 45 in the report references the establishment plan and 2097 positions.
2247 staff members are reported as actually employed by the CJEU.

### How many people work for the **European Union Intellectual Property Office**?

EUIPO employed 1293 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-5.png)

Source: EUIPO 2021 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report [APPENDIX 4 – Annual staff policy plan ](https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/contentPdfs/about_euipo/transparency_portal/Annual_staff_policy_plan_en.pdf)(
2022 report not available), page 4

Source/Comments: EUIPO 2021 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report APPENDIX 4 – Annual staff policy plan (2022 report not available), page 4,
[https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/contentPdfs/about_euipo/transparency_portal/Annual_staff_policy_plan_en.pdf](https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/guest/document_library/contentPdfs/about_euipo/transparency_portal/Annual_staff_policy_plan_en.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Europol**?

Europol employed 1140 staff.

Source/Comments: Europol 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 76-77, [https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar-2022#downloads](https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-events/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar-2022#downloads)

### How many people work for the **European Court of Auditors**?

ECA employed 997 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-7.png)

Source: [CoA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/AAR-2022),
page 52

### How many people work for the **European Medicines Agency**?

EMA employed 936 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-14.png)

Source: [EMA 2022 Annual report](https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/about-us/annual-reports-work-programmes),
page 114

Source/Comments: EMA 2022 Annual report, page 114, https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/
about-us/annual-reports-work-programmes

### How many people work for the **European Research Executive Agency**?

REA employed 868 staff.
Source/Comments: REA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 109-110, [https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/REA_AAR_2022_annexes_final_en.pdf](https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/REA_AAR_2022_annexes_final_en.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Economic and Social Committee**?

EESC employed 700 staff.

The EESC staff numbers are not to be confused with those of the ‘political assembly’
composed of 329 permanent and 329 alternate members from all EU Member States. The
permanent and alternate EESC members do not receive regular salaries for their work,
but are instead only paid expenses associated with their attendance at the Committee’s
meetings. The setup of the EESC is identical to that of the CoR.

In 2022 the EESC has 700 staff members. These are further divided in 336 [Administrators](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/administrators/),
290 [Assistants](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/assistants/), and 42 Secretaries
and Clerks.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-8.png)

Source: [EESC Annual Report 2022](https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/aar_2021_comp_15.06.2022-sealed-ts.pdf),
page 168.

### How many people work for the **European Union Aviation Safety Agency**?

EASA employed 680 staff.

Source/Comments: EASA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 129, [https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/the-agency/management-board/decisions/easa-mb-decision-04-2023-consolidated-annual-activity-report](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/the-agency/management-board/decisions/easa-mb-decision-04-2023-consolidated-annual-activity-report)

### How many people work for the The European Securities and Markets Authority?

ESMA employed 620 staff.

Source/Comments: ESMA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 66, [https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/ESMA_annual_report_2022.pdf](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/ESMA_annual_report_2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Committee of the Regions**?

CoR employed 609 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-6.png)

CoR 2022 Annual Report, page 64

The CoR staff numbers are not to be confused with those of the ‘political assembly’
composed of 329 permanent and 329 alternate members from all EU Member States. The
permanent and alternate CoR members do not receive regular salaries for their work,
but are instead only paid expenses associated with their attendance at the Committee’s
meetings. The setup of the CoR is identical to that of the EESC.

In 2022 the European Committee of the Regions had at least 609 staff members. These
are further divided in 306 [Administrators](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/administrators/),
210 [Assistants](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/assistants/), and 12 Secretaries
and Clerks. The 2022 Annual Report does not list any [Contract Agent](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/contract-agent/)
or [SNE](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/seconded-national-expert-sne/) positions,
however, it’s unlikely CoR does not employ staff in these positions, hence, likely
to actual staff figure is higher.

Source/Comments: CoR 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 64, [https://cor.europa.eu/en/about/secretary-general/Documents/Annual%20activity%20report%202022.pdf](https://cor.europa.eu/en/about/secretary-general/Documents/Annual%20activity%20report%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Food Safety Authority**?

EFSA employed 587 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-11.png)

Source: [EFSA 2022 CAAR](https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-03/ar2022.pdf),
page 64

Source/Comments: EFSA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 62, [https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/corporate-pubs/annual-reports](https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/corporate-pubs/annual-reports)

### How many people work for the **European Chemicals Agency**?

ECHA employed 578 staff.

Source/Comments: ECHA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 80, [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/269563/ECHA_Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/269563/ECHA_Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Education and Culture Executive Agency**?

EACEA employed 522 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-18.png)

Source: [EACEA 2022 Report on budgetary and financial management](https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/annual-accounts-2022_en),
page 15

Source/Comments: EACEA 2022 Report on budgetary and financial management, page 15,
[https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/annual-accounts-2022_en](https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/annual-accounts-2022_en)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for Asylum**?

EUAA employed 519 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-9.png)

[EUAA 2022 CAAR report](https://euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2023-06/CAAR_2022_adopted_by_MB_20230627.pdf),
page 135

Source/Comments: EUAA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 135, [https://euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2023-06/CAAR_2022_adopted_by_MB_20230627.pdf](https://euaa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2023-06/CAAR_2022_adopted_by_MB_20230627.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency**?

CINEA employed 516 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-19.png)

Source: [CINEA 2022 CAAR report](https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-european-climate-infrastructure-and-environment-executive-agency_en),
page 47

Source/Comments: CINEA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 47, [https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-european-climate-infrastructure-and-environment-executive-agency_en](https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-european-climate-infrastructure-and-environment-executive-agency_en)

### How many people work for the **European Research Council Executive Agency**?

ERCEA employed 516 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-11.png)

[ERCEA 2022 CAAR report](https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/ERCEA_AAR_2022_annexes_en.pdf),
page 61

Source/Comments: ERCEA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page, [https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/ERCEA_AAR_2022_annexes_en.pdf](https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/ERCEA_AAR_2022_annexes_en.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Single Resolution Board**?

SRB employed 515 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-3.png)

[SRB 2022 CAAR](https://www.srb.europa.eu/system/files/media/document/2023-07-20_SRB-Annual-Report_2022.pdf),
page 61

Source/Comments: SRB 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 61, [https://www.srb.europa.eu/system/files/media/document/2023-07-20_SRB-Annual-Report_2022.pdf](https://www.srb.europa.eu/system/files/media/document/2023-07-20_SRB-Annual-Report_2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Fusion for Energy agency**?

F4E employed 457 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-1.png)

[F4E 2022 CAAR report](https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/key-reference-documents/),
page 170

Source/Comments: F4E 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 170, [https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/key-reference-documents/](https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/key-reference-documents/)

### How many people work for the **European Health and Digital Executive Agency**?

HADEA employed 437 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-17.png)

Source: [HADEA 2022 CAAR report](https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-health-and-digital-executive-agency_en),
page 42

Source/Comments: HADEA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 42, [https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-health-and-digital-executive-agency_en](https://commission.europa.eu/publications/annual-activity-report-2022-health-and-digital-executive-agency_en)

### How many people work for the **European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice**?

eu-LISA employed 393 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-1.png)

[eu-LISA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Publications/Corporate/Consolidated%20Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf),
page 125

Source/Comments: eu-LISA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 125, [https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Publications/Corporate/Consolidated%20Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf](https://www.eulisa.europa.eu/Publications/Corporate/Consolidated%20Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf)
eu-LISA informs that only 324 staff members were actually employed as of 31  December
2022, however, no information is given on employment of interims.

### How many people work for the **European Innovation Council and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Executive Agency**?

EISMEA employed 370 staff.

Source/Comments: EISMEA does not publicly list the total staff number. The 2022 
annual repor makes a reference to a staff gathering that was attended by 370 staff
members on page 50. Source: [https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/about-eismea_en](https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/about-eismea_en)

### How many people work for the **European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control**?

ECDC employed 300 staff.

Source/Comments: The ECDC 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report ([https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273030/ECDC%20CAAR%202022.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273030/ECDC%20CAAR%202022.pdf))
does not list a precise figure, only the AD, AST and AST/SC positions. Approximate
staff figure attained from the ECDC website: [https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-ecdc](https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-ecdc)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for the Space Programme**?

EUSPA employed 295 staff.

Source/Comments: EUSPA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 191, [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/272567/EUSPA%20CAAR%202022.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/272567/EUSPA%20CAAR%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Eurojust**?

Eurojust employed 263 staff.

Source/Comments: Eurojust  2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 52 & 76, [https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/about-us/planning-and-reporting/consolidated-annual-activity-report](https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/about-us/planning-and-reporting/consolidated-annual-activity-report)

### How many people work for the **European Maritime Safety Agency**?

EMSA employed 260 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-15.png)

Source: [EMSA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.emsa.europa.eu/publications/item/4980-emsa-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.html),
page 120

Source/Comments: EMSA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 120, [https://www.emsa.europa.eu/publications/item/4980-emsa-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.html](https://www.emsa.europa.eu/publications/item/4980-emsa-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.html)

### How many people work for the **European Environment Agency**?

EEA employed 256 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-9.png)

Source: [EEA CAAR 2022](https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022),
page 52

Source/Comments: EEA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 52,

[ttps://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022](https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022)

### How many people work for the **European Banking Authority**?

EBA employed 222 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-2-643x1024.png)

[EBA 2022 budget](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022B0830%2802%29)

Source/Comments: EBA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, pages 14, [https://www.eba.europa.eu/about-us/annual-reports](https://www.eba.europa.eu/about-us/annual-reports).
Page 109 does not list all staff categories, but only AD and AST positions.

### How many people work for the **European Public Prosecutor’s Office**?

EPPO employed 221 staff.

Source/Comments: EPPO 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 27, [https://www.eppo.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/EPPO_Consolidated_Annual_Activity_Report_2022.pdf](https://www.eppo.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-06/EPPO_Consolidated_Annual_Activity_Report_2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for Railways**?

ERA employed 201 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-14.png)

Source: [ERA 2022 CAAR](https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf)
[https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf](https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf),
page 108

Source/Comments: ERA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 108,

[https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf](https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority**?

EIOPA employed 200 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-15.png)

[EIOPA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/eiopa-annual-report-2022.pdf),
page 55-56

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image-16.png)

Source: [EIOPA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/eiopa-annual-report-2022.pdf),
page 55-56

Source/Comments: EIOPA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 55-56,

[https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/eiopa-annual-report-2022.pdf](https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/eiopa-annual-report-2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking**?

ERJU employed 194 staff.

Source/Comments: ERJU 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 109, [https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf](https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2023-06/CAAR%202022%20-%20European%20Union%20Agency%20for%20Railways.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union**?

CdT employed 193 staff.

Source/Comments: CdT 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, pages 36 and 76, [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273049/CDT%20CAAR%202022.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273049/CDT%20CAAR%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Defence Agency**?

EDA employed 171 staff.

Source/Comments: EDA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 28, [https://eda.europa.eu/publications-and-data/all-publications](https://eda.europa.eu/publications-and-data/all-publications)

### How many people work for the **Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators**?

ACER employed 163 staff.

Source/Comments: ACER 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 87, [https://www.acer.europa.eu/Publications/ACER_Consolidated_Annual_Activity_Report_2022.pdf](https://www.acer.europa.eu/Publications/ACER_Consolidated_Annual_Activity_Report_2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Union Satellite Centre**?

SatCen employed 160 staff.

Source/Comments: SatCen 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 65-66, [https://www.satcen.europa.eu/keydocuments/AnnualReport_2022_web64637614d2043e0001217f1b.pdf](https://www.satcen.europa.eu/keydocuments/AnnualReport_2022_web64637614d2043e0001217f1b.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Labour Authority**?

ELA employed 132 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-16.png)

Source: [ELA 2022 CAAR report](https://www.ela.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-07/ela-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.pdf),
page 62

Source/Comments: ELA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 62, [https://www.ela.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-07/ela-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.pdf](https://www.ela.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-07/ela-consolidated-annual-activity-report-2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Training Foundation**?

ETF employed 131 staff.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-10.png)

[ETF 2022 CAAR report](https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/GB22DEC010%20SPD%202023-2025%20AWP%202023.pdf),
page 80

Source/Comments: ETF 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 80, [https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/GB22DEC010%20SPD%202023-2025%20AWP%202023.pdf](https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/GB22DEC010%20SPD%202023-2025%20AWP%202023.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Union Institute for Security Studies**?

EUISS employed 130 staff.

Source/Comments: EUISS 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 116, [https://issuu.com/vubrussel/docs/ies_annual_report_2022](https://issuu.com/vubrussel/docs/ies_annual_report_2022)

### How many people work for the **European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training**?

Cedefop employed 106 staff.

Source/Comments: Cedefop 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 65, [https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/about-cedefop/what-we-do/annual-reports](https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/about-cedefop/what-we-do/annual-reports)

### How many people work for the **European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction**?

EMCDDA employed 101 staff.

EMCDDA does not give a precise staff figure in its 2022 Annual Report, however, 
lists an FTE equivalent of 101.

![](https://euemployment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/image-13.png)

Source: [EMCDDA 2022 Annual report](https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/gra/2022_en),
page 83

Source/Comments: EMCDDA 2022 Annual Report, page 83, [https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/gra/2022_en](https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/gra/2022_en)

### How many people work for the **European Data Protection Supervisor**?

EDPS employed 100 staff.

Source/Comments: EDPS does not publish precise staff figures. EDPS website mentions
that there are around 100 staff members, however, it is not clear if this includes
contract agents, or only staff in the AD and AST grades. Source: [https://edps.europa.eu/careers_en](https://edps.europa.eu/careers_en)

### How many people work for the **European Fisheries Control Agency**?

EFCA employed 100 staff.

Source/Comments: EFCA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 109, [https://www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/annual-report-2022](https://www.efca.europa.eu/en/content/annual-report-2022)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for Cybersecurity**?

ENISA employed 100 staff.

Source/Comments: ENISA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 162, [https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/corporate-documents/enisa-annual-activity-report-2022.pdf](https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/corporate-documents/enisa-annual-activity-report-2022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training**?

CEPOL employed 98 staff.

Source/Comments: CEPOL 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 91-93, [https://www.cepol.europa.eu/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report](https://www.cepol.europa.eu/publications/consolidated-annual-activity-report)

### How many people work for the **Eurofound**?

Eurofound employed 91 staff.

Source/Comments: Eurofound  2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 36, [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273018/EUROFOUND_CAAR%202022.pdf](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/273018/EUROFOUND_CAAR%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **European Ombudsman**?

European Ombudsman employed 79 staff.

Source/Comments: European Ombudsman 2022 Annual report, page 36, [https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/annual-report/en/167855](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/annual-report/en/167855)

### How many people work for the **European Institute of Innovation and Technology**?

EIT employed 72 staff.

Source/Comments: EIT 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 96-97, [https://eit.europa.eu/library/gb-decision-192023-assessment-and-adoption-2022-annual-activity-report-authorising-officer](https://eit.europa.eu/library/gb-decision-192023-assessment-and-adoption-2022-annual-activity-report-authorising-officer)

### How many people work for the **European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights**?

FRA employed 72 staff.

Source/Comments: FRA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 97, [https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2023/consolidated-annual-activity-report-european-union-agency-fundamental-rights-2022](https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2023/consolidated-annual-activity-report-european-union-agency-fundamental-rights-2022)

### How many people work for the **SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking**?

SESAR employed 71 staff.

Source/Comments: SESAR 3 JU  2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 94-95, [https://www.sesarju.eu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/SESAR%203%20JU%20CAAR%202022.pdf](https://www.sesarju.eu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/SESAR%203%20JU%20CAAR%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking**?

IHI JU employed 55 staff.

Source/Comments: IHI JU 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 105, [https://www.ihi.europa.eu/about-ihi/plans-reports-and-finances](https://www.ihi.europa.eu/about-ihi/plans-reports-and-finances)

### How many people work for the **European Institute for Gender Equality**?

EIGE employed 53 staff.

Source/Comments: EIGE 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 130, [https://eige.europa.eu/about/documents-registry/consolidated-annual-activity-report-eige-2022](https://eige.europa.eu/about/documents-registry/consolidated-annual-activity-report-eige-2022)

### How many people work for the **Community Plant Variety Office**?

CPVO employed 52 staff.

Source/Comments: CPVO 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 16, [https://cpvo.europa.eu/en/about-us/what-we-do/reports](https://cpvo.europa.eu/en/about-us/what-we-do/reports)

### How many people work for the **European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking**?

EuroHPC JU employed 47 staff.

Source/Comments: EuroHPC JU 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 100-101, [https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/about/key-documents_en](https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/about/key-documents_en)

### How many people work for the **Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking**?

CA JU employed 44 staff.

Source/Comments: CAJU  2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 77, [https://www.clean-aviation.eu/about-us/key-documents](https://www.clean-aviation.eu/about-us/key-documents)

### How many people work for the **Agency for Support for BEREC**?

BEREC employed 43 staff.

Source/Comments: BEREC 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 135, [https://www.berec.europa.eu/en/document-categories/berec-office/berec-office-activity-reports](https://www.berec.europa.eu/en/document-categories/berec-office/berec-office-activity-reports)

### How many people work for the **Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking**?

CBEJU employed 41 staff.

Source/Comments: CBEJU 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 127-128, [https://www.cbe.europa.eu/reference-documents](https://www.cbe.europa.eu/reference-documents)

### How many people work for the **European Agency for Safety and Health at Work**?

EU-OSHA employed 40 staff.

Source/Comments: EU-OSHA 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 106, [https://osha.europa.eu/sites/default/files/Consolidated%20Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf](https://osha.europa.eu/sites/default/files/Consolidated%20Annual%20Activity%20Report%202022.pdf)

### How many people work for the **Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking**?

CH JU employed 31 staff.

Source/Comments: CHJU 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 133, [https://www.clean-hydrogen.europa.eu/about-us/key-documents/annual-activity-reports_en](https://www.clean-hydrogen.europa.eu/about-us/key-documents/annual-activity-reports_en)

### How many people work for the **Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking**?

KDT JU employed 31 staff.

Source/Comments: KDT JU 2021 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 70, [https://www.kdt-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-06/ECSEL%20Annual%20Report%202021%20final.pdf](https://www.kdt-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-06/ECSEL%20Annual%20Report%202021%20final.pdf).
[CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
2022 is not availabe in October 2023

### How many people work for the the **European Data Protection Board**?

EDPB employed 30 staff.

Source/Comments: EDPB 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 16, [https://edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/annual-report/edpb-annual-report-2022_en](https://edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/annual-report/edpb-annual-report-2022_en)

### How many people work for the **Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking**?

EDCTP3 employed 27 staff.

Source/Comments: EDCTP3 JU  Secretariat page. Staff figure not available in the 
2022 Annual Report.

### How many people work for the **Euratom Supply Agency**?

ESA employed 17 staff.

Source/Comments: Euratom Supply Agency 2021 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 73, [https://euratom-supply.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-12/Euratom%20Supply%20Agency%20-%20Annual%20report%202021%20-%20Corrected%20edition.pdf](https://euratom-supply.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-12/Euratom%20Supply%20Agency%20-%20Annual%20report%202021%20-%20Corrected%20edition.pdf).
2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report is not available by 09/2023

### How many people work for the **Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking**?

6GSNS employed 17 staff.

Source/Comments: 6G SNS 2023 Work Programme, page 29, [https://smart-networks.europa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sns-work-programme-2023.pd](https://smart-networks.europa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sns-work-programme-2023.pd)

### How many people work for the **Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations**?

APPF employed 8 staff.

Source/Comments: APPF 2022 [CAAR](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/consolidated-annual-activity-report-caar/)
report, page 23, [https://www.appf.europa.eu/appf/en/other-information/annual-activity-reports](https://www.appf.europa.eu/appf/en/other-information/annual-activity-reports)

### How many people work for the **European Personnel Selection Office**?

[EPSO](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/epso/) had 123 staff members on 1 January
2023, but these are counted as [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
staff.

### How many people work for the **European School of Administration**?

EuSA staff are part of [EPSO](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/epso/). See [EPSO](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/epso/)
Annual Activity report.

### How many people work for the **Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies and agencies**?

CERT-EU is part of [DG](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/directorate-general-dg/)
DIGIT at the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/).
Staff number not known.

### How many people work for the **Publications Office of the European Union**?

OP staff are part of the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
and included in staff number for this institution. 584 staff members worked for 
the EC Publication Office in 2023. [https://euemployment.eu/european-commission-employee-number](https://euemployment.eu/european-commission-employee-number)