USDA Lost 18% Of Its Workforce In 2025

USDA has received a lot of criticism for the way it handled reductions in its workforce after President Trump took office for his second term.  The Office of the Inspector General released a report examining the staffing levels across the agency for the first half of 2025.

After analyzing available data, the OIG found that between January 12th- June 14th,  USDA lost a total of 20,306 employees, through reduction-in-force measures, the Deferred Resignations Program, and other means.  That’s a loss of 18% of its total workforce of 110,384 people employed on January 11th.

When it comes to cuts state by state, Washington saw it’s USDA workforce trimmed by 18% while Oregon and Idaho both reported cuts around 16%.  Rhode Island reported the most losses with a 38% reduction of its agency workforce, while Kentucky faired the best, statistically, at 12%.

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