How much did the Department of Defense spend in fiscal year 2025?
Total obligations in FY2025: $501.69B. That counts awards to outside recipients (contracts, grants, loans, payments). The agency's total obligations in its budget accounts, the figure USAspending.gov's Spending Explorer shows, are larger: $1.45T in FY2025. They also include military and civilian pay, retirement and benefits, and work the agency does itself (ask for its account obligations).
| Obligations |
|---|
| $501.69B |
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- Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays (money paid).