More than 80% of the federal workforce lives outside of the Washington, D.C., metro area. About 454,000 federal employees work in the district, Maryland and Virginia. California and Texas have a ...

The result is that federal workers in Washington, D.C., and other cities with high numbers of government employees are either feeling motivated to buy new homes or discouraged from buying or selling.

The 2025 total number of unique claims for federal employees that were submitted but not approved or paid yet was 1,480, as of Feb. 22. The balance of the unemployment fund as of Feb. 20 is ...