Transportation — FY2022 spending
In fiscal year 2022, Transportation paid out $111B — 1.8% of the federal government’s $6.27T in total outlays — and obligated $269B.
That is $334/person and 0.44% of GDP.
Federal accounts
The 24 largest federal accounts under Transportation in FY2022. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payment to the Highway Trust Fund | $118B | $118B | 106.2% |
| Federal-Aid Highways, Liquidation of Contract Authorization | $45B | $56B | 40.1% |
| Transit Infrastructure Grants | $24B | $27B | 22.0% |
| Operations | $11B | $12B | 10.3% |
| Operations, Airport and Airway Trust Fund | $7.4B | $6.4B | 6.7% |
| Formula and Bus Grants, Liquidation of Contract Authorization | $7.2B | $12B | 6.5% |
| Grants-In-Aid for Airports, Liquidation of Contract Authorization, Airport and Airway Trust Fund | $5.7B | $4.1B | 5.2% |
| Highway Infrastructure Programs | $4.9B | $6.5B | 4.4% |
| Facilities and Equipment, Airport and Airway Trust Fund | $3.1B | $3.0B | 2.8% |
| Relief for Airports | $2.7B | $3.6B | 2.4% |
| Capital Investments Grants | $1.7B | $1.5B | 1.5% |
| National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation | $1.5B | $4.6B | 1.3% |
| Emergency Relief Program | $1.0B | $1.3B | 0.9% |
| Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation | $0.9B | $2.1B | 0.8% |
| National Infrastructure Investments | $0.9B | $1.2B | 0.8% |
| Highway Traffic Safety Grants, Liquidation of Contract Authorization, Trust Fund | $0.7B | $0.9B | 0.6% |
| National Surface Transportation Finance Bureau | $0.6B | $0.6B | 0.6% |
| Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program | $0.5B | $0.0B | 0.5% |
| Administrative Services Franchise Fund | $0.5B | $0.5B | 0.5% |
| Ready Reserve Force | $0.5B | $0.6B | 0.4% |
| Working Capital Fund | $0.4B | $0.4B | 0.4% |
| Motor Carrier Safety Grants, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | $0.4B | $0.5B | 0.3% |
| Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | $0.3B | $0.4B | 0.3% |
| Maritime Security Program | $0.3B | $0.3B | 0.3% |
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.