Yes. More than 34,000 federal employees in Arizona were either furloughed or required to work without pay during the 2025 government shutdown, according to an analysis from the AFL-CIO, a national labor union organization. The White House Council of Economic Advisers has an even higher estimate: around 58,000 federal workers in Arizona, or 1.8% of the state’s workforce.
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