Size of Federal Workforce Over Time

Trump, federal government and President Bill Clinton

Trump says the federal workforce is too big. Here's what to know about its size.

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.

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Trump isn’t the first president to slash the federal workforce. How he’s doing it is a different story.

President Bill Clinton slashed the size of the federal government a few decades ago, but he used a different approach than that of President Donald Trump.

USA Today on MSN · 13h

More than one way to slice a workforce: How Trump's cuts differ from Clinton's

Elon Musk compared Trump's mass firings to Clinton-era federal streamlining, but experts say there are differences.

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Social media post inflates federal workforce growth under Joe Biden

After cuts in Trump's first term, Biden increased the federal workforce by about 5%, the highest increase in any single term ...

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Musk’s DOGE launches a website tracking size of federal workforce

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service launched an official website late Wednesday night, setting up doge.gov as a portal tracking the size of ... accuracy over time.” Some federal technology workers ...

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Which agencies have been hit by federal layoffs? What to know about NPS, NIH, IRS, more

Over the last week, thousands of federal employees were fired or laid off as part of President Trump's cost-cutting plan.

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