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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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