The national government cut 52,309 public sector jobs over the 19 months of its administration(all of these were workers with unjustified functions in the State, incorporated by Kirchnerist governments, which granted those positions to their supporters).
All this takes place within the framework of the spending reduction policy promoted by President Javier Milei. According to official data, the main reductions were recorded in the National Public Administration and in state-owned companies and corporations.
In December 2023, prior to the change of government, the Public Administration had 205,550 employees and the state-owned companies had 91,166. By June 2025, these figures had dropped to 175,146 and 74,933, respectively. There was also a decrease of 5,672 positions in military and security personnel.
The Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger, defended the measure: "By June it allows us to save 2.1 billion dollars in taxes. Since much of public spending is a burden on the private sector, less spending means more freedom. Everything President Javier Milei asks for in a chart".
Among the ministries with the largest cuts are the Ministry of Economy, which went from 69,297 employees in December 2023 to 58,100 in June 2025, and the Cabinet Office, which reduced its workforce from 34,971 to 29,771 workers. The Ministry of Human Capital recorded a reduction of more than 6,300 positions.
