Nearly 150,000 Federal Workers Have Left Under Trump, New Analysis Shows

Source: HuffPost

Around 149,000 employees have left the federal government since President Donald Trump took office in January and began dismantling the administrative state, according to a new analysis.

The data from the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that advocates for a more effective federal government, offers a snapshot of the deep workforce cuts that have plunged morale at agencies across the bureaucracy. The administration has not been transparent about the reductions, making comprehensive estimates hard to come by.

The group said the largest workforce reductions have hit the Treasury, Agriculture and Defense departments, which have lost around 31,000, 22,000, and 20,000 employees, respectively. The Department of Health and Human Services has lost roughly 13,000.

The U.S. Agency for International Development — the aid agency Trump all but demolished unilaterally — accounts for another 10,000 employees gone, the Partnership for Public Service said.



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