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Layoffs Tracker

# U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Layoffs 2025: Timeline & Numbers

Every U.S. Department of Health and Human Services layoff, store closure, and return-to-office announcement we track, newest first, with jobs affected where a source states it. Sources are linked from our coverage where available.

Last updated Oct 2, 2026

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_From our coverage, Oct 10, 2025: [Judge Blocks Federal Layoffs During Shutdown](/blog/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown)_

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at a glance

**Announcements tracked**
: 2

**Jobs affected (reported)**
: 10,982

**Layoffs**
: 2

**Store closures**
: 0

**Return-to-office mandates**
: 0

Jobs affected are as reported by each source, summed over the 2 of 2 announcements that state a number.

Latest announcement Oct 10, 2025

## 2025

2 announcements · 10,982 jobs reported affected

1. Oct 10Oct 10Layoff ### Cuts 982 jobs HHS, including the CDC, issued shutdown reduction-in-force notices, some erroneously, and a judge later temporarily blocked such RIFs. - Our coverage:[Judge Blocks Federal Layoffs During Shutdown](/blog/federal-layoffs-government-shutdown)![](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:640:480/q:80/plain/images/statebuilding-4.png)
2. Apr 1Apr 1Layoff ### Cuts 10,000 jobs HHS issued reduction-in-force notices to about 10,000 employees as part of a plan to cut roughly 20,000 positions, alongside about 10,000 voluntary separations. - Our coverage:[17,000 Jobs Gone: How HHS Workforce Cuts Are Reshaping Healthcare Careers in 2026](/blog/hhs-workforce-cuts-2026-healthcare-careers-impact)![](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:640:480/q:80/plain/images/hhs-workforce-cuts-2026-healthcare-careers-impact.png)

## Data and archives

Free to reuse with attribution to Metaintro

Every published announcement, all years, one row per event. Column names are stable, and jobs affected are blank where no source states a number.

[Download the dataCSV](/layoffs/data.csv)[Download the dataJSON](/layoffs/data.json)
Jobs affected are counted only when a source states a number; “Not stated” means none was disclosed. [Methodology, sources and how to cite](/layoffs#methodology)

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