USDA names Raleigh a key hub in major reorganization of its workforce

Date Published: July 30, 2025

Raleigh has been named one of five new US Department of Agriculture hub locations. As part of a nationwide restructuring plan announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins on July 24, the agency aims to move closer to the communities it serves.

To bring the USDA closer to the people it supports and provide a more affordable cost of living to government employees, the USDA says it has developed a plan to relocate a significant portion of the agency’s headquarters and National Capital Region (NCR) staff to five hub locations. Raleigh has been chosen as one of those five locations, with a federal locality rate of 22.24%. The remaining four hub locations are Kansas City, Missouri, at 18.97%; Indianapolis, Indiana, at 18.15%; Fort Collins, Colorado, at 30.52% and Salt Lake City, Utah, at 17.06%. 

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