Sberbank employed 310,277 persons in 2017, down 4.55% when compared to the previous year. Historically, the bank's workforce hit an all time high of 330,677 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 205,477 in 2002.
Average cost reached USD 1,829 per month per employee, 24.0% more than a year ago. This figure was USD 1,470 per month per month some 10 years ago.
Staff accounted for 59.9% of total operating expenditures in 2017. The bank operated a network of 16,342 branches in 2017.
Comparing Sberbank with its closest peers, Raiffeisenbank Russia had 8,171 employees and 183 branches in 2017 and Alfa Bank operated with 25,340 people and 762 branches.
You can see all the bank’s data at Sberbank Profile, or you can download a report on the bank in the report section.
| Employees | Unit | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| AK BARS Bank | ... | ... | ... | 6,225 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Alfa Bank | 21,269 | 25,269 | 24,990 | 21,036 | 21,276 | ||||
| B&N Bank | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,131 | ... | ||
| Bank Of Moscow | 12,926 | 18,336 | 21,274 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Bank Saint Petersburg | 2,756 | 2,929 | 3,421 | 3,623 | 3,981 | ||||
| Credit Bank of Moscow | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Gazprombank | ... | ... | 12,700 | 13,500 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Otkritie Financial Corporation Bank | 16,591 | 17,890 | 16,904 | 15,705 | 16,904 | ... | |||
| OTP Bank Russia | 5,177 | 6,020 | 5,992 | 4,787 | 4,744 | ... | |||
| Promsvyazbank | ... | ... | 10,939 | 10,810 | 8,649 | 9,358 | |||
| Raiffeisenbank Russia | 8,003 | 8,380 | 8,110 | 7,554 | 7,664 | ||||
| Rosbank | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Rusfinance Bank | 6,000 | 5,700 | 5,294 | 4,762 | 5,057 | ||||
| Russian Agricultural Bank | 35,458 | 36,349 | 35,945 | 28,772 | 27,236 | ... | |||
| Sberbank | 286,019 | 306,123 | 329,566 | 330,677 | 325,075 | ||||
| Sovcombank | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| UniCredit Bank Russia | 3,666 | 3,696 | 3,786 | 3,908 | 4,084 | ||||
| VTB Bank | 80,860 | 103,808 | 103,262 | 96,167 | 93,519 | ||||
| AVERAGE | 37,175 | 43,520 | 42,934 | 42,077 | 47,785 | 44,252 | 37,352 | 45,389 |
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