DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

There are currently 777,525 persons on the government’s payroll according to the Superintendent of Labor Risks and Health (Sisalril). That number represents a 5.2% increase over the 2024 number for September.

So far this year, there have been 22,500 persons added to the payroll, a 3% increase according to the Sisalril numbers.

Over the past ten years, over a quarter of a million people have become employed by the government.

In 2025, just between July and September there was a 2.3% increase in the people on the government payroll. The year’s end payroll is expected to show a 14% increase.

Payrolls for the different government agencies, ministries and departments now total 23.4% of the total trillion plus budget.

The latest numbers represent an increase of about 121,000 new employees since the Abinader administration took office.

As the Diario Libre newspaper points out, more government employees means less money for investment in projects that would improve or...