Labor — FY2023 spending
In fiscal year 2023, Labor paid out $88B — 1.4% of the federal government’s $6.13T in total outlays — and obligated $58B.
That is $261/person and 0.33% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Labor in FY2023. 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 | $36B | $36B | 41.1% |
| State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations | $4.4B | $4.8B | 5.1% |
| Training and Employment Service | $3.7B | $4.0B | 4.2% |
| Special Benefits | $3.4B | $3.4B | 3.9% |
| Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $2.2B | $2.2B | 2.5% |
| Office of Job Corps | $1.8B | $2.1B | 2.0% |
| Working Capital Fund | $0.7B | $0.8B | 0.8% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics | $0.7B | $0.8B | 0.8% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Occupational Safety and Health Administration | $0.7B | $0.7B | 0.8% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Departmental Management | $0.5B | $0.5B | 0.6% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Mine Safety and Health Administration | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.5% |
| Community Service Employment for Older Americans | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.4% |
| Black Lung Disability Trust Fund - Treasury Managed | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.4% |
| Veterans Employment and Training | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.4% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Wage and Hour Division | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.3% |
| Payments to the Unemployment Trust Fund | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.3% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Employee Benefits Security Administration | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Program Administration | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances | $0.2B | $0.1B | 0.2% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | $0.2B | $0.2B | 0.2% |
| Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.2% |
| Salaries and Expenses, H-1B Funded, Training and Employment Services | $0.1B | $0.2B | 0.1% |
| Salaries and Expenses, Office of Federal Contract and Compliance Programs | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
| Office of the Inspector General | $0.1B | $0.1B | 0.1% |
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.