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What is the Total US Government Spending?
In FY 2026, total US government spending, federal, state, and local, is “guesstimated” to be $13.57 trillion, with federal $7.42 trillion; state $3.71 trillion; local $3.63 trillion.
US Government Spending Totals in $ trillion
Total government spending in the United States combines spending by federal, state, and local governments.
Total government spending includes:
Federal Gross Spending
less Intergovernmental transfers from federal to state and local
plus State government Direct Spending
plus Local government Direct Spending.
Total Government Spending | |||
| Federal Gross Spending | $7.4 trillion |  | |
| Intergovernmental | $-1.3 trillion | | |
| State Direct Spending | $3.7 trillion | | |
| Local Direct Spending | $3.4 trillion | | |
| Total Spending | $13.2 trillion | | |
| For breakdown click here | For details click here | Switch to revenue | ||
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Federal spending: budgeted, as reported by the Office of Management and Budget.
State spending: 'guesstimated', as projected by usgovernmentspending.com.
Local spending: 'guesstimated', as projected by usgovernmentspending.com.
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Spending Data Sources
Spending data is from official government sources.
- Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.
Federal spending data begins in 1792.
State and local spending data begins in 1820.
State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.
Sources
US Treasury Combined Statement
of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances
U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2011
US Federal Income tax rate Schedules
New GOVINFO federal budget page
from US Government Printing Office
Measuring Worth - GDP Series for US and UK
includes GDP and chained GDP for US; GDP and chained GDP for UK
Gross Domestic Product by State
from Bureau of Economic Analysis
US Population Estimates from 1900
Census Bureau's annual population estimate from 1900 to 1999
2005 Census of Governments - Finance Technical Documentation
Contains Census Bureau spending and revenue codes
JpGraph Chart Library
Open source graph creating Library for PHP.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
historical editions of Census Bureau's publication. From 1878.
Historical US Federal Expenditure by Function 1902-1970
Table from Historical Statistics of the United States: Chapter Y: Government. Includes US Federal Expenditure 1902-1970, p 1123-1124.
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Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $37,889,756,572,760.44 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
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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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State FY25 Taxes Update
On November 22, 2025 usgovernmentspending.com updated FY2025 state revenue with quarterly tax data released by the US Census Bureau on September 2, 2025. Local tax data was updated by assuming that local taxes for 2024 changed by the same percent as state taxes of the same type.
| $ billion | FY2025 Estimate | FY2025 Actual |
| State Income Tax Revenue | $908 | $798 |
| Total State Revenue | $2,815 | $3.072 |
State and local spending projections for FY2026 to FY2029 have been reestimated using the "Guesstimate" method.
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2024 on March 29, 2025.Usgovernmen ...
On October 16, 2025, the US Treasury reported in its Monthly Treasury Statement (and ...
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President’s FY 2025 Budget Release Scheduled for March 11
Although the FY 2024 appropriations process is not yet resolved
Biden to Release Budget March 9
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Biden to Release 2023 Budget Request on March 28
how the administration expects to spend money for priorities including aid to Ukraine and the continuing effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as well as legislative proposals such as increased funding for community policing programs, cancer research, and mental health education.
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