Overview
- The INDEC technical report for September 2026 records 266,205 public‑sector workers, a 6.1% fall from September 2025 and a 0.8% drop from August 2026.
- The Administración Pública Nacional (APN) registered 179,396 workers, down 7.2% year‑on‑year, while the centralized administration fell most steeply to 37,200 employees, a 19.7% annual decline.
- Several agencies and state firms showed large one‑month cuts in September, with the Ministry of Health down 8.5% to 6,392 workers, INSSJP‑PAMI down 6.4% to 11,876, and FADEA down 10.4% to 583.
- Since December 2023, official series show cumulative losses of more than 75,000 public jobs and a 21% drop in staff at state companies from November 2023 levels, with big absolute reductions at the Correo, Operadora Ferroviaria and Banco Nación.
- The report also details workforce makeup that matters for services: most APN staff (155,778) remain under collective bargaining while 21,107 are in ‘other’ nonstandard contracts, a mix that will shape how cuts affect operations and fiscal savings.