SBI Clerk Notification 2026
SBI published the detailed advertisement for Recruitment of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales), Advt. No. CRPD/CR/2026-27/17, on 11 August 2026. The notification (English and Hindi PDFs) is available on the SBI Careers page. Applications were open from 11 to 31 August 2026.
Vacancies
| Category | Regular vacancies |
| General | 3,253 |
| OBC | 1,716 |
| SC | 1,114 |
| ST | 837 |
| EWS | 760 |
| Total regular | 7,680 |
In addition, the same advertisement lists 2,086 backlog vacancies: 287 for SC/ST/OBC, 355 for PwBD (VI, HI, LD, d&e) and 1,444 for Ex-Servicemen / Disabled Ex-Servicemen. Total = 9,766.
States with the most regular vacancies
| State | Vacancies |
| Maharashtra | 1,718 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1,410 |
| Odisha | 1,100 |
| Karnataka | 760 |
| West Bengal | 555 |
| Rajasthan | 350 |
| Gujarat | 330 |
No regular vacancies were shown for some states, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab and Delhi. You can apply for only one State/UT, and it cannot be changed later.
Special Recruitment Drive (separate)
Advt. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16 is a separate drive for 1,538 SC/ST/OBC backlog Junior Associate posts. Its Prelims was on 16 September 2026, result on 17 October 2026 and Mains on 29 October 2026. General and EWS candidates could not apply to this drive.
Source: SBI Careers – Current Openings, Careers360 – SBI Clerk Notification 2026, HelloBanker – SBI Clerk Recruitment 2026, Sreedhar's CCE – SBI Clerk Notification 2026 guide, Sreedhar's CCE – SBI JA special drive 2026, Flipit – SBI Clerk backlog prelims result 2026