Since President Trump began his second term, federal employment has decreased by 277,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As of November, there were 2.738 million federal employees, down from 3.015 million in January. Trump views this decline as successful, attributing the largest drop to the end of a deferred resignation program in October, which accounted for 179,000 lost positions.
Over his tenure, more than 320,000 federal employees left, while about 100,000 joined. Trump aims to reduce federal workers but also plans to recruit more, particularly in immigration and defense sectors. The federal workforce has not grown in decades, but federal contracting has significantly increased, now employing an estimated 5 million as of 2020.
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