In November, Argentina's national public sector workforce decreased by 785 jobs, marking a 0.3% reduction from October and a 7.8% drop compared to November 2024. Since Javier Milei took office in December 2023, the total job losses have amounted to 59,688. According to data accessed by the Argentine News Agency (NA), released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), 785 public sector jobs were lost in November. With the latest data from INDEC, the National Public Administration (APN) has fallen by 15.57%. Centralized administration: decreased from 39,272 to 39,011 employees, a 0.7% reduction. Decentralized administration: shrank by 0.3%, going from 116,960 to 116,571 employees. Deconcentrated administration: the only sector that grew during the penultimate month of the year. Year-over-year, the APN decreased by 7.8% compared to November 2024. In numerical terms, this represents a reduction of 22,322 jobs on a year-over-year basis. Nearly 60,000 public sector jobs have been lost since Milei's assumption of office.
