Workers at several federal agencies miss their 1st full paycheck amid government shutdown

For many federal workers, Friday was supposed to be payday.

Instead, they are receiving nothing, with no sign of when their paychecks might resume, as the waves rippling from the federal government shutdown continue to grow.

Employees at several federal agencies going without pay

By the numbers:

According to the Bipartisan Policy Center, about 1.4 million civilian federal employees across the country are going without pay. Roughly half of them are furloughed. The other half has been deemed essential and so is continuing to work.

Civilian employees at the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Executive Office of the President, and a few other agencies experienced their first fully missed paycheck on October 24.

The remainder of feder