FBI leaders celebrated record-high agent application numbers in Director Kash Patel’s first full month leading the agency.
“The work is only beginning — but this FBI is letting good cops be cops, and more and more brave men and women are seeking to be apart of it,” Patel shared on X. “Our team is doing an outstanding job finding the best of the best.”
Fox News Digital reported that in March, the agency saw its largest number of applicants ever, with 5,577 new FBI agent applications submitted last month. By comparison, the agency saw a monthly average of 3,383 applicants in 2024 and an average of 2,797 applicants per month in 2023.
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August 2016, at 5,283, was the most recent year in which applications were close
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