wells fargo  co wfc on friday reported total head count of 239209 as of sept 30 down from 243674 people at the end of the second quarter and 253871 at the end of the yearago quarter during the quarter wells fargo said it was reducing head count in its mortgage unit as demand for home loans falls in the face of higher interest rates jpmorgan chase  cos jpm head count grew to 288474 as of sept 30 up from 278494 at the end of the second quarter and 265790 at the end of the third quarter of 2021 morgan stanley ms ended the most recent third quarter with 81567 personnel up from 78386 in the second quarter and 73620 in the yearago quarter citigroup which rounds out its head count numbers to the nearest thousand ended the third quarter with 238000 people on its payroll up from 231000 at the end of the second quarter and 220000 in the yearago quarter