Full-time equivalent employees: US bank rankings

500 FDIC-insured banks ranked by full-time equivalent employees at Q2 2026, from each bank's Call Report. 1 = highest.

JPMorgan Chase Bank ranked first by full-time equivalent employees at Q2 2026 with 226,846, followed by Wells Fargo Bank (174,186) and Citibank (169,535). Rank among 500 banks reporting this metric, 1 = highest; the median bank was at 571. Source: FDIC Call Report data, cross-checked against FFIEC filings.

What changed this quarter (Q1 2026 to Q2 2026)

JPMorgan Chase Bank stayed first, at 226,846
Median: up from 556 to 571
Biggest rise in the top 100: SoFi Bank, from 80th to 60th

Highest value

226,846

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Rank 1 of 500 1 = highest

Median bank

571

Middle of the 500 banks ranked

Lowest value

Wells Fargo Bank South Central

Rank 498 of 500 1 = highest

Banks ranked

500

Every bank in our coverage that reported it

Sparklines: the last ten years (median and count: every quarter of this ranking). Source: FDIC BankFind Suite (Call Report data), cross-checked against FFIEC Call Report filings. Calculations: EconoMonitor.

Ranking, Q2 2026

Rank (1 = highest)	Change in rank	Bank	State		Q1 2026
1	same	JPMorgan Chase Bank	OH	226,846	227,258
2	same	Wells Fargo Bank	SD	174,186	179,673
3	same	Citibank	SD	169,535	174,008
4	same	Bank of America	NC	133,777	136,056
5	same	Capital One	VA	90,255	88,752
6	same	U.S. Bank	OH	65,445	65,495
7	same	PNC Bank	DE	56,903	57,168
8	same	State Street Bank and Trust Company	MA	48,653	49,446
9	same	The Bank of New York Mellon	NY	38,935	39,226
10	same	Truist Bank	NC	35,808	35,820
11	same	TD Bank	DE	28,582	29,545
12	+1	The Huntington National Bank	OH	25,478	25,197
13	-1	Fifth Third Bank	OH	25,131	25,966
14	same	The Northern Trust Company	IL	23,363	23,432
15	same	Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company	NY	20,575	20,792
16	same	Regions Bank	AL	19,895	19,799
17	+1	KeyBank	OH	18,026	17,874
18	-1	First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company	NC	18,010	18,173
19	same	Citizens Bank	RI	17,326	17,016
20	same	BMO Bank	IL	16,526	16,638
21	same	USAA Federal Savings Bank	AZ	11,883	12,599
22	same	Synchrony Bank	UT	9,671	9,668
23	same	Ally Bank	UT	9,382	9,128
24	same	Zions Bancorporation	UT	9,039	9,090
25	same	Pinnacle Bank	TN	8,261	8,217
26	same	City National Bank	CA	7,782	7,807
27	same	First Horizon Bank	TN	7,431	7,362
28	same	Banco Popular de Puerto Rico	PR	7,278	7,268
29	same	SouthState Bank	FL	6,430	6,390
30	+1	Frost Bank	TX	6,103	6,058
31	-1	Arvest Bank	AR	6,087	6,081
32	+1	Santander Bank	DE	5,678	5,787
33	-1	Columbia Bank	OR	5,590	5,815
34	same	Flagstar Bank	NY	5,374	5,442
35	same	Commerce Bank	MO	4,813	4,797
36	same	BOKF	OK	4,804	4,788
37	+9	Barclays Bank Delaware	DE	4,631	4,125
38	-1	Webster Bank	CT	4,565	4,562
39	same	Old National Bank	IN	4,377	4,416
40	same	Goldman Sachs Bank USA	NY	4,355	4,409

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite (Call Report data), cross-checked against FFIEC Call Report filings. Calculations: EconoMonitor. Change in rank compares with Q1 2026. Bars: value relative to the largest in the table.

Who leads the table?

The five banks at the top of the table at Q2 2026 were JPMorgan Chase Bank (226,846, OH), Wells Fargo Bank (174,186, SD), Citibank (169,535, SD), Bank of America (133,777, NC) and Capital One (90,255, VA). 10 of the top 10 were also in the top 10 in Q1 2026. 2 of the top 10 have their head office in Ohio.

How are the values spread?

Half of the 500 banks have a value between 329 and 1,211 (the middle two quarters of the table); one in ten is above 3,432 and one in ten below 226. A year earlier, at Q2 2025, the median was 532 across 528 banks. The median rose from 556 in Q1 2026 to 571 in Q2 2026.

48 values lie far from the rest of the table (more than three times the spread of the middle half beyond it): JPMorgan Chase Bank (226,846); Wells Fargo Bank (174,186); Citibank (169,535); Bank of America (133,777); Capital One (90,255); U.S. Bank (65,445) and others. Values like these usually come from special-purpose banks, such as trust, custody, credit card or payment banks, whose balance sheets differ from lending banks; compare them with care.

Which of the top 100 banks moved most?

Between Q1 2026 and Q2 2026, of the 500 banks ranked in both quarters, 261 moved up the table, 173 moved down and 66 kept their place; the typical bank moved 3 places.

Largest moves up the table from Q1 2026 to Q2 2026: SoFi Bank (from 80th to 60th; 2,117 to 2,995); Sallie Mae Bank (from 98th to 84th; 1,791 to 1,981); Barclays Bank Delaware (from 46th to 37th; 4,125 to 4,631). Largest moves down the table from Q1 2026 to Q2 2026: Mechanics Bank (from 92nd to 97th; 1,886 to 1,753); TowneBank (from 60th to 65th; 3,014 to 2,783); Prosperity Bank (from 38th to 43rd; 4,429 to 4,324).

How is this ranking built?

Number of full-time equivalent employees on the payroll. Full-time equivalent employees values are quarter-end figures from each bank's Call Report for Q2 2026, ranked from highest to lowest (1 = highest).

Full definitions are on the methodology page for full-time equivalent employees.

Other US bank rankings

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite (Call Report data). EconoMonitor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FDIC. Primary source: FDIC BankFind Suite; cross-check: FFIEC Central Data Repository. Checks: Check A passed, Check B passed.

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