Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)

Regional bank. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 24, 2026. Ranked 5 of the 51 Financial Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

18,676 full-time equivalent employees at a regional bank, read as one depository credit pattern since the filing counts no employees by segment.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 40% now, 58% at the end of 2027, 66% at the end of 2028, 68% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 68% desk work, 23% people work and 9% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 32% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 60% becomes checking a model's work and 6% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

18,676 employees as of December 31, 2025 (full-time equivalent). The filing counts no employees by country; the bank operates in the United States.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, the Bancorp had 18,676 full-time equivalent employees, compared to 18,616 as of December 31, 2024.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 18,676 full-time equivalent employees at December 31, 2025 (18,616 a year earlier); full year turnover 16.4% in 2025; over 550,000 hours of discretionary learning; no part-time or union figures stated.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• JPMorgan Chase (JPM, 318,512 employees)37% now, 68% by 2028
• Citigroup (C, 226,000 employees)38% now, 68% by 2028
• Bank of America (BAC, 213,000 employees)39% now, 67% by 2028
• Wells Fargo (WFC, 205,000 employees)39% now, 67% by 2028
• Capital One Financial Corporation (COF, 76,300 employees)40% now, 66% by 2028
• U.S. Bancorp (USB, 68,520 employees)40% now, 66% by 2028
• The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (PNC, 55,333 employees)40% now, 66% by 2028
• Mastercard Incorporated (MA, 39,800 employees)40% now, 66% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

19 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in nineteen sentences: generative artificial intelligence training launched for employees in 2025 among its development offerings, investments in automation and emerging technologies such as AI to prevent, detect and remedy interruptions with manual oversight kept as part of risk mitigation, and the risk factors around them.

• “Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: (1) deteriorating credit quality; (2) loan concentration by location or industry of borrowers or collateral; (3) any instability or disruption in the financial system, including those caused by actual or perceived issues affecting the soundness of other financial institutions or market participants; (4) inadequate sourc...”
• “Several new development offerings were launched, including generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI") training, coaching skills for managers and targeted programs to strengthen professional and leadership capabilities across the organization.”
• “While Fifth Third invests in automation and emerging technologies such as AI, to prevent, detect and remedy any interruptions or failures, manual oversight remains a critical component of its risk mitigation strategy.”
• “The prospect that AI may be used to conduct attacks may make them more difficult to detect.”
• “Additionally, the growing sophistication of AI increases the risk of cyber-attacks.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20231median 1
• Fiscal 20246median 4
• Fiscal 202519median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The headcount is a full-time equivalent count (rule 2).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000035527-26-000124, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.