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Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want.
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? Pensions: Pensions, disability
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Pensions Spending
Fiscal Years 1900 to 2026
YearInflationGDP-US
$ billion nominal
Population-US
million
Pensions - Federal
percent GDP
Pensions - State
percent GDP
Pensions - Local
percent GDP
19002.92MW gdpa76.2120.000.000.00
19012.95MW gdpa77.6800.000.000.00
19022.9MW gdpa79.1760.00a0.000.00
19034.83MW gdpa80.7010.00i0.000.00
19042.57MW gdpa82.2550.00i0.000.00
19050.81MW gdpa83.8390.00i0.000.00
19063.71MW gdpa85.4530.00i0.000.00
19076.49MW gdpa87.0990.00i0.000.00
1908-0.18MW gdpa88.7760.00i0.000.00
1909-1.49MW gdpa90.4860.00i0.000.00
19102.63MW gdpa92.2290.00i0.000.00
1911-0.49MW gdpa93.5230.00i0.000.00
19124.17MW gdpa94.8360.00i0.000.00
19130.75MW gdpa96.1670.00a0.00a0.02a
19140.86MW gdpa97.5160.00i0.00i0.02i
19153.29MW gdpa98.8850.00i0.00i0.02i
191614.48MW gdpa100.2730.00i0.00i0.02i
191722.75MW gdpa101.6800.00i0.00i0.02i
191818MW gdpa103.1070.00i0.00i0.02i
19192.49MW gdpa104.5540.00i0.01i0.02i
192013.78MW gdpa106.0220.00i0.01i0.02i
1921-14.44MW gdpa107.6260.00i0.01i0.03i
1922-5.79MW gdpa109.2540.01a0.01a0.03a
19233.15MW gdpa110.9080.01i0.01i0.03i
1924-1.28MW gdpa112.5860.01i0.01i0.03i
19251.82MW gdpa114.2900.01i0.01i0.03i
19260.5MW gdpa116.0190.01i0.01i0.03i
1927-2.42MW gdpa117.7750.01a0.01a0.04a
19280.76MW gdpa119.5570.02i0.01i0.04i
19290.68MW gdpa121.3660.02i0.01i0.04i
1930-3.3592.16a123.2030.02i0.02i0.05i
1931-9.6277.391a124.0710.03i0.02i0.07i
1932-10.1959.522a124.9450.05a0.03a0.10a
1933-2.7457.154a125.8250.06i0.04i0.11i
19346.0766.8a126.7120.06a0.04a0.10a
19352.2374.241a127.6050.06i0.04i0.10i
19361.3884.83a128.5040.05a0.04a0.09a
19374.5193.003a129.4100.06i0.05i0.08i
1938-2.7687.352a130.3210.08a0.05a0.09a
1939-1.0693.437a131.2400.09i0.06i0.09i
19401.31102.899a132.1650.09a0.05a0.08a
19417.95129.309a133.9660.13i0.05i0.07i
19429.45165.952a135.7920.13a0.04a0.06a
19435.35203.084a137.6430.13i0.03i0.06i
19442.57224.447a139.5190.14a0.03a0.06a
19452.56228.007a141.4210.20i0.04i0.06i
194611.4227.535a143.3490.27a0.04a0.06a
194710.85249.616a145.3030.29i0.04i0.06i
19485.84274.468a147.2830.29a0.04a0.06a
1949-0.17272.475a149.2910.34i0.05i0.07i
19501.35299.827a151.3260.35a0.05a0.07a
19517.66346.914a153.9170.53a0.06i0.07i
19521.8367.341a156.5520.64a0.07a0.08a
19531.27389.218a159.2320.79a0.08a0.08a
19540.92390.549a161.9580.97a0.09a0.08a
19551.81425.478a164.7311.14a0.09a0.08a
19563.48449.353a167.5511.33a0.10a0.09a
19573.39474.039a170.4201.53a0.11a0.09a
19582.26481.229a173.3371.85a0.12a0.10a
19591.47521.654a176.3052.02a0.12a0.10a
19601.4542.382a179.3232.31a0.13a0.10a
19611.09562.209a181.5882.39a0.14a0.11a
19621.29603.922a183.8811.94a0.15a0.11a
19631.19637.45a186.2042.07a0.16a0.11a
19641.61684.46a188.5552.07a0.16a0.11a
19651.95742.289a190.9372.04a0.17a0.10a
19662.99813.414a193.3482.27a0.17a0.10a
19672.98859.959a195.7902.28a0.19a0.12a
19684.47940.651a198.2632.34a0.19a0.11a
19695.061017.62a200.7662.51a0.21a0.11a
19705.291073.3a203.3022.65a0.22a0.12a
19715.241164.85a205.5153.00a0.23a0.12a
19724.551279.11a207.7523.15a0.25a0.13a
19735.791425.38a210.0133.59a0.28a0.13a
19748.951545.24a212.2993.84a0.30a0.13a
19759.241684.9a214.6094.24a0.31a0.14a
19765.81873.41a216.9454.32a0.32a0.13a
19776.52081.83a219.3074.51a0.33a0.13a
19787.422351.6a221.6944.41a0.33a0.13a
19798.562627.33a224.1074.45a0.34a0.13a
19809.012857.31a226.5464.70a0.36a0.13a
19819.73207.04a228.6704.94a0.36a0.13a
19826.073343.79a230.8155.26a0.39a0.14a
19834.13634.04a232.9795.21a0.39a0.14a
19843.874037.61a235.1644.87a0.40a0.14a
19853.294338.98a237.3694.74a0.42a0.14a
19862.084579.63a239.5954.74a0.43a0.15a
19872.564855.22a241.8424.66a0.46a0.15a
19883.675236.44a244.1104.55a0.46a0.15a
19894.065641.58a246.3994.49a0.48a0.14a
19903.815963.14a248.7104.56a0.50a0.15a
19913.386158.13a251.8024.77a0.52a0.16a
19922.366520.33a254.9334.81a0.67a0.16a
19932.436858.56a258.1034.88a0.71a0.17a
19942.227287.24a261.3124.84a0.71a0.17a
19952.157639.75a264.5614.87a0.74a0.18a
19961.98073.12a267.8504.82a0.77a0.18a
19971.88577.55a271.1804.75a0.76a0.18a
19981.179062.82a274.5524.66a0.79a0.19a
19991.489631.17a277.9664.48a0.78a0.19a
20002.3610251a282.1724.43a0.82a0.19a
20012.2710581.9a285.0824.54a0.87a0.20i
20021.5810929.1a287.8044.60a0.94a0.20a
20032.0311456.4a290.3264.52a1.00a0.21i
20042.7912217.2a293.0464.40a1.02a0.21a
20053.2413039.2a295.7534.33a1.01a0.21a
20063.1713815.6a298.5934.27a1.01a0.21a
20072.7614474.2a301.5804.39a1.02a0.21a
20081.9314769.9a304.3754.53a1.08a0.23a
20090.614478.1a307.0075.10a1.16a0.25a
20101.2515049a309.3275.02a1.19a0.25a
20112.115599.7a311.5835.01a1.23a0.26a
20121.916254a313.8785.04a1.25a0.26a
20131.7416880.7a316.0605.16a1.26a0.27a
20141.7917608.1a318.3865.19a1.27a0.27a
20150.9618295a320.7395.21a1.29a0.27a
20160.9718804.9a323.0725.21a1.31a0.28a
20171.8419612.1a325.1225.13a1.31a0.27a
20182.3620656.5a326.8385.07a1.30a0.27a
20191.6921540a328.3305.14a1.29a0.28a
20201.3221375.3a331.5785.39a1.34a0.29a
20214.8423725.6a332.1005.00a1.28a0.28a
20227.2926054.6a333.9964.91a1.23a0.26a
20233.8127811.5a336.7555.25a1.24g0.25g
20242.5529298a340.0045.20a1.28g0.26g
20252.930767.1a341.7855.31a1.33g0.27g
20261.3330552.7g343.5755.66b1.47g0.31g

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a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values
g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com
b - budgeted estimate in US FY28 budget

Data Sources for 1900:
GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State and Local: Hist. Stats of US, Colonial Times to 1970 and 1789 - 1945

Data Sources for 2026:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years

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Data Sources for 1900_2026:

Sources for 1900:

GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State and Local: Hist. Stats of US, Colonial Times to 1970 and 1789 - 1945

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US Budget Deficit, Receipts, Outlays for FY 2026

On October 15, 2026, the US Treasury reported in its Monthly Treasury Statement (and xlsx) for September that the federal deficit for FY 2025 ending September 30, 2026, was $1,99 billion. Here are the numbers, including total receipts, total outlays, and deficit compared with the numbers projected in the FY 2026 federal budget published in February 2025:

Federal Finances
FY 2026 Outcomes
Budget
billions
Outcome
billions
Receipts $5,873    $5,403
Outlays$7,419$7,396
Deficit$1,547$1,993

The Monthly Treasury Statement includes "Table 4: Receipts of the United States Government, September 2026 and Other Periods." This table of receipts by source is used for usgovernmentspending.com to post details of federal receipt actuals for FY 2025. usdgovernmentspending.com obtains the data for outlays and receipts from apis at fiscaldata.treasury.gov.


This MTS report on FY 2026 actuals is a problem for usgovernmentspending.com because this site uses Historical Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction from the Budget of the United States as its basic source for federal subfunction outlays. But the Monthly Treasury Statement only includes "Table 9. Summary of Receipts by Source, and Outlays by Function of the U.S. Government, September 2025 and Other Periods". Subfunction amounts don't get reported until the FY28 budget in February 2027. Until then usgovernmentspending.com estimates actual outlays by "subfunction" for FY 2026 by factoring subfunction budgeted amounts for FY26 by the ratio between relevant actual and budgeted "function" amounts where actual outlays by subfunction cannot be gleaned from the Monthly Treasury Statement.

Final detailed FY 2026 actuals will not appear on usgovernmentspending.com until the FY 2028 federal budget is published in February 2027 with the actual outlays for FY 2026* in Historical Table 3.2--Outlays by Function and Subfunction.
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