NASA Workforce Changes Chart

Annual change of full-time equivalent (FTE) workforce at NASA. The calculated workforce reduction for FY 2025 incorporates both the planned reductions in the FY2025 President's Budget Request and the estimated size of the probationary layoffs as of Feb 18, 2025. Note that the reductions in the 1990s were achieved via attrition and incentivized buy-outs. Credit: Casey Dreier/The Planetary Society. Source: NASA Historical Data Book Volumes 1, 4, 6, & 7; Presidential Budget Requests FYs 2005 - 2025.