The Maryland Board of Public Works is poised to approve buyouts for 332 state employees Wednesday, with the intention of saving the state over $10 million this fiscal year.

The fiscal year 2026 budget mandates that the Maryland Department of Budget and Management abolish approximately 150 state employee positions.

According to the Board of Public Works agenda for Oct. 22, nearly 900 valid applications for the buyout program were reviewed. The 332 approved employees were separated from their jobs at the end of September, and their positions were abolished.

The powerful, three-person board consisting of Gov. Wes Moore , Comptroller Brooke Lierman and state Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, all of whom are Democrats, is also likely to approve the abolition of an additional 170 state em

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