Question
How much does the US spend on the military?
The Department of Defense obligated $501.6 billion on federal awards in fiscal year 2025, of which $491.8 billion was contracts, according to USAspending.
Exactly, $501,646,895,053.
Data retrieved
The figures behind this
| Award type | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Contracts | $491.8 billion$491,769,081,410 |
| Grants | $9.4 billion$9,448,657,353 |
| Direct payments | $31.4 million$31,418,600 |
| Loans | $0 |
| Insurance | $0 |
| Other | $397.7 million$397,737,689 |
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 23, 2026
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