Federal government workers are now more than twice as likely as employees nationwide to be working fully on site, following President Donald Trump’s order ending most remote work arrangements, according to a Gallup poll released on Sept. 2.
The share of federal government employees working in the office full-time jumped to 46 percent in the second quarter of 2025, which is more than double the national average of 21 percent, and nearly 30 percentage points higher than late last year, when that figure stood at just 17 percent.
Over the same period, the percentage of federal employees in hybrid roles fell from 61 percent to 28 percent.
The shift appears to stem from a Jan. 20 White House memorandum in which Trump directed agency heads to “take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in person on a full-time basis,” subject to limited exemptions….