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Income support

Food stamps, unemployment checks, tax credits for workers, and help for people with disabilities.

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What the money shows

The government spent $759B on Income support in 2025, which is 7.5% of all spending that year. Income support outlays are up 41.8% from 2017. OMB history lists Income support at 8.5% of federal outlays in 1962 and 7.5% in 2025. Department of Agriculture, the largest agency in this category, handles 21.5% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Labor / Unions.

Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables

$759B
Latest outlay
$7.46
Of each $100
+42%
Since FY2017
Labor / Unions
Mapped sector

Agencies spending it

Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.

Department of Agriculture$163B
Office of Personnel Management$114B
Department of the Treasury$114B
Department of Defense$81B
Department of Housing and Urban Development$75B
Social Security Administration$73B
Department of Health and Human Services$56B
Department of Labor$51B

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

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