What does federal money pay for, by expense category, in FY2025?
Top 6 by outlays (money paid) in FY2025. Leading: Grants and benefit payments ($6.01T); Interest ($1.26T); Contracts, services and supplies ($1.10T).
| Expense category | Paid (outlays) |
|---|---|
| Grants and benefit payments | $6.01T |
| Interest | $1.26T |
| Contracts, services and supplies | $1.10T |
| Personnel pay and benefits | $865.59B |
| Other | $332.49B |
| Equipment, buildings and loans | $243.64B |
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How to read this
- From agencies' monthly account reports to Treasury (USAspending): everything an agency spends, including salaries, benefits and interest, not only contracts and grants.
- Outlays are gross: they include payments between government accounts, so they add up to more than the Treasury's official net outlays (about $7.0 trillion in FY2025).
- Expense types are OMB object classes; 'Insurance claims and indemnities' holds benefit payments such as Medicare and Social Security.