acegame888 How Many Federal Worker Resignations Would Be a Lot?

All federal workers

2.3 mil.

Workers who quit

or retire each year

146,500

Workers reported to

take resignation offer

65,000

All federal workers

2.3 mil.

Workers who quit

or retire each year

146,500

Workers reported to

take resignation offer

65,000

Source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Note: Total workers (not including military or Postal Service) as of Sept. 2023. The number who quit and retire is the average of fiscal years 2010-23.

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When the federal Office of Personnel Management first proposed a “deferred resignation” package to induce federal workers to quit last week, Elon Musk circulated an estimate that the offer could lure 5 to 10 percent of the government’s work force to leave. That estimate so far looks like an overshoot.

By midday Friday, with the original Thursday deadline to accept the offer now paused by a federal judge, more than 65,000 workers had planned to resign, said McLaurine Pinover, a spokesperson for O.P.M. That number — which could still rise further amid legal uncertainty — represents less than 3 percent of all 2.3 million federal workers, excluding the military and Postal Service.

For perspective, about 150,000 federal workers, or 7 percent, voluntarily leave the government every year. The scale of resignations submitted as of Friday — offered in exchange for seven months of pay and benefits — would be the equivalent of five months’ worth of departures, many of which might have happened this year anyway.

In other words, the federal government is an enormous work force that already experiences sizable turnover every year. In addition to workers who leave the government to retire or simply to quit, about another 50,000 to 60,000 are terminated every year for disciplinary or performance reasons, or because their appointments or funds expired. A small number — around 3,400 — die each year while employed by the government. All these departures are typically replaced by about 240,000 hires each year.

About 210,000 workers exit the federal government each year ...

Died

200,000

Terminated or removed

Retired

100,000

Quit

2010

2015

2020

2023

... and they are usually replaced by a similar number of new hires.

200,000

Newly hired

100,000

(Includes some transfers

within government)

2010

2015

2020

2023

About 210,000 workers exit the federal government each year ...

... and they are usually replaced by a similar number of new hires.

Died

200,000

200,000

Terminated or removed

Newly hired

Retired

100,000

100,000

(Includes some transfers

within government)

Quit

2010

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2015

2020

2023

2010

2015

2020

2023

Source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Note: Years represent fiscal years. Totals for new hires may be inflated because they include some workers who transfer within the federal government into a job with a different status. Totals do not include active-duty military or Postal Service workers.

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President Trump and Mr. Musk are also aiming to reduce the work force by squeezing this second group — new employees — through a hiring freeze for large portions of federal workers. In terms of reducing total head count, the hiring freeze could matter more than encouraging resignations.

Federal workers by department

Veterans Affairs

Homeland Security

Army

Navy

Air Force

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Defense

Justice

Treasury

Agriculture

H.H.S.

Interior

Social Security Admin.

Transportation

Commerce

NASA

Energy

E.P.A.

Other

200k

400k

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Federal workers by department

Veterans Affairs

Homeland Security

Army

Navy

Air Force

Defense

Justice

Treasury

Agriculture

H.H.S.

Interior

Social Security Admin.

Transportation

Commerce

NASA

Energy

E.P.A.

Other

100k

200k

300k

400k

Source: FedScope, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Note: Does not include active-duty military or Postal Service workers.

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