DOT to furlough over 12,000 employees, mostly from FAA, during government shutdown

KTUL by RAY LEWIS | The National News Desk

October 1st 2025

HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — The Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to furlough more than 12,000 employees during the government shutdown.

Ninety-three percent of the workers are in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), while hundreds are from the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Inspector General, Maritime Administration and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the DOT’s chief financial officer and one of its budgetary officials said Tuesday. Thirty-one of the workers are employed by the Office of the Secretary.

More than 53,000 people were working at the DOT before the shutdown, including nearly 45,000 at the FAA. Some of the department’s other agencies, like the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, plan to furlough all of their employees.

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