Ecobank Leads,10 Commercial Banks Spend Over N400bn On Staff Salaries, Wages In 12 Months

   Ecobank Leads,10 Commercial Banks Spend Over N400bn On Staff Salaries, Wages In 12 Months

Working in the banking industry is a dream for many Nigerian graduates because they believe there is a lot of money to be made And indeed there is, as 10 commercial banks paid workers salaries and wages of over N400 billion in 2021.

 The amount captured in this report only covers salaries and wages and does not include other staff costs, pension contribution that makes up personnel cost.

  Working in the Nigerian banking sector comes with perks and while many work as contract staff, those with full-time employment have a lot to cheer monthly.

 Data shows ten Nigerian banks in 2021 spent N444.9bn on salaries and wages of their staff, a 10.14 per cent increase from N404bn spent in 2020. The figure was obtained from the full-year results of the banks submitted to the Nigerian exchange. 

 Getty Images The banks surveyed by Legit.ng include Eco Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Fidelity Bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company(GTCO), Jaiz bank,  Others are Zenith Bank, Wema, Unity, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Sterling bank. The likes of Access Bank and First Bank are yet to release their full-year performance. 

Breakdown of salary cost According to the data, Eco Bank paid the most in salaries and wages since it operates in many African nations, while Fidelity paid the least among the banks surveyed. Eco Bank paid N183.8 billion to employee salaries and compensation, followed by UBA's N86.5 billion in salaries and wages for 6,634. Zenith Bank spent N70 billion and stated in its report that it will have 7,517 workers by the end of December 2021. GTCO ranks second with N33.2 billion and 4,617 employees, followed by FCMB with N23.2 billion. 

GTCO, UBA record massive profits Other banks' salary expenses captured are: Sterling bank- N13.6 billion Wema- N12.2 billion Unity Bank- N10.1 billion Jaiz bank- N6.7 billion Fidelity Bank- N5.52 billion Zenith, Gtbank lead list of Nigeria's most valuable Banks in January Meanwhile Legit.ng in an earlier report revealed that Zenith Bank is starting 2022 as the most valuable commercial bank in Nigeria as the total value of Nigerian bank closed at N194.5 billion.

 In second-most valuable bank is Guaranty Trust Bank followed by Stanbic IBTC Holdings to complete the top three most valuable banks. Also, the aggregate market cap of all the banks under review went up by N46.6 billion to stand at N3.84 trillion.