The Trump administration reduces federal workforce by 23,000 federal positions, says OPM

First on Fox: The Trump administration published data on Tuesday morning showing that it had reduced the workforce of the federal government, while promising that there is more to come while Trump continues his pressure to rid the government of waste.

Published data By the American Bureau of Personnel Management (OPM) shows that the United States employed 2,289,472 federal workers on March 31, down 2,313,216 on September 30, 2024.

The reduction of more than 23,000 positions “reflects the first efforts of the administration to rationalize the government and eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy,” OPM said in a press release.

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“The American people deserves a skinny, effective government and focused on basic priorities,” said the acting director of the OPM, Charles Ezell, in a press release.

“These data mark the first measurable step towards President Trump’s vision of a disciplined and responsible federal workforce, and this is only the beginning.”

Asset signed a decree In February, by asking the government’s efficiency department (DOGE) to coordinate with federal agencies and to execute massive reductions in federal government figures.

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A panel marks the location of the head office of the American Bureau Management of Staff (OPM) on January 29, 2025 in Washington. (Getty)

This order is reflected in the new data, said OPM, showing that agencies have reached an average of 23,000 new monthly hires from April 2024 to January 2025, but fell from almost 70% to only 7,385 per month once the frost has been fully implemented.

The agency said the discounts had saved “billions” taxpayers.

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President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference at the end of the NATO summit in Hague, the Netherlands on June 25, 2025. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

The OPM added that “hundreds of thousands of additional workers” will pass roles in October 2025, when more workers leave via the delayed resignation program that was offered to employees in order to reduce the labor market.

Tens of thousands of employees who are being terminated remain in the government’s wage bill due to the judicial orders which are currently disputed by the administration, said the OPM.

Trump’s efforts to reduce the federal workforce have faced a strong resistance from the Democrats and various courts, the criticisms saying that the administration cuts critical jobs.

“It is a judge who puts himself in the position of the President of the United States, who was elected by nearly 80 million votes,” said Trump in the Air Force One on a return flight to Washington in March, after a federal judge blocked one of his efforts to dismiss federal workers.

“This is a very dangerous thing for our country. And I suspect that we will have to make a decision of the Supreme Court.”

Last month, OPM unveiled a new rule which, according to him, will facilitate the dismissal of federal employees for bad behavior by cutting the administrative formalities which are currently hindering this process.

Digital Fox News reported in 2023 that by virtue of the current law, the vast majority of the federal workforce is not at will and can only be interrupted for fault, poor performance, medical incapacity or reduction of force. Federal employees are also entitled to regular procedural rights when they are dismissed, which can create a heavy process for agencies to remove a worker.