# GAO: Federal employees paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025

https://mins.news/en/item/60935

- ABC News, 2026-09-16 12:45 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://abcnews.com/Politics/federal-employees-paid-95-billion-work-2025-gao/story?id=136490298

> Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025, according to the Government Accountability Office. Federal data also showed that the workforce shrank by roughly 216,000 employees.

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