US Federal Government (DOGE continued)

Government
United States2 layoff rounds tracked
262,530

Total Jobs Cut

August 2025

Most Recent

200,000

Largest Single Layoff

No

AI Cited

Layoff Timeline

August 2025

200,000 jobs cut(9% of workforce)

Reason: Nearly 200,000 federal workers left jobs by August; total 386,826 departures Jan-Jan

March 2025

62,530 jobs cut

Reason: DOGE-driven mass layoffs; 62,530 federal workers dismissed in first two months of 2025

About Government Layoffs

276,530

Total industry layoffs

0%

AI-cited events

Sources

Fortune

Nearly 200,000 federal workers left jobs by August; total 386,826 departures Jan-Jan

NPR

DOGE-driven mass layoffs; 62,530 federal workers dismissed in first two months of 2025

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