The size of the federal workforce has dropped by over 270,000 employees since President Donald Trump took office, marking its lowest level in a decade.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday that the number of workers on the federal payroll shrank by 6,000 in November, on top of a 162,000 decline in October.
“Federal government employment is down by 271,000 since reaching a peak in January,” when Democrat Joe Biden was still president.
Biden presided over a nearly 6 percent increase in the size of the full-time federal workforce during his tenure, with the total cresting 3 million in September 2024 for the first time since 1990, according to USA Facts.
The current number of federal employees is 2.744 million, the lowest since late 2014.