Hundreds of thousands of federal employees were laid off or quit in 2025. Many found new purpose and less bureaucracy in ...

The job losses at the federal government and at state governments have hit nonfarm employment all year, and hard. State governments shed 45,000 jobs in 2025, including another 7,000 in December, after ...

Job openings in August rose by 19,000 to 7.23 million, and July was revised higher. Government job openings (federal, state, and local) plunged by 23% year-over-year, while private sector job openings ...