Each panel shows monthly accessions (people hired in, green bars going up) and separations (departures — quits, retirements, terminations, and transfers out to other agencies — red bars going down) for one cabinet department. The dashed red line marks the federal hiring freeze (executive order signed Jan 20, 2025).
If the green bar is taller than the red bar, the workforce is growing that month; if red is taller, it's shrinking. Hover any month to see accessions, separations, and net change.
Each bar shows actions whose effective date falls in that month, not when OPM processed them. Late-filed actions are correctly attributed to their effective month even if they appear in a later monthly publish.