This item in the consolidated comprehensive profit and loss statement is broken down as follows:

The average number of people employed by the Parent Company and the companies consolidated through full consolidation in 2018 and 2017 broken down by professional categories was as follows:

In calculating the average number of employees, the Group has not taken into account employees whose contracts have a duration of less than two days.

The breakdown of the personnel at 31 December 2018 and 2017, by gender and professional category, is as follows:

The average number of people with disabilities equivalent to or greater than 33%, directly employed by the Parent Company and fully consolidated companies in Spain in 2018 and 2017, broken down by professional categories, is as follows:

The average age of the Group’s workforce was approximately 39 and average seniority in the Group was 9 years.