CHALLENGES STILL REMAIN. WE’RE FIGURING BY WEDNESDAY, I THINK, IS WHEN WE THINK PAYCHECKS WILL START TO HIT US. THE EMPLOYEES. NOW, JUST A MATTER OF DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST BASE PAYCHECKS WILL HIT, ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE. THEN PHIL GLOVER, PENNSYLVANIA’S NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES UNION, SAYS THE AGENCIES WILL GO BACK IN AND PAY OVERTIME THAT IS OWED, AND THOSE PAYOUTS INCLUDE THE FURLOUGHED WORKERS. TWO SENATORS PUT INTO PLACE PAYMENT FOR IN THE FINAL BILL TO PAY EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE FURLOUGHED WORKERS, BECAUSE IT’S NOT THEIR FAULT. THIS IS THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BETWEEN TWO PARTIES WHO COULDN’T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND PASS A FULL YEAR APPROPRIATIONS BILL. GLOVER SAYS IN ADDITION TO GETTING WORKERS PAID, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE AGENCIES. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, USDA, OR HUD. FOR EXAMPLE, RECALLING STAFF BACK TO THE OFFICE. BUT, HE SAYS CONCERNS OF A SHUTDOWN STILL LINGER. CAN THIS HAPPEN AGAIN IN JANUARY? BECAUSE JANUARY 30TH, MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL STILL BE ON A CONTINUING RESOLUTION. FORTUNATELY, ALLEGHENY COUNTY DHS DIRECTOR AARON DALTON SAYS SNAP BENEFITS SERVING AROUND 160,000 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IS FUNDED FOR THE FULL YEAR. CERTAINLY, WE COULDN’T MAKE UP THE $30 MILLION OF LOST REVENUE TO PEOPLE IN ORDER TO PURCHASE FOOD AND OTHER SUPPORTS, AND SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY CONCERNING, VERY WORRISOME. AND WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET, THAT MONEY STARTS TO FLOW BACK INTO THE SYSTEM, SHE SAYS. SNAP RECIPIENTS NOW WILL HAVE THEIR BENEFITS RESTORED. WE CAN SEE THE END, RIGHT? FOR FAMILIES WHO REALLY NEED THAT ASSISTANCE. DALTON ALSO RELIEVED TO SEE AN END TO THE STATE BUDGET IMPASSE THIS WEEK AS WELL, BUT NOTING THAT COUNTY DHS CONTINUED PAYING ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THAT FUNDING GAP, COVERING ALLEGHEN
How soon could federal workers in Pennsylvania receive pay after government shutdown ended?
Updated: 9:09 PM EST Nov 14, 2025
After a record-breaking 43-day government shutdown, federal workers can expect to see paychecks in their accounts next week.Phil Glover, a national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees who represents Pennsylvania, said paychecks should arrive by Wednesday.The AFGE union represents about 5,000 workers in western Pennsylvania alone and roughly 30,000 across the state.“We’re figuring by Wednesday, I think, is when we think paychecks will start to hit the employees, and my understanding is the first paychecks will just be base pay, and then the agencies will go back in and do any overtime that’s owed after,” Glover said.Glover said payouts include the furloughed workers, too.In addition to getting workers paid, Glover says the next step will be agencies — for example, the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — recalling staff back to work.“Senators put into place payment in the final bill to pay everybody, including the furloughed workers, because it’s not their fault,” Glover said. “This is a government shutdown between two parties who couldn’t get their act together and pass a full-year appropriations bill.”In the deal to reopen the government, some items were only funded temporarily, like public health programs, for example. Glover said concerns of a future shutdown linger.“Can this happen again in January? Because Jan. 30, most of the government will still be on a continuing resolution,” Glover said.The shutdown impacted around 160,000 people in our community who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.Erin Dalton, director of Allegheny County Department of Human Services, was relieved to share that all SNAP benefits for November are being restored.“Certainly, we couldn’t make up the $30 million of lost revenue to people in order to purchase food and other supports, and so that was very, very concerning, very worrisome. And with the passage of the federal budget, that money starts to flow back into the system,” Dalton said.She said SNAP benefits are currently being restored, and many have already received them.“We’re where we can see the end for families who really need that assistance,” Dalton said.
PITTSBURGH —
After a record-breaking 43-day government shutdown, federal workers can expect to see paychecks in their accounts next week.
Phil Glover, a national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees who represents Pennsylvania, said paychecks should arrive by Wednesday.
The AFGE union represents about 5,000 workers in western Pennsylvania alone and roughly 30,000 across the state.
“We’re figuring by Wednesday, I think, is when we think paychecks will start to hit the employees, and my understanding is the first paychecks will just be base pay, and then the agencies will go back in and do any overtime that’s owed after,” Glover said.
Glover said payouts include the furloughed workers, too.
In addition to getting workers paid, Glover says the next step will be agencies — for example, the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — recalling staff back to work.
“Senators put into place payment in the final bill to pay everybody, including the furloughed workers, because it’s not their fault,” Glover said. “This is a government shutdown between two parties who couldn’t get their act together and pass a full-year appropriations bill.”
In the deal to reopen the government, some items were only funded temporarily, like public health programs, for example.
Glover said concerns of a future shutdown linger.
“Can this happen again in January? Because Jan. 30, most of the government will still be on a continuing resolution,” Glover said.
The shutdown impacted around 160,000 people in our community who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Erin Dalton, director of Allegheny County Department of Human Services, was relieved to share that all SNAP benefits for November are being restored.
“Certainly, we couldn’t make up the $30 million of lost revenue to people in order to purchase food and other supports, and so that was very, very concerning, very worrisome. And with the passage of the federal budget, that money starts to flow back into the system,” Dalton said.
She said SNAP benefits are currently being restored, and many have already received them.
“We’re where we can see the end for families who really need that assistance,” Dalton said.