Applications for unemployment benefits filed by federal employees remained at an elevated level for a second week as the Trump administration moves to dramatically shrink the size of the federal government.

Employees from 52 federal agencies and all 39 Washington counties have filed unemployment claims, according to the Employment Security Department.

The first trickle of federal workers losing their jobs showed up last week in U.S. applications for unemployment benefits, but many more filings are likely in the next few months as the full scope of mass layoffs become clear.

The mass firings announced by Donald Trump and Elon Musk have grabbed headlines and caused personal suffering. But it may be a while before the economic impact is measurable.

Gov. Josh Shapiro made a pitch to federal workers fired by President Donald Trump’s administration: Pennsylvania wants to hire you for one of its current job openings. The Democratic governor on Wednesday signed an executive order directing state agencies to give hiring preference to federal employees.

Federal workers are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s claims about the state of the country and the mass firing spree under his watch, warning it will undermine communities and leave people across the country with diminished access to the services that they rely on.