DC Region Lost 6K Federal Jobs In A Year, New Report Finds

DC Region Lost 6K Federal Jobs In A Year, New Report Finds

A new COG analysis found federal job cuts outpaced peer regions as unemployment rose across the metro Washington, D.C. region.

Report: D.C. region has its fewest federal workers in at least 36 years

The Washington region lost over 62,000 federal jobs from January 2025 to January of this year, putting the region’s federal workforce at its lowest figures since 1990, according to a new Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments analysis. The D.C. region’s 16.5% dip in federal workforce was topped only by nearby Baltimore, which shed 20.5% of