Which agencies spend the most on consultants (advisory and assistance services)?
Top 10 by outlays (money paid) in FY2025. Leading: Department of Defense ($47.73B); General Services Administration ($21.18B); Department of State ($7.03B).
| Agency | Paid (outlays) |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $47.73B |
| General Services Administration | $21.18B |
| Department of State | $7.03B |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $6.90B |
| Department of Homeland Security | $6.08B |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $5.88B |
| Department of Agriculture | $4.20B |
| Department of Energy | $3.73B |
| Department of the Treasury | $3.62B |
| Department of Transportation | $3.16B |
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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).