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National · Jobs · Black men

69,000 Black men lost federal jobs. Why didn't anyone count them?

About 69,000 fewer Black men work federal jobs than in 2024. Their count beside Black women, where it hit hardest, and who can act.

Federal jobs built the Black middle class, and Black men built them too. In 2024 about 409,000 Black men worked for the federal government, as mail carriers, VA nurses, Social Security staff, engineers and managers. Nearly 1 in 5 federal workers is Black, 18.5% in 2024, against about 1 in 8 of all American workers, according to the Pew Research Center.

Inside: The count for Black men · Side by side with Black women · Where it hit hardest: the Washington region · Who pays, and who decides what happens next · What you can do this week · Where you live

Read the story › November 6, 2026 · 3 minute read

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