What is the Federal Government Spending?

In FY 2026, total federal government spending is budgeted to be $7.54 trillion.

US Federal Government Spending Breakdown
in $ trillion

Most government outlays are spent in just a few functional areas: pensions, health care, education, defense, and welfare.

Federal Government Spending in the United States   Fiscal Year 2001
	Pensions	$0.5 trillion
	Health Care	+ $0.4 trillion
	Education	+ $0.1 trillion
	Defense	+ $0.4 trillion
	Welfare	+ $0.2 trillion
	Protection	+ $0.0 trillion
	Transportation	+ $0.1 trillion
	General Federal	+ $0.0 trillion
	Other Spending	+ $0.1 trillion
	Interest	+ $0.2 trillion
	Total Spending	$1.9 trillion
	Federal Deficit	+ $-0.1 trillion
	Other Borrowing	+ $0.3 trillion
	Agency GSE Debt	+ $5.0 trillion
	Grants	+ $0.3 trillion
	Inflation	+ $2.3 trillion
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Pensions: Pensions, disability.

Health Care: Health care.

Education: K-12, college, training.

Defense: Military, foreign policy, veterans, foreign aid.

Welfare: Cash welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, workers compensation, housing, excluding health care.

Protection: Police, fire, law courts, prisons.

Transportation: Road, rail, airports.

General Government: Legislative, executive, finance.

Other Spending: Research, economic development, agriculture, energy, environment.

Interest: Interest on government debt.

Total Spending: Federal: total outlays including grants to state and local. State and local: direct spending on programs.

Spending Key:

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