220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency

The Trump administration shrank the federal work force by about 220,000 workers through November, representing about a 10 percent cut, according to new data that offers the first clear view of the president’s blitz to remake the government’s labor force. This decline, which also accounts for limited new hiring, has reversed the last decade of growth for America’s largest employer, returning the federal work force to roughly the size it was when President Trump took office the first time.

But the cuts went far deeper for some agencies and offices: They have had the effect of hollowing out decades-old functions of the federal government.

	Employees in …
Selected offices with steep cuts	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Change
U.S. Agency for International Development	4,845	378	–92%
Institute of Education Sciences	191	25	–87%
National Endowment for the Humanities	216	58	–73%
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	297	108	–64%
Institute of Museum and Library Services	98	40	–59%
Federal Student Aid	1,450	780	–46%
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	315	185	–41%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration	932	574	–38%
Rural Development	4,981	3,141	–37%
Food and Nutrition Service	1,830	1,231	–33%

In many cases, the departures have whittled down agencies that hadn’t grown in years or benefited from the expansion of the federal work force over the last two decades. Most of that expansion has been driven by just one agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs. In other words, Mr. Trump’s cuts — some carried out haphazardly, then reversed — aren’t a simple rollback of recent government bloat, but a more fundamental change to what the government does.

Note: Data represents December snapshots (November for 2025). It includes all federal civilian employees, with some exceptions, including the Postal Service, some intelligence agencies and temporary Census Bureau workers. Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The New York Times

“Reshaping the federal work force is essential to building a government that works for the American people, not the bureaucracy,” said Scott Kupor, the director of the federal Office of Personnel Management, in a statement. The broader effort, he added, “ensures taxpayer dollars support a work force that delivers efficient, responsive and high-quality services.”

Amid all the cuts, one agency has notably swelled: Immigration and Customs Enforcement expanded by about 30 percent through November, and more new hires have been announced since as the Trump administration continues to ramp up its deportation campaign.

The new data published by O.P.M. does not identify which workers departed under the “fork in the road” buyouts promoted by Elon Musk, which offered workers months of paid leave through last September to induce them to quit. The departure numbers released this week also don’t include workers who were eligible to retire in December under the deferred resignations program. Full numbers for the program are expected to be released in February.

In a typical year, more than 200,000 federal workers depart, and even more are newly hired. What makes last year’s numbers different is that more workers than usual left, while far fewer were brought on to replace them:

Note: Fiscal years are shown, with the most recent year ending in September 2025. Data includes all federal civilian employees, with some exceptions, including the Postal Service, some intelligence agencies and temporary Census Bureau workers. Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The New York Times

Workers who were let go and later reinstated may be counted in the data as both a separation and a new hire. Thousands of federal workers faced such dizzying reversals last year, as Mr. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency swept through Washington in the first months of the administration firing workers with little accounting for which roles were essential. Some agency heads later reversed those decisions to ensure they could carry out fundamental jobs like responding to bird flu, maintaining the nation’s nuclear arsenal and processing the annual flood of Americans’ tax returns.

Other efforts by the administration to push out workers remain tied up in litigation; their effects aren’t fully accounted for in the new data. The administration, for instance, has tried to incapacitate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. About three-quarters of the workers there remain, according to the data, but since last February many of them have been told to halt their job functions, and the administration has fought in court to stop funding the agency altogether.

At other offices, including across the Department of Education and the U.S. Agency for International Development, staff reductions have had the effect of crippling programs the administration dislikes — regardless of laws mandating them, or congressional intent to fund them.

“The mission of government can’t occur absent federal employees to carry out those missions,” said Jacqueline Simon, the policy director for the American Federation of Government Employees. “And so they’ve figured out a way to undermine the ability of agencies to carry out their missions.”

Below, you can look up more than 500 agencies and sub-agencies of the federal government, comparing their reported work force as of November 2025 with one year earlier:

	Employees in …
U.S. Agency for International Development	Nov. 2024 4,845	Nov. 2025 378	Change –92%
U.S. Agency for International Development	4,845	378	–92%

National Foundation on Arts and Humanities	Nov. 2024 488	Nov. 2025 213	Change –56%
National Endowment for the Humanities	216	58	–73%
Institute of Museum and Library Services	98	40	–59%
National Endowment for the Arts	174	115	–34%

Department of Education	Nov. 2024 4,275	Nov. 2025 2,496	Change –42%
Office of English Language Acquisition	17	0	–100%
Institute of Education Sciences	191	25	–87%
Office of the General Counsel	125	36	–71%
Office of Communications and Outreach	83	25	–70%
Office of the Duty Secretary of Education	78	28	–64%
Office of the Chief Information Officer	99	39	–61%
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education	63	31	–51%
Federal Student Aid	1,450	780	–46%
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	315	185	–41%
Office of the Under Secretary	18	11	–39%
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	127	81	–36%
Office of Postsecondary Education	188	126	–33%
Office for Civil Rights	608	432	–29%
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	181	133	–27%
Office of Inspector General	204	154	–25%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Education	74	57	–23%
Office of Finance and Operations	398	306	–23%
National Assessment Governing Board	35	29	–17%
Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	21	18	–14%

Department of Housing and Urban Development	Nov. 2024 8,408	Nov. 2025 6,416	Change –24%
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner	37	13	–65%
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control	46	22	–52%
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development	732	469	–36%
Office of Field Policy and Management	104	68	–35%
Office of General Counsel	2,960	2,110	–29%
Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer	1,970	1,405	–29%
Office of the Chief Financial officer	418	302	–28%
Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	621	465	–25%
Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination	71	55	–23%
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	668	523	–22%
Office of Inspector General	739	597	–19%
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations	42	49	+17%
Other	0	337	—
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer	0	1	—

General Services Administration	Nov. 2024 13,399	Nov. 2025 10,312	Change –23%
Office of the Customer Experience	15	1	–93%
Offices of the Regional Administrators	35	19	–46%
Office of the Human Resources Management	465	271	–42%
Immediate Office of the Administrator	44	26	–41%
Office of Administrative Services	131	88	–33%
Public Buildings Service	5,648	4,001	–29%
Office of Strategic Communication	100	72	–28%
Office of Civil Rights	20	15	–25%
Office of General Counsel	180	136	–24%
Office of the Chief Financial officer	796	646	–19%
Office of GSA IT	500	409	–18%
Federal Acquisition Service	4,716	3,967	–16%
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	32	27	–16%
Office of Inspector General	273	238	–13%
Office of Mission Assurance	121	105	–13%
Office of Governmentwide Policy	254	225	–11%
Office of Small Business Utilization	39	37	–5%
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals	30	29	–3%

Department of Agriculture	Nov. 2024 92,764	Nov. 2025 73,799	Change –20%
Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement	50	26	–48%
Office of Communications	50	29	–42%
National Institute of Food and Agriculture	482	289	–40%
Office of Budget and Program Analysis	60	36	–40%
Rural Development	4,981	3,141	–37%
National Agricultural Statistics Service	793	507	–36%
FPAC Business Center	1,624	1,052	–35%
Departmental Administration	492	327	–34%
Food and Nutrition Service	1,830	1,231	–33%
Office of the Secretary of Agriculture	171	114	–33%
Civil Rights	144	99	–31%
Agricultural Research Service	7,138	5,054	–29%
Economic Research Service	292	207	–29%
Office of the Chief Economist	68	50	–26%
National Appeals Division	70	53	–24%
Farm Service Agency	3,386	2,568	–24%
Foreign Agricultural Service	732	553	–24%
Office of the Chief Financial Officer	988	750	–24%
Office of the Chief Information Officer	1,589	1,218	–23%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	8,616	6,682	–22%
Natural Resources Conservation Service	11,777	9,197	–22%
Office of the General Counsel	278	218	–22%
Forest Service	33,338	28,221	–15%
Agricultural Marketing Service	4,523	3,881	–14%
Office of the Inspector General	425	366	–14%
Risk Management Agency	416	356	–14%
Homeland Security Staff	55	48	–13%
Food Safety and Inspection Service	8,396	7,526	–10%

The Treasury	Nov. 2024 115,689	Nov. 2025 92,091	Change –20%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service	3,284	2,183	–34%
Office of Inspector General	223	156	–30%
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency	3,650	2,797	–23%
Internal Revenue Service	100,643	79,782	–21%
Office of the Inspector General for Tax Administration	802	667	–17%
U.S. Mint	1,622	1,351	–17%
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	1,953	1,646	–16%
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	524	454	–13%
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network	275	244	–11%
Departmental Offices	2,713	2,811	+4%

Department of State	Nov. 2024 14,551	Nov. 2025 11,749	Change –19%
Department of State	14,551	11,749	–19%

Department of Health and Human Services	Nov. 2024 92,856	Nov. 2025 76,287	Change –18%
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	297	108	–64%
Administration for Community Living	258	118	–54%
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration	932	574	–38%
Health Resources and Services Administration	2,675	1,787	–33%
Administration for Children and Families	2,241	1,575	–30%
Program Support Center	405	288	–29%
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services	3,155	2,363	–25%
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry	176	135	–23%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	12,837	10,054	–22%
Food and Drug Administration	21,004	16,901	–20%
National Institutes of Health	21,208	17,289	–18%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	6,560	5,593	–15%
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals	648	555	–14%
Office of Inspector General	1,544	1,359	–12%
Indian Health Service	13,963	12,882	–8%
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response	4,952	4,705	–5%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health	1	1	None

Department of Energy	Nov. 2024 17,551	Nov. 2025 15,022	Change –14%
Department of Energy	15,962	13,620	–15%
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	1,589	1,402	–12%

Department of Labor	Nov. 2024 14,551	Nov. 2025 12,516	Change –14%
Women’s Bureau	53	28	–47%
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	485	344	–29%
Bureau of International Labor Affairs	154	114	–26%
Office of Disability Employment Policy	67	53	–21%
Office of Public Affairs	53	43	–19%
Employee Benefits Security Administration	820	681	–17%
Office of the Inspector General	309	258	–17%
Office of the Secretary of Labor	304	255	–16%
Office of the Solicitor	602	509	–15%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management	1,233	1,057	–14%
Veterans Employment and Training Services	218	188	–14%
Bureau of Labor Statistics	2,321	2,013	–13%
Employment and Training Administration	1,146	992	–13%
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	1,860	1,612	–13%
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs	1,471	1,275	–13%
Mine Safety and Health Administration	1,683	1,496	–11%
Office of Labor-Management Standards	192	170	–11%
Wage and Hour Division	1,422	1,270	–11%
Office of the Chief Financial officer	89	84	–6%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy	51	54	+6%
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs	18	20	+11%

Department of Commerce	Nov. 2024 48,741	Nov. 2025 41,964	Change –14%
National Technical Information Service	35	0	–100%
Minority Business Development Agency	55	27	–51%
Bureau of Industry and Security	528	421	–20%
Economic Development Administration	233	187	–20%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	12,442	10,004	–20%
International Trade Administration	1,482	1,222	–18%
Bureau of Economic Analysis	472	397	–16%
National Institute of Standards and Technology	3,920	3,275	–16%
Office of the Secretary	1,091	932	–15%
U.S. Census Bureau	13,223	11,252	–15%
National Telecommunications and Information Administration	670	573	–14%
Office of the Inspector General	217	205	–6%
Patent and Trademark office	14,373	13,469	–6%

Department of Interior	Nov. 2024 65,360	Nov. 2025 58,481	Change –11%
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	412	262	–36%
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement	875	588	–33%
Bureau of Reclamation	5,783	4,045	–30%
Office of the Solicitor	571	442	–23%
Geological Survey	8,420	6,580	–22%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	8,868	7,051	–20%
Bureau of Land Management	10,040	8,089	–19%
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	632	520	–18%
Office of the Inspector General	284	236	–17%
National Park Service	18,961	16,239	–14%
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration	414	375	–9%
Indian Affairs	3,907	3,547	–9%
Bureau of Indian Education	3,095	2,843	–8%
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	3,098	7,664	+147%

The Army	Nov. 2024 222,099	Nov. 2025 199,561	Change –10%
U.S. Army Installation Management Command	1	0	–100%
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command	1	0	–100%
Civilian Protection Center of Excellence	21	2	–90%
Joint Services and Activities Supported by the Office, Secretary of the Army	190	88	–54%
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity	335	217	–35%
Office of the Secretary of the Army	1,204	898	–25%
Immediate Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army	1,457	1,133	–22%
U.S. Army Civilian Human Resources Agency	4,419	3,636	–18%
U.S. Army V Corps	66	55	–17%
U.S. Army Recruiting Command and U.S. Army Cadet Command	2,705	2,319	–14%
U.S. Army Sustainment Command	4,392	3,766	–14%
U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command	318	273	–14%
Field Operating Offices of the Office of the Secretary of the Army	1,232	1,068	–13%
Seventh Army Training Command	343	299	–13%
U.S. Army Central	370	323	–13%
U.S. Army War College	351	307	–13%
U.S. Army Financial Management Command	1,046	915	–13%
U. S. Army Contracting Command	5,272	4,650	–12%
U. S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command	715	632	–12%
U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command	2,668	2,358	–12%
Military Postal Service Agency	19	17	–11%
Office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau	799	708	–11%
U.S. Army Forces Command	2,599	2,307	–11%
U.S. Army North	310	275	–11%
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command	10,947	9,778	–11%
U.S. Army Cyber Command	4,648	4,148	–11%
U.S. Army Futures Command	16,507	14,622	–11%
U.S. Army Human Resources Command	1,471	1,307	–11%
Army National Guard Units	27,587	24,760	–10%
HQDA Field Operating Agencies and Staff Support Agencies and Staff Support Agencies	1,290	1,159	–10%
Materiel Readiness Activities	163	147	–10%
U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center	5,611	5,030	–10%
U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command	5,661	5,103	–10%
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command	3,864	3,484	–10%
U.S. Army Installation Management Command	23,332	20,887	–10%
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	39,230	35,544	–9%
U.S. Army Element Shape	186	170	–9%
U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command	5,186	4,720	–9%
U.S. Army Medical Command	3,348	3,032	–9%
U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command	1,293	1,178	–9%
U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command	10,128	9,261	–9%
Materiel Acquisition Activities	63	58	–8%
Headquarters, AMC	614	565	–8%
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command	6,952	6,363	–8%
U.S. Army, Pacific	1,499	1,379	–8%
U.S. Military Academy	797	730	–8%
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command	3,443	3,210	–7%
U.S. Army South	202	187	–7%
U.S. Special Operations Command (Army)	1,911	1,786	–7%
Immediate Office of the Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army	923	870	–6%
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command	463	437	–6%
U.S. Army Europe and Africa	232	219	–6%
Joint Activities	2,735	2,597	–5%
U.S. Army Reserve Command	8,478	8,096	–5%
21st Theater Sustainment Command	380	366	–4%
U.S. Army Military District of Washington	313	303	–3%
U.S. Army National Military Cemeteries	201	195	–3%
U.S. Army Print and Media Distribution Center	50	50	None
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command	1,558	1,556	None
Other	0	18	—

The Air Force	Nov. 2024 172,847	Nov. 2025 157,093	Change –9%
AFELM JCS	51	20	–61%
U.S. Space Force Forces	1,848	1,350	–27%
Air Force Civilian Career Training	3,108	2,459	–21%
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center	247	199	–19%
Air Force Agency for Modeling/Simulation	23	19	–17%
U.S. Air Force Academy	1,360	1,142	–16%
Air Force Audit Agency	495	426	–14%
HQ USAF and Support Elements	2,551	2,200	–14%
U.S. Air Forces, Europe	1,691	1,454	–14%
Air Force Inspection Agency	31	27	–13%
Pacific Air Forces	3,741	3,261	–13%
Air Force District of Washington	1,327	1,164	–12%
Defense Cyber Crime Center	114	100	–12%
Space Training and Readiness Command	276	244	–12%
Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency	158	140	–11%
U.S. Northern Command	676	605	–11%
Air Combat Command	12,361	11,082	–10%
Air Force Personnel Center	1,605	1,446	–10%
Air Force Special Operations Command	1,620	1,458	–10%
Air National Guard Support Center	705	631	–10%
Air National Guard Units	14,906	13,358	–10%
United States Space Force	2,427	2,182	–10%
Air Force Operations Group	22	20	–9%
Air Education and Training Command	15,051	13,639	–9%
Air Force Elements Norad	95	86	–9%
Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command	1,023	930	–9%
Air Force Global Strike Command	4,061	3,705	–9%
Air Force Medical Command	171	155	–9%
Air Force Technical Applications Center	498	453	–9%
Air Mobility Command	7,547	6,880	–9%
Space Development Agency	126	115	–9%
Space Systems Command	2,821	2,557	–9%
AFELM U.S. Space Command	632	580	–8%
Air Force Cost Analysis Agency	86	79	–8%
Air Force Materiel Command	72,034	66,077	–8%
National Air and Space Intelligence Center	1,310	1,199	–8%
Non-DoD and Other Support	946	870	–8%
Air Force Historical Research Agency	46	43	–7%
Air Force Public Affairs Agency	43	40	–7%
HQ AF Flight Standards Agency	60	56	–7%
Air Force Elements	176	163	–7%
Air Force Elements, U.S. Special Operations Command	1,110	1,033	–7%
Air Force Elements, U.S. Strategic Command	1,420	1,325	–7%
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations	33	31	–6%
Air Force Legal Operations Agency	185	174	–6%
Air Force Safety Center	83	78	–6%
U.S. Special Operations Command (Ang)	109	102	–6%
Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command	9,912	9,418	–5%
Air Force Office of Special Investigations	1,149	1,098	–4%
Air Force Elements, U.S. Central Command	357	350	–2%
HQ U.S. Space Force	257	252	–2%
Air Force Medical Support Agency	1	1	None
Air Force Review Boards Agency	85	86	+1%
Air Force Program Executive office	18	20	+11%
U.S. Space Force Components	59	66	+12%
Air Forces Southern	0	101	—
National Space Intelligence Center	0	304	—
Space Force Service Wide Support Activities	0	40	—

Department of Justice	Nov. 2024 117,254	Nov. 2025 107,700	Change –8%
Community Relations Service	59	1	–98%
U.S. Trustee Program	954	707	–26%
Offices, Boards and Divisions	7,350	5,493	–25%
Executive Office for Immigration Review	2,712	2,203	–19%
Office of Justice Programs	820	670	–18%
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys	11,863	10,154	–14%
Office of the Inspector General	576	500	–13%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives	5,259	4,640	–12%
Federal Bureau of Investigation	37,319	35,253	–6%
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	35,886	34,138	–5%
Drug Enforcement Administration	8,924	8,511	–5%
U.S. Marshals Service	5,532	5,430	–2%

Department of Defense	Nov. 2024 159,693	Nov. 2025 146,827	Change –8%
Defense Technical Information Center	194	112	–42%
Defense Threat Reduction Agency	1,364	1,125	–18%
Office of the Secretary of Defense	2,802	2,288	–18%
Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center	24	20	–17%
Defense Contract Audit Agency	3,899	3,220	–17%
Defense Human Resources Activity	2,851	2,405	–16%
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	829	695	–16%
Office of Economic Adjustment	55	47	–15%
Defense Legal Services Agency	279	239	–14%
Washington Headquarters Services	1,685	1,441	–14%
Defense Acquisition University	668	583	–13%
Office of the Inspector General	1,860	1,616	–13%
Defense Media Activity	472	415	–12%
Defense Commissary Agency	11,201	9,953	–11%
Defense Finance and Accounting Service	10,837	9,616	–11%
Missile Defense Agency	2,868	2,556	–11%
Defense Microelectronics Activity	211	189	–10%
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	250	228	–9%
Defense Contract Management Agency	9,982	9,170	–8%
Defense Health Agency	6,224	5,746	–8%
Military Treatment Facilities Under DHA	45,524	41,761	–8%
Defense Information Systems Agency	6,731	6,235	–7%
National Defense University	422	394	–7%
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	842	780	–7%
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency	5,524	5,194	–6%
National Reconnaissance Office	1,143	1,078	–6%
Defense Security Cooperation Agency	1,101	1,050	–5%
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency	311	298	–4%
Defense Logistics Agency	23,863	23,045	–3%
Department of Defense Education Activity	14,424	14,071	–2%
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	53	53	None
Defense Technology Security Administration	126	126	None
Pentagon Force Protection Agency	1,074	1,078	None

The Navy	Nov. 2024 221,359	Nov. 2025 205,871	Change –7%
Military Sealift Command	1	0	–100%
Naval Education and Training Command	4,638	3,891	–16%
Naval Facilities Engineering Command	18,250	16,122	–12%
Naval Supply Systems Command	7,264	6,405	–12%
Office of Naval Research	3,053	2,710	–11%
Bureau of Naval Personnel	4,345	3,914	–10%
Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command	11,047	9,967	–10%
Directorate for Administrations, Logistics and Operations	5,452	4,891	–10%
Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations	2,208	2,004	–9%
Naval Air Systems Command	30,156	27,516	–9%
Naval Intelligence Command	803	737	–8%
Naval Sea Systems Command	37,215	34,067	–8%
Naval Special Warfare Command	1,234	1,137	–8%
Navy Reserve Force	438	403	–8%
Naval Medical Command	2,008	1,870	–7%
U.S. Marine Corps	18,141	16,846	–7%
U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander In Chief	26,134	25,213	–4%
Navy Systems Management Activity	1,263	1,224	–3%
U.S. Fleet Forces Command	35,167	34,270	–3%
Commander, Navy Installations	10,922	10,992	+1%
Strategic Systems Programs	1,620	1,692	+4%

Department of Transportation	Nov. 2024 57,289	Nov. 2025 53,407	Change –7%
Federal Transit Administration	742	517	–30%
Federal Highway Administration	3,015	2,182	–28%
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	796	573	–28%
Office of the Secretary of Transportation	1,979	1,577	–20%
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	657	555	–16%
Federal Railroad Administration	1,178	1,000	–15%
Office of Inspector General	399	339	–15%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	1,224	1,072	–12%
Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation	128	114	–11%
Maritime Administration	823	747	–9%
Federal Aviation Administration	46,348	44,731	–3%

NASA	Nov. 2024 18,127	Nov. 2025 16,986	Change –6%
John C. Stennis Space Center	284	250	–12%
Goddard Space Flight Center	3,136	2,798	–11%
Langley Research Center	1,834	1,668	–9%
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center	529	485	–8%
Headquarters, NASA	2,136	1,987	–7%
Ames Research Center	1,315	1,235	–6%
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	1,444	1,355	–6%
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center	2,271	2,177	–4%
John F. Kennedy Space Center	2,076	1,984	–4%
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	3,102	3,047	–2%

Department of Veterans Affairs	Nov. 2024 481,075	Nov. 2025 451,284	Change –6%
Assistant Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion	16	0	–100%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Resolution Management	318	0	–100%
Office of Enterprise Integration	95	0	–100%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for FMBTS	36	10	–72%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Emergency Management and Resilience	18	10	–44%
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	17	10	–41%
Office of Enterprise Operations	40	25	–38%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor Management Relations	21	15	–29%
General Counsel	905	678	–25%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs	12	9	–25%
Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection	144	110	–24%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	35	27	–23%
Vet Customer Experience	314	249	–21%
Chief Human Capital Officer	269	224	–17%
Inspector General	1,181	990	–16%
Executive Director, Office of Acquisition and Logistics	1,243	1,055	–15%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	8,556	7,351	–14%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration	59	51	–14%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget	36	31	–14%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Senior Executive Management	28	24	–14%
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management	202	178	–12%
Electronic Health Record Modernization	193	172	–11%
National Cemetery Administration	2,434	2,157	–11%
Veterans Benefits Administration	34,883	30,923	–11%
Board of Veterans Appeals	1,459	1,318	–10%
Veterans Health Administration	426,015	402,876	–5%
Executive Director for Security and Law Enforcement	224	216	–4%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public And Intergovernmental Affairs	30	29	–3%
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs	35	35	None
Executive Director for Identity, Credential and Access Management	21	21	None
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs	11	11	None
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance	1,449	1,451	None
Office of the Secretary	730	957	+31%
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration	24	35	+46%
Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security and Preparedness	22	36	+64%

Smithsonian Institution	Nov. 2024 4,495	Nov. 2025 4,239	Change –6%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	41	13	–68%
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	57	50	–12%
Smithsonian Institution (Except Units Administered Under Separate Boards of Trustees)	3,696	3,494	–5%
National Gallery of Art	701	682	–3%

Department of Homeland Security	Nov. 2024 230,225	Nov. 2025 227,374	Change –1%
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office	225	153	–32%
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	3,389	2,376	–30%
Science and Technology Directorate	537	407	–24%
DHS Headquarters	5,695	4,460	–22%
Office of the Inspector General	802	700	–13%
Federal Emergency Management Agency	25,376	22,368	–12%
Citizenship and Immigration Services	22,322	19,925	–11%
U.S. Coast Guard	9,723	8,996	–7%
Transportation Security Administration	65,297	64,072	–2%
Customs and Border Protection	66,626	67,527	+1%
U.S. Secret Service	8,142	8,188	+1%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers	1,346	1,375	+2%
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	20,745	26,827	+29%

Other	Nov. 2024 133,381	Nov. 2025 112,552	Change –16%
Other	460	0	–100%
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator	2	0	–100%
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation	18	0	–100%
Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy	8	0	–100%
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	212	91	–57%
Office of the National Cyber Director	70	31	–56%
National Security Council	65	30	–54%
Council on Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Quality	47	23	–51%
Delta Regional Authority	2	1	–50%
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation	60	32	–47%
Corporation for National and Community Service	729	415	–43%
Inter-American Foundation	42	24	–43%
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence In Education Foundation	3	2	–33%
Millennium Challenge Corporation	353	235	–33%
U.S. Agency for Global Media	1,235	824	–33%
Northern Border Regional Commission	3	2	–33%
Office of Management and Budget	780	527	–32%
Federal Housing Finance Agency	760	521	–31%
Small Business Administration	8,454	5,870	–31%
Federal Labor Relations Authority	122	85	–30%
National Science Foundation	1,723	1,216	–29%
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	1,753	1,277	–27%
Peace Corps	985	716	–27%
African Development Foundation	31	23	–26%
Development Finance Corporation	727	536	–26%
Morris K. Udall And Stewart L. Udall Foundation	43	32	–26%
Office of Science and Technology Policy	31	23	–26%
Office of Personnel Management	3,048	2,290	–25%
Denali Commission	17	13	–24%
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	727	549	–24%
Administrative Conference of the United States	13	10	–23%
Civil Rights Cold Case Review Board	13	10	–23%
Federal Trade Commission	1,302	1,015	–22%
Trade and Development Agency	66	52	–21%
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.	420	338	–20%
Election Assistance Commission	86	70	–19%
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board	36	29	–19%
Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General	122	100	–18%
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council	17	14	–18%
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	51	42	–18%
Appalachian Regional Commission	6	5	–17%
Commission of Fine Arts	12	10	–17%
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency	35	29	–17%
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	2,138	1,780	–17%
Federal Communications Commission	1,510	1,258	–17%
Federal Maritime Commission	138	114	–17%
Securities and Exchange Commission	4,877	4,037	–17%
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	6	5	–17%
National Capital Planning Commission	35	29	–17%
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	58	49	–16%
National Archives and Records Administration	2,890	2,450	–15%
Utah Reclamation Mitigation And Conservation Commission	13	11	–15%
Armed Forces Retirement Home	319	275	–14%
Consumer Product Safety Commission	521	446	–14%
Federal Election Commission	293	253	–14%
Office of Government Ethics	73	63	–14%
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	6,535	5,667	–13%
Merit Systems Protection Board	187	162	–13%
Social Security Administration	58,166	50,892	–13%
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board	15	13	–13%
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness	15	13	–13%
National Mediation Board	40	35	–13%
Office of National Drug Control Policy	64	56	–13%
Environmental Protection Agency	16,926	14,926	–12%
National Labor Relations Board	1,268	1,113	–12%
Selective Service System	164	144	–12%
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	986	873	–11%
Railroad Retirement Board	797	709	–11%
Surface Transportation Board	122	109	–11%
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled	35	31	–11%
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board	39	35	–10%
Commission on Civil Rights	63	57	–10%
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	2,961	2,675	–10%
Office of Special Counsel	127	114	–10%
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, Office of the Director	688	624	–9%
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	111	101	–9%
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative	249	226	–9%
International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. Section	277	255	–8%
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	109	100	–8%
Farm Credit Administration	334	309	–7%
U.S. International Trade Commission	444	415	–7%
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board	47	44	–6%
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council	21	20	–5%
National Transportation Safety Board	437	415	–5%
International Joint Commission: U.S. and Canada	19	18	–5%
National Council on Disability	19	18	–5%
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, Pretrial Services Agency	344	330	–4%
Council of Economic Advisers	24	23	–4%
Office of Administration	268	258	–4%
National Credit Union Administration	1,229	1,186	–3%
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	243	239	–2%
Presidio Trust	320	315	–2%
American Battle Monuments Commission	80	79	–1%
Arctic Research Commission	2	2	None
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation	10	10	None
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council	23	23	None
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission	12	12	None
Marine Mammal Commission	23	23	None
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science	17	17	None
Government Printing Office	1,645	1,640	None
Public Buildings Reform Board	7	7	None
Southwest Border Regional Commission	1	1	None
The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Inspector General	9	9	None
Judicial Branch, U.S. Tax Court	161	169	+5%
Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad	17	18	+6%
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission	46	49	+7%
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission	30	32	+7%
Public Interest Declassification Board	8	9	+13%
The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission	7	8	+14%
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom	20	24	+20%
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation	4	5	+25%
International Boundary Commission: U.S. and Canada	6	13	+117%

Note: Data includes all federal civilian employees, with some exceptions, including the Postal Service, some intelligence agencies and temporary Census Bureau workers. Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The New York Times