Based on a comparison of 17 banks in Austria in 2017, BAWAG Group was the most cost efficient bank, followed by Oberbank and Steiermarkische Sparkasse.

BAWAG Group's cost to income ratio reached 46.5% in 2017, up from 44.8% when compared to the last year. Historically, the bank’s costs reached an all time high of 49.7% in 2014 and an all time low of 44.5% in 2015.

When compared to total assets, bank's cost amounted to 1.39% in 2017, up from 1.16% a year earlier.