Month-over-month change in federal worker employment, January 2022–September 2025

Date Change in employment
Jan-2022 -3
Feb-2022 -4
Mar-2022 -5
Apr-2022 -2
May-2022 -4
Jun-2022 -11
Jul-2022 10
Aug-2022 -3
Sep-2022 4
Oct-2022 6
Nov-2022 6
Dec-2022 -2
Jan-2023 9
Feb-2023 8
Mar-2023 7
Apr-2023 8
May-2023 9
Jun-2023 9
Jul-2023 5
Aug-2023 14
Sep-2023 6
Oct-2023 7
Nov-2023 2
Dec-2023 9
Jan-2024 11
Feb-2024 8
Mar-2024 12
Apr-2024 -2
May-2024 3
Jun-2024 2
Jul-2024 2
Aug-2024 2
Sep-2024 4
Oct-2024 3
Nov-2024 -2
Dec-2024 3
Jan-2025 3
Feb 2025 -13
Mar-2025 -11
Apr-2025 -13
May-2025 -26
Jun-2025 -9
Jul-2025 -8
Aug-2025 -14
Sep-2025 -3
Economic Policy Institute

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Employment Statistics public data series.

 
View the underlying data on epi.org.