Labor — FY2021 spending
In fiscal year 2021, Labor paid out $405B — 5.9% of the federal government’s $6.82T in total outlays — and obligated $649B.
That is $1,219/person and 1.8% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Labor in FY2021. 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 | $231B | $255B | 57.1% |
| Payments to the Unemployment Trust Fund | $181B | $181B | 44.7% |
| Federal Unemployment Compensation Program | $163B | $187B | 40.2% |
| State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations | $7.1B | $8.6B | 1.7% |
| Training and Employment Service | $3.3B | $3.7B | 0.8% |
| Special Benefits | $3.0B | $3.1B | 0.7% |
| Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $1.7B | $1.7B | 0.4% |
| Office of Job Corps | $1.6B | $1.9B | 0.4% |
| Short Time Compensation Programs | $0.7B | $0.7B | 0.2% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics | $0.7B | $0.7B | 0.2% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Occupational Safety and Health Administration | $0.6B | $0.6B | 0.1% |
| Working Capital Fund | $0.5B | $0.5B | 0.1% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management | $0.4B | $0.5B | 0.1% |
| Community Service Employment for Older Americans | $0.4B | $0.5B | 0.1% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Mine Safety and Health Administration | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.1% |
| Black Lung Disability Trust Fund - Treasury Managed | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.1% |
| Veterans Employment and Training | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.1% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Wage and Hour Division | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.1% |
| Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances | $0.2B | $0.4B | 0.1% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Employee Benefits Security Administration | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.0% |
| Program Administration | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.0% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.0% |
| Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.0% |
| Salaries and Expenses, H-1B Funded, Training and Employment Services | $0.1B | $0.2B | 0.0% |
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.