The Trump administration plans to shrink the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services by nearly a quarter, officials announced Thursday, as part of a major restructuring of the department.
Managers in several health agencies are now racing to figure out details on how the reorganization will impact their work.
Trump officials in multiple parts of the department have said they are aiming to implement much of the changes quickly, often within 10 days.
The changes amount to a workforce that will be around 33% smaller than it was at the end of the Biden administration. There were around 92,620 employees at the department in September 2024, according to federal records, up from 81,917 at the end of the Trump administration.
Some 10,000 full-time employees will be cut through the layoffs, in addition to other vacant positions that will not be replaced. Thousands of full-time staff have already left the department in recent months, in addition to thousands more contractor and fellowship positions that were also eliminated.
Trump administration to shrink federal health agencies by 20,000 employees
