Employee strength of Public Sector Banks; Check Number of Staff in SBI, PNB, BOB and All PSU Banks

Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are board governed commercial entities. The requirement of manpower in each PSB is determined by the respective PSB keeping in view various factors which include, inter-alia, business requirement, spread of activities, superannuation and other unplanned exits. Appointment of officers and staff is done accordingly by the PSBs and it varies from year to year based on their requirements.

As per inputs received from PSBs, as on 31.03.2025, 96% staff are in position against their business requirement. The small proportion of gap is attributable to attrition on account of superannuation and other usual factors including unplanned exits. Further, during the last 5 years (FY 2020-25), banks have recruited 148687 employees and for the FY 2025-26, recruitment of 48570 employees is under way.

The details of the total number of employees during the last five years, year-wise and bank-wise, are as under: