Spending · subcategory
Federal employee retirement and disability
Pensions for retired federal civilian employees and military retirees. Part of Income security (the safety net). FY2025 net outlays: $190B, 27% of the category and 2.71% of all federal spending. The largest program is Federal civilian retirement pensions ($110B).
$190B
FY2025 net outlays
27%
of Income security (the safety net)
+5.7%
change from FY2024 ($180B)
17
programs (accounts) with FY2025 spending
Every program
17 accounts with FY2025 spending in Federal employee retirement and disability, largest first. Hover or tap a bar for details.
Mandatory (set by standing law)
How the total adds up
| Programs (the 17 accounts above) | $194B |
| Offsets: premiums, fees, loan repayments, and other collections (10 accounts) | −$3.64B |
| Net outlays, matching OMB Historical Table 3.2 | $190B |
The largest offsets
| Employees Life Insurance Fund Office of Personnel Management | −$2.98B |
| Reimbursement for Program Expenses, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board | −$501M |
| Employing Agency Contributions, Foreign Service National Defined Contributions Retirement Fund Department of State | −$49M |
| Re-employed Annuitants Salary Offset, Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Office of Personnel Management | −$46M |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Department of State | −$34M |
| Employee Contributions, Foreign Service National Defined Contributions Retirement Fund, State Department of State | −$11M |
| Employing Agency Contributions, Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund U.S. Agency for Global Media | −$9M |
| Receipts from Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Department of State | −$6M |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Department of Agriculture | −$2M |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund, APHIS Department of Agriculture | −$1M |
All programs, sortable
Sparklines show each program in 2025 dollars, FY2000–2025.
| Program | Type | FY2024 | FY2025 | Change | FY2000–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal civilian retirement pensions Office of Personnel Management | Mandatory | $108B | $110B | +2.3% | |
| Military retirement pensions Military Retirement | Mandatory | $72.2B | $80.5B | +12% | |
| Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Administration of Foreign Affairs | Mandatory | $1.19B | $1.23B | +3.4% | |
| Special Benefits Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $1.14B | $1.01B | −12% | |
| Program Expenses Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board | Mandatory | $434M | $468M | +7.8% | |
| Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund Judicial Retirement Funds | Mandatory | $154M | $162M | +5.2% | |
| Foreign Service National Defined Contributions Retirement Fund Administration of Foreign Affairs | Mandatory | $19M | $113M | +495% | |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Administration of Foreign Affairs | Mandatory | $35M | $43M | +23% | |
| Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund Judicial Retirement Funds | Mandatory | $43M | $42M | −2.3% | |
| Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life Insurance Office of Personnel Management | Mandatory | $42M | $42M | +0.0% | |
| District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund District of Columbia Courts | Mandatory | $17M | $19M | +12% | |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Agency for International Development | Mandatory | $5M | $16M | +220% | |
| United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund Judicial Retirement Funds | Mandatory | $5M | $5M | +0.0% | |
| Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $3M | $3M | +0.0% | |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund Foreign Agricultural Service | Mandatory | $1M | $2M | +100% | |
| Foreign Service National Separation Liability Trust Fund U.S. Agency for Global Media | Mandatory | $0 | $2M | n/a | |
| Tax Court Judges Survivors Annuity Fund United States Tax Court | Mandatory | $1M | $1M | +0.0% |
Federal employee retirement and disability since 1993
Net outlays in 2025 dollars, fiscal years 1993–2025.