How much does the federal government spend on salaries each year?
Outlays (money paid) by fiscal year across all loaded years: from $362.95B (2023) to $348.08B (2026). FY2026 is still in progress (data through 2026-09-29).
| Fiscal year | Paid (outlays) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $362.95B |
| 2024 | $399.95B |
| 2025 | $422.36B |
| 2026 | $348.08B |
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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).
- FY2026 is not complete: it covers the reporting periods published so far.