Maryland has lost 12,700 federal jobs since the beginning of the second Trump administration in January, a top state finance official said Thursday.
Ben Seigel, the Maryland deputy comptroller for policy, public works and investment, said the loss is the most significant in the state since the federal government’s budget sequestration from 2013-14, when about 8,000 jobs were lost over two years.
“These are people’s lives, right? These are individuals,” Seigel said. “We look at the stats and the data, but it’s really about people.”
A spokesperson for the state Department of Labor said Thursday that the cuts, which do not include federal contractors, are the largest of any U.S. state.
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