How many national civil servants are and where do they work today?

After decree 426/2022 was published last month, that limited The incorporation of new employees into the national public administration, decentralized entities and companies controlled by the national state was severely cut off. On Tuesday the decree 827/2022 was published, which provides that the entire national public sector must report monthly to INDEC, varying the staff for publication.

Relevant resolutions are being prepared in this regard every month, INDEC reports the number of employees in each branch of the National State.

how many employees are there

As reported in Clarione From the Secretary to the Direction and to the Public Employment of the Nation, the national public administration today has this endowment:

– national public administration has 73,985 employees;

– Decentralized organizationsincluding AFIP, ANSeS, PAMI, Conicet: 87,824 employeesYes;

Armed and security forces are counted close to 200,000 people.

On the other hand, an investigation conducted by Clarione based on the annual business plans presented to the Ministry of Economy, public companies today employ around 92,000 people.

The decree published this Tuesday reminds us that the hiring ban provided for by decree no. 426/22 provides:

– Permanent contracts, fixed-term, part-time and temporary work;

– Individual hiring under the leasing regime;

-The contract of companies dedicated to the provision of any services;

It is also clarified that “the hiring of personnel for seasonal circumstances or for production needs duly accredited, according to the particularities of each company or company, will not be affected by this prohibition”.

The freezing of vacancies is not total, moreover, decree 426/2022 provides for various exceptions, such as the Science, Technology and Innovation, Health system, disability quotas, gender diversity, among others. Nor does it eliminate the selection processes through competitions already in place.

Companies in deficit

The Minister of Economy, Serge Massa, framed these decrees in what he called a “roadmap” where the priority “It is the fiscal order of state expenditures“.

On Tuesday he posted on his twitter account that “today the government announced the freezing of contracts for the state plant, state-owned companies and companies, as well as private service providers. Staff payslips will be monitored and reported month by month by INDEC“.

The sign of adaptation in the public service arrived one day after the announcement Budget cut of $ 128 billion which affected in particular the items destined for Health, Education and Housing.

In the case of state-controlled companies, there is the characteristic that most of them are deficientand a large part of their income (reinforced by Treasury contributions) goes to pay salaries.

Clarione reported that these companies lost last year $ 3.8 billion last year. And in 2022 the prospects do not seem to improve. Only in the first quarter of the year was the operating deficit of public companies reached 872 million dollars – calculated at the official average exchange rate for the quarter – against the 675 million recorded in the first quarter of 2021.

The railway system is today the main employer in the country (between public and private) with over 30,000 employees. Among decentralized organizations, AFIP leads the ranking with over 21,000 employees.