Milei Has Cut 48,000 Public-Sector Jobs Since Taking Office

Milei has cut 48,000 public-sector jobs since taking office

President’s chainsaw slashes public-sector employment; Staff numbers have fallen 9.6% over the last 17 months, says Argentina’s government.

In the first 17 months of management, 47,925 people were fired. State-owned companies were the ones that drove out the most people.

The pruning of 9.6% in the workforce was concentrated in the APN and in the state companies. Sturzenegger assured that it will continue with more layoffs and closures of non-essential areas. Javier Milei's entry cut almost 50,000 charges and saved 1,885 million dollars was first published in Data 24.

The libertarian administration eliminates 10% of the jobs in the Nation and highlights that this means an adjustment of US$1.885 million.

The national government revealed that it reduced public employment by almost 10% during the first 17 months of Javier Milei's term of office, disassociating about 48,000 state workers, and estimated that the cut resulted in annual savings of $1,885 million. The report prepared by the Impact Assessment Unit of the Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, explained that between December 2023 and April 2025, employment in the publi…

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