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Millennials in the federal workforce are at their lowest levels since 2005.
A study from the Partnership for Public Service found that employees under age 30 comprise just 6.6 percent of the federal workforce. That’s a decrease of more than 45,000 people since 2010, when millennials comprised 9.1 percent of the federal workforce, according to the Washington Post.
Employees under age 25 dropped from 2 percent five years ago to .9 percent. Within the workplace at large, millennials comprise 23.5 percent of workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In an article last December, the Washington Post noted the low number of millennials working for the federal government.
“With agencies starved for digital expertise and thousands of federal jobs coming open because of a wave of baby-boomer retirements, top government officials, including at the White House, are growing increasingly distressed about the dwindling role played by young workers,” Journalist Lisa Rein said.
A frustrating hiring process, effects from sequestration that imposed hiring freezes, and appealing alternatives for non-government work has driven the falling representation.
The driving force might be no secret. The Partnership for Public Service’s study notes, “Federal employees under the age of 30 are also slightly less satisfied overall than all other employees.”
The nature of working for the federal government just might not appeal to young people like it used to.
