Overview

• Argentina’s national public-sector payroll fell 0.6% in June 2025 to 289,178 employees.
• Official tallies of total job cuts since December 2023 vary from 44,606 (INDEC) to 52,309 (INDEC and the Ministry of Desregulation).
• All five APN sub-sectors recorded monthly declines in June, with job losses ranging from 0.3% to 0.8%.
• The administration brands the reductions as its ‘motosierra’ deregulation policy designed to shrink state involvement and expand private-sector freedom.
• Officials say the downsizing has yielded approximately $2.1 billion in savings as unions criticize stalled wage negotiations.