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Social Security Admin. — FY2019 spending

In fiscal year 2019, Social Security Admin. paid out $1.09T — 24.6% of the federal government’s $4.45T in total outlays — and obligated $1.16T.

That is $3,338/person and 5.2% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 12 largest federal accounts under Social Security Admin. in FY2019. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Social Security Admin. FY2019 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$897B$902B81.9%
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$148B$146B13.5%
Supplemental Security Income Program$63B$63B5.7%
Payments to Social Security Trust Funds$36B$36B3.3%
Salaries and Expenses$13B$13B1.2%
State Supplemental Fees$0.1B$0.1B0.0%
Office of the Inspector General$0.1B$0.1B0.0%
Limitation on Administrative Expenses - Recovery Act$0.0B$0.0B0.0%
Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans$0.0B$0.0B0.0%
Administrative Costs, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act$0.0B$0.0B0.0%
Administrative Expenses, Children's Health Insurance Program$0.0B$0.0B0.0%
Payments for Credits Against Social Security Contributions$0.0B$0.0B0.0%

Notes

Program-activity and object-class detail below these accounts is available in the interactive explorer and as JSON.