Federal agencies by obligations

The Department of Health and Human Services obligated $2.0 trillion, the most of any agency, in fiscal year 2025, according to USAspending.

All 73 top-tier agencies with obligations recorded in fiscal year 2025, totalling $5.3 trillion.

Obligations by agency · FY2025

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Top-tier federal agencies ranked by obligations, fiscal year 2025
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1	Department of Health and Human Services	$2.0 trillion$2,018,683,658,814	38.1%	$21.3 billion$21,290,558,176	$825.5 billion$825,542,909,790	$1.2 trillion$1,170,177,611,224
2	Social Security Administration	$1.6 trillion$1,634,722,350,666	30.8%	$1.7 billion$1,746,308,711	$57.5 million$57,525,813	$1.6 trillion$1,632,918,516,143
3	Department of Defense	$501.6 billion$501,646,895,053	9.5%	$491.8 billion$491,769,081,410	$9.4 billion$9,448,657,353	$31.4 million$31,418,600
4	Department of Veterans Affairs	$287.9 billion$287,879,793,290	5.4%	$78.3 billion$78,314,815,791	$3.1 billion$3,120,286,079	$203.0 billion$203,045,084,647
5	Department of Agriculture	$186.3 billion$186,347,455,482	3.5%	$9.6 billion$9,569,479,666	$58.1 billion$58,072,915,971	$111.8 billion$111,775,727,655
6	Department of Transportation	$134.0 billion$134,027,504,546	2.5%	$9.0 billion$9,022,525,884	$123.9 billion$123,880,820,859	$1.0 billion$1,034,079,910
7	Department of Education	$96.0 billion$96,020,195,016	1.8%	$2.5 billion$2,502,613,339	$51.4 billion$51,448,083,489	$42.1 billion$42,069,498,188
8	Department of Energy	$79.6 billion$79,591,375,789	1.5%	$48.5 billion$48,549,338,379	$28.9 billion$28,850,618,988	$122.1 million$122,119,405
9	Department of Housing and Urban Development	$77.8 billion$77,847,744,640	1.5%	-$1.3 billion-$1,331,998,929	$28.3 billion$28,323,845,097	$56.3 billion$56,294,810,691
10	Department of Homeland Security	$73.3 billion$73,266,937,210	1.4%	$28.3 billion$28,339,594,780	$32.8 billion$32,758,364,516	$3.5 billion$3,488,010,222
11	Environmental Protection Agency	$27.3 billion$27,258,018,874	0.5%	$1.7 billion$1,697,433,937	$25.6 billion$25,557,912,350	-$11.0 million-$10,998,498
12	Department of Commerce	$25.1 billion$25,123,948,480	0.5%	$4.2 billion$4,159,720,078	$21.0 billion$21,029,262,394	$0$0
13	General Services Administration	$23.8 billion$23,810,114,634	0.4%	$23.8 billion$23,810,114,634	$0$0	$0$0
14	Department of the Interior	$18.6 billion$18,567,024,089	0.4%	$6.6 billion$6,566,490,975	$7.7 billion$7,722,784,488	$3.9 billion$3,887,093,642
15	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	$17.3 billion$17,307,436,511	0.3%	$15.8 billion$15,784,606,318	$1.5 billion$1,522,830,193	$0$0
16	Railroad Retirement Board	$14.6 billion$14,554,429,984	0.3%	$43.0 million$42,984,848	$0$0	$14.5 billion$14,511,445,137
17	Department of State	$14.0 billion$13,965,998,403	0.3%	$9.8 billion$9,846,473,914	$1.3 billion$1,263,585,308	$0$0
18	Agency for International Development	$12.5 billion$12,492,350,244	0.2%	$4.1 billion$4,089,725,911	$2.3 billion$2,328,749,734	$554,123$554,123
19	Department of Labor	$11.5 billion$11,498,842,565	0.2%	$1.8 billion$1,754,211,420	$9.8 billion$9,775,316,545	$0$0
20	Department of Justice	$11.2 billion$11,213,228,788	0.2%	$8.5 billion$8,548,468,153	$2.7 billion$2,664,760,634	$0$0
21	Department of the Treasury	$9.0 billion$9,003,025,173	0.2%	$8.6 billion$8,560,856,079	$646.6 million$646,641,620	-$204.9 million-$204,904,145
22	National Science Foundation	$8.9 billion$8,888,442,864	0.2%	$711.0 million$711,037,985	$8.2 billion$8,177,404,879	$0$0
23	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	$6.6 billion$6,613,849,720	0.1%	$291.6 million$291,626,660	$0$0	$6.2 billion$6,153,704,179
24	Federal Communications Commission	$6.3 billion$6,331,044,363	0.1%	$65.7 million$65,737,944	-$61.4 million-$61,439,598	$6.3 billion$6,326,746,017
25	Small Business Administration	$995.5 million$995,541,297	< 0.1%	$110.9 million$110,860,869	$213.7 million$213,719,697	-$451.2 million-$451,244,338
26	Corporation for National and Community Service	$700.2 million$700,247,132	< 0.1%	$30.3 million$30,258,573	$670.0 million$669,988,559	$0$0
27	Securities and Exchange Commission	$498.2 million$498,159,347	< 0.1%	$498.2 million$498,159,347	$0$0	$0$0
28	U.S. Agency for Global Media	$375.8 million$375,779,544	< 0.1%	$71.8 million$71,779,189	$304.0 million$304,000,355	$0$0
29	Executive Office of the President	$350.7 million$350,709,872	< 0.1%	$62.1 million$62,096,198	$288.6 million$288,613,675	$0$0
30	Millennium Challenge Corporation	$291.4 million$291,350,047	< 0.1%	$40.4 million$40,397,429	$251.6 million$251,601,109	-$648,490-$648,490
31	Appalachian Regional Commission	$269.9 million$269,899,619	< 0.1%	$0$0	$269.9 million$269,899,619	$0$0
32	Institute of Museum and Library Services	$257.7 million$257,709,065	< 0.1%	$11.9 million$11,866,491	$245.8 million$245,842,574	$0$0
33	National Archives and Records Administration	$209.4 million$209,425,106	< 0.1%	$207.7 million$207,686,582	$1.7 million$1,738,524	$0$0
34	Office of Personnel Management	$198.6 million$198,566,615	< 0.1%	$198.6 million$198,566,615	$0$0	$0$0
35	Nuclear Regulatory Commission	$184.7 million$184,665,372	< 0.1%	$183.4 million$183,407,577	$1.3 million$1,257,794	$0$0
36	Denali Commission	$177.9 million$177,858,559	< 0.1%	$0$0	$177.9 million$177,858,559	$0$0
37	Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council	$174.5 million$174,511,701	< 0.1%	$0$0	$174.5 million$174,511,701	$0$0
38	National Endowment for the Arts	$120.2 million$120,184,950	< 0.1%	$3.9 million$3,864,614	$116.3 million$116,320,336	$0$0
39	Government Accountability Office	$117.4 million$117,398,587	< 0.1%	$117.4 million$117,398,587	$0$0	$0$0
40	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	$116.3 million$116,253,350	< 0.1%	$116.3 million$116,253,350	$0$0	$0$0
41	Federal Trade Commission	$93.1 million$93,093,006	< 0.1%	$93.1 million$93,093,006	$0$0	$0$0
42	National Endowment for the Humanities	$72.9 million$72,933,992	< 0.1%	$1.9 million$1,948,160	$71.0 million$70,985,833	$0$0
43	Delta Regional Authority	$72.9 million$72,918,170	< 0.1%	$0$0	$0$0	$62.5 million$62,529,465
44	Peace Corps	$68.6 million$68,629,163	< 0.1%	$68.6 million$68,629,163	$0$0	$0$0
45	Commodity Futures Trading Commission	$67.9 million$67,873,877	< 0.1%	$67.9 million$67,873,877	$0$0	$0$0
46	District of Columbia Courts	$63.5 million$63,526,288	< 0.1%	$63.5 million$63,526,288	$0$0	$0$0
47	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	$48.6 million$48,642,301	< 0.1%	$48.6 million$48,642,301	$0$0	$0$0
48	Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency	$37.0 million$36,968,225	< 0.1%	$37.0 million$36,968,225	$0$0	$0$0
49	Consumer Product Safety Commission	$32.1 million$32,127,707	< 0.1%	$32.9 million$32,912,664	-$784,957-$784,957	$0$0
50	National Transportation Safety Board	$29.7 million$29,684,092	< 0.1%	$29.7 million$29,684,092	$0$0	$0$0
51	National Labor Relations Board	$27.3 million$27,337,930	< 0.1%	$27.3 million$27,337,930	$0$0	$0$0
52	International Trade Commission	$17.8 million$17,797,015	< 0.1%	$17.8 million$17,797,015	$0$0	$0$0
53	United States Trade and Development Agency	$14.9 million$14,868,872	< 0.1%	$14.9 million$14,868,872	$0$0	$0$0
54	Federal Election Commission	$13.7 million$13,729,726	< 0.1%	$13.7 million$13,729,726	$0$0	$0$0
55	Election Assistance Commission	$13.5 million$13,490,014	< 0.1%	$0$0	$13.5 million$13,490,014	$0$0
56	Selective Service System	$7.4 million$7,423,930	< 0.1%	$7.4 million$7,423,930	$0$0	$0$0
57	Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	$5.9 million$5,948,705	< 0.1%	$5.9 million$5,948,705	$0$0	$0$0
58	Federal Maritime Commission	$5.1 million$5,141,006	< 0.1%	$5.1 million$5,141,006	$0$0	$0$0
59	Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency	$4.6 million$4,609,437	< 0.1%	$4.6 million$4,609,437	$0$0	$0$0
60	Merit Systems Protection Board	$3.2 million$3,201,753	< 0.1%	$3.2 million$3,201,753	$0$0	$0$0
61	Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled	$2.1 million$2,064,250	< 0.1%	$2.1 million$2,064,250	$0$0	$0$0
62	United States Chemical Safety Board	$1.6 million$1,648,618	< 0.1%	$1.6 million$1,648,618	$0$0	$0$0
63	Federal Labor Relations Authority	$1.6 million$1,616,656	< 0.1%	$1.6 million$1,616,656	$0$0	$0$0
64	Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission	$1.6 million$1,556,962	< 0.1%	$1.6 million$1,556,962	$0$0	$0$0
65	Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	$1.5 million$1,527,485	< 0.1%	$1.5 million$1,527,485	$0$0	$0$0
66	National Credit Union Administration	$438,608$438,608	< 0.1%	$0$0	$0$0	$438,608$438,608
67	Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation	$329,513$329,513	< 0.1%	$329,513$329,513	$0$0	$0$0
68	American Battle Monuments Commission	$278,000$278,000	< 0.1%	$278,000$278,000	$0$0	$0$0
69	Administrative Conference of the U.S.	$26,500$26,500	< 0.1%	$26,500$26,500	$0$0	$0$0
70	Inter-American Foundation	$0$0	0.0%	$0$0	$0$0	$0$0
71	Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	-$461,437-$461,437	> −0.1%	-$461,437-$461,437	$0$0	$0$0
72	Export-Import Bank of the United States	-$137.5 million-$137,549,997	> −0.1%	$51.7 million$51,694,300	$0$0	$0$0
73	U.S. International Development Finance Corporation	-$1.7 billion-$1,748,816,175	> −0.1%	$87.4 million$87,384,127	$24.3 million$24,288,424	-$880,076-$880,076

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Every agency is comparable here: the same measure, the same fiscal year, the same award types, from one snapshot taken on the same day.
The largest figures are dominated by direct payments — Social Security and health programs — rather than by procurement. An agency that buys little can still rank near the top.
3 agencies show a negative total: deobligations released more than was newly obligated this year. That is a real outcome for the period, not a missing value.
Obligations are commitments recorded in the period, not money spent, and not an agency’s budget. The fiscal year is incomplete and agencies revise their submissions.

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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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Data retrieved September 23, 2026

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