BALTIMORE — Thousands of federal employees in Maryland are scrambling to manage their finances as the government shutdown continues, leaving many without paychecks and uncertainty about when, and if, they'll receive back pay.

"Hopefully, down the road, I will get paid. Like I said, it could be a month. I just make sacrifices," said a Social Security Administration employee who asked to remain anonymous due to concerns about losing his job.

The employee said he received a paycheck last Friday but that could be the last for a while.

"If this continues, yes, it'd be zeros going forward. And then they've also been talking about maybe not giving the back pay. So who knows?" he said.

Jonathan Pearlstein, managing director at Blue Pearl Wealth Management, has several clients impacted by the s

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