SBI Clerk 2025 Notification Exam Summary
| SBI Clerk 2025 Exam Summary | |
| Organisation | State Bank of India (SBI) |
| Post Name | Clerk (Junior Associates) |
| Vacancy | 6589 (5180 Regular & 1409 Backlog) |
| Advt. No. | CRPD/CR/2025-26/06 |
| Category | Govt Jobs |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Registration Dates | 6th August to 26th August 2025 |
| Exam Mode | Online |
| Recruitment Process | Prelims- Mains- Language Proficiency Test |
| Education Qualification | Graduation |
| Age Limit | 20 to 28 years |
| Salary | Rs 46,000 (approx.) |
| Official website | http://sbi.co.in/, https://sbi.co.in/web/careers |
SBI Clerk 2025 Notification Important Dates
The registration dates for SBI Clerk Recruitment 2025 have been released along with the official SBI Clerk Notification 2025 on 5th August 2025. The registration dates for SBI Clerk 2025 are 6th to 26th August 2025. The confirmed dates for the prelims and mains exam will also be announced officially by the State Bank of India. All the important dates are tabulated below.
| SBI Clerk 2025 Important Dates | |
| Events | Dates |
| SBI Clerk Notification 2025 | 5th August 2025 |
| Apply Online Starts | 6th August 2025 |
| Online Application Closes | 26th August 2025 |
| Pre Examination Training | — |
| SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Date | 20th, 21st, 27th & 28th September 2025 (expected) |
| SBI Clerk Mains Exam Date | 15th & 16th November 2025 (expected) |
SBI Clerk 2025 Vacancy Overview
The State Bank of India (SBI) has released the number of vacancies for Clerk / Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) posts in the clerical cadre in the State Bank of India through SBI Clerk Notification 2025. This year, SBI announced 6589 vacancies across the country. Out of the total vacancies, 1409 were backlog vacancies.
| SBI Clerk Junior Associates 2025- Regular Vacancies | ||||||
| State/UT | Total | General | SC | ST | OBC | EWS |
| Gujarat | 220 | 91 | 15 | 33 | 59 | 22 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 310 | 126 | 49 | 21 | 83 | 31 |
| Karnataka | 270 | 110 | 43 | 18 | 72 | 27 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 100 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Chhattisgarh | 220 | 89 | 26 | 70 | 13 | 22 |
| Odisha | 190 | 78 | 30 | 41 | 22 | 19 |
| Haryana | 138 | 64 | 25 | — | 36 | 13 |
| Jammu & Kashmir UT | 29 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 68 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
| Ladakh UT | 37 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Punjab | 178 | 73 | 51 | — | 37 | 17 |
| Tamil Nadu | 380 | 165 | 72 | 3 | 102 | 38 |
| Telangana | 250 | 101 | 40 | 17 | 67 | 25 |
| Rajasthan | 260 | 105 | 44 | 33 | 52 | 26 |
| West Bengal | 270 | 109 | 62 | 13 | 59 | 27 |
| A & N Islands | 30 | 17 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Sikkim | 20 | 9 | 01 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 514 | 213 | 107 | 5 | 138 | 51 |
| Maharashtra | 476 | 213 | 47 | 42 | 127 | 47 |
| Goa | 14 | 10 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Delhi | 169 | 71 | 25 | 12 | 45 | 16 |
| Uttarakhand | 127 | 74 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 20 | 9 | — | 9 | — | 2 |
| Assam | 145 | 65 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 14 |
| Manipur | 16 | 8 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Meghalaya | 32 | 14 | — | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Mizoram | 13 | 7 | — | 5 | — | 1 |
| Nagaland | 22 | 11 | — | 9 | — | 2 |
| Tripura | 22 | 11 | 03 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Bihar | 260 | 121 | 41 | 2 | 70 | 26 |
| Jharkhand | 130 | 54 | 15 | 33 | 15 | 13 |
| Kerala | 247 | 131 | 24 | 2 | 66 | 24 |
| Lakshadweep | 03 | 02 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 5180 | 2255 | 788 | 450 | 1179 | 508 |
| SBI Clerk Junior Associates 2025- Backlog Vacancies | ||||||
| State/UT | Total | SC | ST | OBC | PwBD | XS |
| Andhra Pradesh | 5 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| Karnataka | 229 | 1 | 10 | — | 20 | 198 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 99 | 8 | 46 | — | 8 | 37 |
| Chhattisgarh | 86 | — | 45 | — | 9 | 32 |
| Haryana | 8 | 5 | — | — | 3 | — |
| Telangana | 70 | — | — | — | 12 | 58 |
| Rajasthan | 43 | — | — | — | 16 | 27 |
| West Bengal | 16 | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| A & N Islands | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sikkim | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Uttar Pradesh | 37 | — | 2 | — | 17 | 18 |
| Maharashtra | 242 | 59 | 37 | 72 | — | 74 |
| Goa | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Delhi | 44 | 4 | 23 | — | 12 | 5 |
| Uttarakhand | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 48 | — | 3 | — | 9 | 36 |
| Assam | 235 | — | 31 | — | 34 | 170 |
| Manipur | 26 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 17 |
| Meghalaya | 60 | 2 | — | 1 | 11 | 46 |
| Mizoram | 22 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| Nagaland | 39 | — | — | — | 8 | 31 |
| Tripura | 51 | — | 16 | — | 7 | 28 |
| Kerala | 25 | 2 | — | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Lakshadweep | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 1409 | 91 | 226 | 86 | 196 | 810 |
Check the trend of vacancies released past 5 years for Junior Associates in SBI.
| Years | Vacancies |
| 2025 | 6589 |
| 2024 | 14191 |
| 2023 | 8773 |
| 2022 | 5486 |
| 2021 | 5454 |
| 2020 | 7870 |
| 2019 | 8593 |
| 2018 | 7200 |
| 2017 | 2043 |
SBI Clerk 2025 Age limit
Not below 20 years and not above 28 years, i.e. the candidates must have been born not earlier than 02.04.1997 and not later than 01.04.2005 (both days inclusive).
| SBI Clerk Age Limit | ||
| S No. | Category | Upper Age Limit Relaxation |
| 1 | OBC | 5 years |
| 2 | SC/ST | 3 years |
| 3 | Person with disabilities (General) | 10 years |
| 4 | Person with disabilities(SC /ST) | 15 years |
| 5 | Person with disabilities(OBC) | 13 years |
| 6 | Ex-Servicemen/Disabled Ex-Servicemen | Actual period of service rendered in defence services + 3 years, (8 years for Disabled Ex-servicemen belonging to SC/ST) subject to max. age of 50 years |
| 7 | Widows, Divorced women( No remarried) | 7 years (subject to the The actualmaximum age limit of 35 years for General/ EWS, 38 years for OBC & 40 years for SC/ST candidates) |
| 8 | Trained Apprentice f SBI | General/EWS- 1 year OBC- 4 years SC/ST- 6 years PwBD (Gen/EWS)- 11 years PwBD (OBC)- 14 years PwBD (SC/ST)- 16 years |
SBI Clerk 2025 Application Fees
The category-wise fee structure for the SBI Clerk online application is given below. The application fee for the SBI Exam is Rs. 750/- for the General category and NIL for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD category as mentioned in SBI Clerk Notification 2025. Fee/Intimation charges once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can they be held in reserve for any other examination or selection. The application fee must be paid online itself.
| SBI Clerk 2025 Application Fee | ||
| SNo. | Category | Application Fee |
| 1 | SC/ST/PWD | NIL |
| 2 | General/OBC/EWS | Rs. 750/- (App. Fee including intimation charges) |
How good is SBI Clerk Job? Let’s see the promotion designation of a Clerk through various steps:
An SBI Clerk is eligible to get promotion through two modes:
- In-cadre Promotion
- Promotion to Officer Cadre
In-cadre promotion:
This type of promotion is based on home postings that is a time-bound promotion:- i) A special allowance of Rs. 1800 is provided along with the total salary. After 10 years of service, the assistant becomes a Senior Assistant. (This Allowance is not considered for calculation of basic pay).
- ii) An assistant will become the Special Assistant after twenty years of service. This post carries a special allowance of Rs 2500/- (This is considered for calculation of basic pay).
iii) An assistant will become Senior Special Assistant after thirty years of service. This post carries a special allowance of Rs 3500/- (This is considered for calculation of basic pay).
Promotion to Officer Cadre:- i) An assistant becomes Trainee Officer after completing three years of his/ her service.
This requires qualification of the JAIIB and CAIIB Examinations from the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) apart from clearing the internal written examination and personal interview.
These officers are then put on probation for a period of two years. After the probation period and based on their personal interview, they are either absorbed in the Middle Management Grade (Scale – II) or sent back to Clerical Cadre.
An assistant can become Scale – I Officer also in the Junior Management Grade when he/ she has completed six years of service in fast track channel or twelve years of service in normal track channel. For faster promotions, JAIIB and CAIIB qualification is also important and should also clear the written test along with the personal interview.
SBI Clerk Exam Pattern
To crack the SBI Clerk (Junior Associates) 2025 exam it is very important to know the exam pattern in and out. Here is the exam pattern for the SBI Clerk Prelims, SBI Clerk Mains, and LLPT exam:
As per the official notification released by SBI, “No minimum qualifying marks for individual subjects are prescribed”. Thus, there will not be any sectional cut-off for this year’s SBI Junior Associates Recruitment Online Examination. However, the criteria solely lie within the hands of the organisation.
SBI Clerk Preliminary Exam Pattern
| SBI Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
| S No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1 | English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| 2 | Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 60 minutes | |
SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern
| SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern 2025 | ||||
| S No. | Section | No. of Question | Total Marks | Duration |
| 1 | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hour 40 minutes | |
SBI Clerk Language Proficiency Test
| S No. | Test Pattern | Section | No. of Passages | No. of Questions | Max. Marks |
| 1 | Non- Verbal Test | Objective | 3 | 15 | 15 |
| Subjective | 3 | 15 | 15 | ||
| 2 | Verbal Test | 20 | |||
SBI Clerk Syllabus
Although, the preliminary and main examinations are both conducted on the same pattern and syllabus. The difficulty level of the exam would be higher for the main examination. The preliminary examination of the SBI Clerk exam 2025 will comprise of Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude and English Language. Here is the detailed syllabus for SBI Clerk Prelims & Mains Exam:
| SBI Clerk 2025 Syllabus | ||
| Reasoning | Quantitative Ability | English Language |
| Logical Reasoning | Simplification | Reading Comprehension |
| Alphanumeric Series | Profit and Loss | Cloze Test |
| Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test | Mixtures and Alligations | Para jumbles |
| Data Sufficiency | Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices | Miscellaneous |
| Coded Inequalities | Work and Time | Fill in the blanks |
| Seating Arrangement | Time & Distance | Multiple Meaning /Error Spotting |
| Puzzle | Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere | Paragraph Completion |
| Tabulation | Data Interpretation | |
| Syllogism | Ratio & Proportion, Percentage | |
| Blood Relations | Number Systems | |
| Input Output | Sequence & Series | |
| Coding Decoding | Permutation, Combination & Probability | |
SBI Clerk Salary Structure
The starting salary of the SBI Clerk is around Rs. 46000 and the pay scale is Rs. 24050-1340/3-28070-1650/3-33020-2000/4-41020-2340/7-57400-4400/1-61800-2680/1-64480. The starting Basic Pay is Rs. 26730/- (Rs.24050/- plus two advance increments admissible to graduates).
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