Democrats are ignoring the fact that the federal government has faced much lower layoffs than the private sector in recent years

In 2024 , the layoff and discharge rate for all U.S. nonfarm payroll jobs ranged from 1% to 1.1% , while the government layoff rate ranged between 0.3% to 0.4% .

The average annual pay for a federal government employee in the US was $ 106,462 , compared to $ 63,279 for a single private sector employee.

The Trump administration established the Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) to cut out fraud and wasteful spending across the federal government.

Some Democrats have attempted to halt DOGE ’s push to reduce the government workforce with lawsuits over data access and privacy laws.

“I guess we must be over the target or doing something right,” Musk said during a Feb. 18 appearance on Fox News , Musk said that the agency must be “doing something right”.