Personnel Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

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Personnel Expenses

20. Personnel Expenses

Details of personnel expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 are as follows:

(In millions of won)
	2017		2018		2019
Salaries and wages	W	2,704,217		2,720,014		2,553,485
Other employee benefits		483,704		500,169		473,916
Contributions to National Pension plan		73,061		75,668		73,148
Expenses related to defined benefit plan and defined contribution plan(*)		198,241		180,737		163,757
	W	3,459,223		3,476,588		3,264,306

(*) Expenses recognized in relation to employee defined contribution plan for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 amount to W857 million and W760 million, respectively.