Labor — FY2017 spending
In fiscal year 2017, Labor paid out $40B — 1.0% of the federal government’s $3.98T in total outlays — and obligated $53B.
That is $122/person and 0.21% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Labor in FY2017. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.
| Federal account | Outlays | Obligations | Share of agency outlays |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment Trust Fund - Treasury Managed | $53B | $53B | 133.9% |
| State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations | $5.4B | $5.2B | 13.7% |
| Training and Employment Service | $4.6B | $5.1B | 11.6% |
| Special Benefits | $4.5B | $4.5B | 11.4% |
| Office of Job Corps | $2.2B | $2.1B | 5.4% |
| Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $1.9B | $1.9B | 4.7% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics | $0.9B | $0.9B | 2.4% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Occupational Safety and Health Administration | $0.8B | $0.8B | 2.1% |
| Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances | $0.8B | $0.9B | 1.9% |
| Community Service Employment for Older Americans | $0.6B | $0.7B | 1.6% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management | $0.6B | $0.6B | 1.6% |
| Working Capital Fund | $0.6B | $0.6B | 1.5% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Mine Safety and Health Administration | $0.6B | $0.6B | 1.4% |
| Black Lung Disability Trust Fund - Treasury Managed | $0.5B | $0.5B | 1.2% |
| TAA Community College and Career Training Grant Fund | $0.4B | $0.0B | 1.0% |
| Veterans Employment and Training | $0.4B | $0.4B | 1.0% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Wage and Hour Division | $0.4B | $0.3B | 0.9% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Employee Benefits Security Administration | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.7% |
| Program Administration | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.6% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.6% |
| Salaries and Expenses, H-1B Funded, Training and Employment Services | $0.2B | $0.3B | 0.5% |
| Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.5% |
| Relief and Rehabilitation, Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as Amended | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.4% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.4% |
Notes
- Top-level spending is net outlays (MTS). Drilled levels are USAspending gross figures and may exceed the agency total.
Program-activity and object-class detail below these accounts is available in the interactive explorer and as JSON.