Full-time equivalent employees: US bank rankings

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.

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.

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).

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.