Federal government bodies, including the USDA and the Interior, are set for significant reductions in workforce

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has predicted that approximately 300,000 civil servants will depart from the federal government by the end of the year. This expectation was announced by OPM spokesperson McLaurine Pinover in an email on Tuesday.

The updated tracker, a product of the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, shows losses across more than 10 federal agencies. However, the departments with the most employee losses due to voluntary and forced separations under the Trump administration are not explicitly listed in the available search results.

According to the updated tracker, the departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Energy have seen the deepest workforce cuts under the Trump administration. The OPM's expectation is not limited to "involuntary and voluntary workforce reductions."

The OPM's expectation is a significant increase over the more than 199,000 civil servants who have already left the workforce this year, as reported by the Partnership for Public Service. The updated tracker estimates that over 199,000 civil servants have left the workforce this year.

It is worth noting that the United States Office of Personnel Management sent termination offers to about 2.3 million federal employees early in the second Trump term starting January 2025, which implies significant workforce reductions in federal agencies overall. No specific information about the top 10 agencies with the highest employee losses in a particular year was found in the results.

The Trump team has vowed to continue downsizing the government, but the OPM's expectation does not indicate a vow to continue downsizing by the Trump team. Furthermore, the OPM's expectation does not specify which federal departments or agencies will see the most departures.

The OPM's expectation is since the start of the current administration. The departments of Agriculture, Interior, and Energy are among the federal agencies included in the updated tracker. The updated tracker was released on Tuesday.