California and the Bay Area have each seen federal jobs disappear in 2025. With a government shutdown now in effect, the situation isn’t likely to improve.

Plenty of positions are at stake, based on the most recently available numbers for federal government employment totals.

In August, California had 248,000 federal government jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers that Beacon Economics derived from monthly jobs reports released by the state Employment Development Department.

During that same month, the Bay Area had 41,000 federal jobs, Beacon estimates show. August is the most recent month for which nonfarm payroll figures are available for the Bay Area and California.

The San Francisco-San Mateo region had 13,400 federal government jobs in August, the most among the Bay Area

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