Staff costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Staff costs

Staff costs

8. Staff costs

The following table illustrates the personnel costs for the years 2019, 2018 and 2017.

	Year ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
		(Euro, in thousands)
Wages and salaries	€	(116,408)	€	(61,619)	€	(46,677)
Social security costs		(16,858)		(11,003)		(9,081)
Pension costs		(4,715)		(2,994)		(2,175)
Other personnel costs		(39,109)		(27,375)		(16,465)
Total personnel costs	€	(177,090)	€	(102,991)	€	(74,398)

The other personnel costs mainly related to costs for warrants granted of €32.5 million (2018:  €21.3 million, 2017:  €11.8 million). For the costs of warrants granted, see note 28.