US EditionNoem announces $10K bonuses for some TSA workers after shutdown
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem awarded $10,000 bonuses to select TSA officers for exemplary service during the 43-day shutdown, benefiting several thousand workers, officials said.
- On November 13, 2025, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced one-time $10,000 bonus checks for select Transportation Security Administration officers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, who served during the 43-day government shutdown.
- The 43-day government shutdown forced 50,000 TSA officers to work without pay, cut Federal Aviation Administration capacity, and caused more than 9,000 canceled flights with $15 billion in estimated losses.
- Noem personally handed out checks to more than 2 dozen agents at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, including TSA officers Reiko Walker and Ashley Richardson, with funding from carryover Fiscal Year 2025 funds, DHS said.
- Back pay is expected on Nov. 19, but officials warned payroll recovery could take days, and unionized federal workers plan protests while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will work with Congress on awards.
- Selective awards and unclear criteria have prompted fairness questions about bonuses for TSA agents, while air traffic controllers remain excluded amid aviation staffing shortages and canceled flights, and Noem blamed Democrats for the shutdown.
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Some TSA workers to get $10,000 bonuses for shutdown work
WASHINGTON – Air traffic controllers with perfect attendance through the shutdown are not the only government employees getting bonuses for working unpaid during the longest federal spending freeze in U.S. history.
Homeland Security secretary promises $10,000 bonuses for select TSA agents who worked during the government shutdown—but there’s a catch
The longest government shutdown in history is over—a period marked by extreme chaos at airports, cancelled flights, and unpaid workers. But Kristi Noem, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, on Thursday promised that TSA agents who continued to work through the shutdown and were unpaid for more than a month will receive a $10,000 bonus. Some TSA agents had not been showing up for work since they were unpaid due to the government shutdown. TSA ag…
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