Defense — FY2018 spending
In fiscal year 2018, Defense paid out $593B — 14.4% of the federal government’s $4.11T in total outlays — and obligated $1.09T.
That is $1,813/person and 2.9% of GDP.
Note: Classified programs are not reported to USAspending and are absent below this level.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Defense in FY2018. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Working Capital Fund | $119B | $143B | 20.1% |
| Payments to Military Retirement Fund | $83B | $83B | 14.0% |
| Operation and Maintenance, Army | $62B | $71B | 10.5% |
| Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund | $54B | $59B | 9.2% |
| Operation and Maintenance, Navy | $53B | $60B | 9.0% |
| Operation and Maintenance, Air Force | $50B | $56B | 8.4% |
| Military Personnel, Army | $42B | $45B | 7.0% |
| Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide | $41B | $45B | 7.0% |
| Defense Health Program | $36B | $38B | 6.1% |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force | $35B | $39B | 5.9% |
| Advances, Foreign Military Sales, Funds Appropriated to the President | $32B | $57B | 5.4% |
| Military Personnel, Air Force | $29B | $30B | 4.9% |
| Military Personnel, Navy | $28B | $30B | 4.8% |
| Other Procurement, Air Force | $24B | $23B | 4.1% |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | $21B | $25B | 3.5% |
| Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy | $18B | $19B | 3.0% |
| Aircraft Procurement, Navy | $16B | $18B | 2.7% |
| Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy | $16B | $20B | 2.7% |
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army | $14B | $17B | 2.3% |
| Aircraft Procurement, Air Force | $13B | $16B | 2.2% |
| Military Personnel, Marine Corps | $13B | $13B | 2.1% |
| Department of Defense, Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund | $10B | $10B | 1.7% |
| National Guard Personnel, Army | $8.4B | $9.2B | 1.4% |
| Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps | $7.9B | $8.7B | 1.3% |
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.