Labor / UnionsFederal spending file
Education & training
Schools, student aid, and job training. Swings year to year with student-loan accounting.
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What the money shows
The government spent $221.5B on Education & training in 2025, which is 2.2% of all spending that year. Education & training outlays are up 26.9% from 2017. OMB history lists Education & training at 1.1% of federal outlays in 1962 and 2.2% in 2025. Department of Education, the largest agency in this category, handles 81% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Labor / Unions.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
$222B
Latest outlay
$2.18
Of each $100
+27%
Since FY2017
Labor / Unions
Mapped sector
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Department of Education$179B
Department of Health and Human Services$19B
Department of Labor$15B
Department of the Treasury$3.8B
Corporation for National and Community Service$1.6B
Department of the Interior$1.4B
National Labor Relations Board$307M
Institute of Museum and Library Services$295M
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading labor / unions clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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