Track the Federal Workforce
Explore data on 2.07M federal employees across 128 agencies. Salaries, layoffs, hiring trends — all from official OPM data.
Built for journalists, researchers, and anyone tracking government workforce changes.
280,000+ federal positions have been eliminated since January 2025 — the largest peacetime workforce reduction in American history. Here's the data.
Federal Employees
2.07M
December 2025 snapshot
Average Salary
$116,751
Across all agencies
Separations (FY20-25)
1.6M
People who left
Accessions (FY20-25)
1.64M
People who joined
📊 DOGE Data Hub
$110.3 Billion in “Savings” — We Checked the Math
DOGE claims $110.3B saved from 29,591 terminated contracts, grants, and leases. We pulled every record from the DOGE API and cross-referenced the data. Here's what we found.
13,440
Contracts Cut
15,887
Grants Cut
107K
Payments Reviewed
280K+
Positions Eliminated
Recent Trends
View full trends →Monthly hiring vs. separations over the last 12 months.
Key Findings
Reductions in Force
10,848
total RIFs across all agencies (FY2020–2025)
Highest Quit Rate
60.8%
of separations at Federal Trade Commission were voluntary quits
Net Workforce Change
+36.9K
net change in federal headcount (FY2020–2025)
How Does Your Salary Compare?
See how your pay stacks up against 2M+ federal employees across every agency, grade, and occupation.
Agency Risk Scores
View all scores →General Services Administration
33.3% workforce reduction
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
>100%* workforce reduction
Office of Personnel Management
39.8% workforce reduction
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
41.4% workforce reduction
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
27.9% workforce reduction
* >100% reduction means separations exceeded current headcount (e.g. due to prior hiring freezes or transfers).
Featured Analysis
DOGE Impact
Inside the largest federal restructuring in modern history — who was cut and why
📉Risk Scores
Which agencies are most vulnerable to the next round of cuts
👤Who Got Cut
The demographics, pay grades, and job types behind the layoff numbers
💰Salary Analysis
How federal pay compares across agencies, grades, and geography
Latest Analysis
February 2025
The Federal Bloat Myth
The federal workforce has barely grown in 50 years while the population surged. We break down the real numbers behind the "bloated bureaucracy" narrative.
Read more →February 2025
Who Got Cut: A Demographic Breakdown
Veterans, long-tenured employees, and specific pay grades bore the brunt of 2025 reductions. Here's what the separation data reveals.
Read more →February 2025
Federal Salary Deep Dive
From GS-5 to senior executives, how does federal pay actually stack up? A data-driven look at compensation across the government.
Read more →Deep Dives
Interactive tools and in-depth analysis of federal workforce data.
Brain Drain Index
Agencies losing senior staff earning $49K more than replacements
⏳Retirement Cliff
54.5% of Selective Service near retirement age
🗺️Geographic Impact
Where federal jobs are disappearing
🔬STEM Workforce
552K federal STEM workers at risk
📅Monthly Timeline
48 months of hiring vs firing data
💰Salary Explorer
Interactive tool to compare agency pay