State officials are decrying new federal jobs numbers that show Maryland lost more than 10,000 federal jobs over two months at the end of last year, bringing the total jobs lost for the year to 25,000.
The report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms that Maryland lost more federal jobs since President Donald Trump took office than any other state in the nation. In sharp remarks Wednesday directed at the Republican administration in Washington, Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Washington has “broken its pact” with Maryland and with the country.
“Donald Trump ran on a premise that he alone could fix it,” Moore said during the Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday. “What he didn’t tell the American people was that he alone could break it, and the policies that we continue to see from this White House have continued to make all of our lives harder.”
The updated figures reflect job loses from October and November, when the so-called “fork in the road” job buyout took effect, for federal employees who were given the opportunity earlier in the year to resign and receive full pay and benefits until the end of September. State officials said it would be not be until after the deadline when the impact of those decisions would start to be seen.
Federal jobs represent about 6% of the state’s total employment and 10% of the state’s overall wages.
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