Top 10 public sector banks with highest number of vacancies

Top 10 public sector banks vacancy in India: The Public sector banks (PSBs), like Indian Railways, are among the largest employers in the country. The appointment of officers and staff is done accordingly by the PSBs and it varies from year to year based on their requirements.

Written by Anish Mondal
Updated: August 7, 2025 10:20 PM IST

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Top 10 public sector banks vacancy in India: Currently, there are 12 public sector banks in the country. (Reuters Photo)

Public Sector Banks in India, Top 10 public sector banks vacancy in India: The Public sector banks (PSBs), like Indian Railways, are among the largest employers in the country. The PSBs are board governed commercial entities. The appointment of officers and staff is done accordingly by the PSBs and it varies from year to year based on their requirements.

Currently, there are 12 public sector banks in the country. These are – Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, UCO Bank and Union Bank of India.

Public Sector Banks Vacancies

During the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Lok Sabha MP Dr Byreddy Shabari raised a query to the government seeking information on the sanctioned, filled, and vacant positions for various job roles in each Public Sector Bank (PSB), along with a detailed bank-wise breakdown. He also sought details on the number of posts abolished in each PSB during the last six years, bank-wise and post- wise.

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In response, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary on August 4, informed that a total of 1,48,687 employees have been recruited by PSBs over the past five years (FY 2020–25). He also noted that recruitment is currently underway for 48,570 positions for the fiscal year 2025–26.

“During the last 5 years (FY 2020-25), a total number of 148687 employees have been recruited by the PSBs and for the FY 2025-26, recruitment of 48570 employees is under way. Also, as on 30.06.2025, approx. 96% staff are in position against their business requirements,” Chaudhary said.

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The Union Minister further said that the small proportion of gap is attributable to attrition on account of superannuation and other usual factors including unplanned exits. “Banks have further informed that no post has been abolished during the last six years,” the minister added.

Public Sector Banks Vacancy 2025

As per the data submitted by Pankaj Chaudhary (as of June 30, 2025), the top 10 public sector banks with the highest number of vacancies are led by the State Bank of India (SBI), which has 9,088 vacant positions. It is followed by Bank of Baroda with 6,396 vacancies; Punjab National Bank with 4,898; Central Bank of India with 3,156; Indian Bank with 2,483; Canara Bank with 1,675; Bank of India with 1,250; UCO Bank with 1,000; Bank of Maharashtra with 980 and Indian Overseas Bank with 701 vacancies (the figure includes total number of Officers, Clerk and Sub-Staff).

(Data as on 30.06.2025)

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Name of the Bank	Manpower Assessed			Staff in position			Vacant Position
	Officers	Clerk	Sub-staff	Officers	Clerk	Sub-staff	Officers	Clerk	Sub-staff
Bank of Baroda	49267	25678	6319	44507	25042	5319	4760	636	1000
Bank of India	29599	17874	4639	28558	17665	4651	1041	209	0
Bank of Maharashtra	10677	4131	1631	9917	3911	1631	760	220	0
Canara Bank	53955	20865	8898	53672	19515	8856	283	1350	42
Central Bank of India	22162	10152	4230	21040	8118	4230	1122	2034	0
Indian Overseas Bank	13443	6946	1398	12844	6844	1398	599	102	0
Indian Bank	27932	13449	1861	26426	12472	1861	1506	977	0
Punjab & Sind Bank	7464	2054	1489	7098	1980	1489	366	74	0
Punjab National Bank	56109	29487	22064	53837	28025	20900	2272	1462	1164
State Bank of India	116604	97163	25935	113099	91580	25935	3505	5583	0
UCO Bank	14334	5972	1907	13548	5758	1907	786	214	0
Union Bank of India	46513	22907	5915	46013	22907	5915	500	0	0

(Source: As per statement submitted by MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in Lok Sabha on August 4, 2025)

Anish Mondal

Anish Mondal is a business journalist with over nine years of experience. He writes on diverse subjects such as Infrastructure, Railways, Roadways, Aviation, Politics, Market, Parliamentary affairs, Corporate earnings, General and International news etc. ... Read More

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