Spending · subcategory
General retirement & disability insurance (excluding Social Security)
Railroad retirement, pension insurance, and other retirement and disability programs. Part of Income security (the safety net). FY2025 net outlays: $6.66B, 1% of the category and 0.10% of all federal spending. The largest program is Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account ($8.96B).
$6.66B
FY2025 net outlays
1%
of Income security (the safety net)
−70%
change from FY2024 ($22.3B)
14
programs (accounts) with FY2025 spending
Every program
14 accounts with FY2025 spending in General retirement & disability insurance (excluding Social Security), largest first. Hover or tap a bar for details.
Mandatory (set by standing law)Discretionary (set by yearly appropriations)
How the total adds up
| Programs (the 14 accounts above) | $19.1B |
| Offsets: premiums, fees, loan repayments, and other collections (9 accounts) | −$12.8B |
| Payments between government accounts, net (e.g. general-fund transfers into trust funds, less the matching receipts) | $345M |
| Net outlays, matching OMB Historical Table 3.2 | $6.66B |
The largest offsets
| Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account, Receipts from Federal Old-age Survivors Ins. Trust Fund Railroad Retirement Board | −$6.00B |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fund Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | −$3.92B |
| Payment from the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, Rail Industry Pension Fund Railroad Retirement Board | −$1.37B |
| Federal Contribution, DC Federal Pension Fund District of Columbia General and Special Payments | −$684M |
| Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account, Income Tax Credits Railroad Retirement Board | −$371M |
| Interest Payments on Repayable Advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Department of the Treasury | −$261M |
| Payment of Interest on Advances to the Railroad Retirement Board Department of the Treasury | −$185M |
| Advances from the General Fund for Financial Interchange Interest, Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account Railroad Retirement Board | −$8M |
| Limitation on the Office of Inspector General Railroad Retirement Board | −$3M |
All programs, sortable
Sparklines show each program in 2025 dollars, FY2000–2025.
| Program | Type | FY2024 | FY2025 | Change | FY2000–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account Railroad Retirement Board | Mandatory | $8.71B | $8.96B | +3.0% | |
| Rail Industry Pension Fund Railroad Retirement Board | Mandatory | $5.87B | $5.93B | +1.0% | |
| National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust Railroad Retirement Board | Mandatory | $1.24B | $1.38B | +11% | |
| Supplemental Payments to UMWA Plans Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement | Mandatory | $718M | $719M | +0.1% | |
| United Mine Workers of America Pension Funds United Mine Workers of America Benefit Funds | Mandatory | $718M | $718M | +0.0% | |
| District of Columbia Federal Pension Fund District of Columbia General and Special Payments | Mandatory | $586M | $575M | −1.9% | |
| Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $440M | $481M | +9.3% | |
| Salaries and Expenses Employee Benefits Security Administration | Discretionary | $192M | $193M | +0.5% | |
| Special Workers' Compensation Expenses Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $94M | $95M | +1.1% | |
| Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $41M | $34M | −17% | |
| Limitation on Administration Railroad Retirement Board | Discretionary | $22M | $9M | −59% | |
| Dual Benefits Payments Account Railroad Retirement Board | Discretionary | $6M | $5M | −17% | |
| Special Benefits Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Mandatory | $2M | $2M | +0.0% | |
| Railroad Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account, Receipts from Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Railroad Retirement Board | Mandatory | −$74M | $1M | n/a |
General retirement & disability insurance (excluding Social Security) since 1993
Net outlays in 2025 dollars, fiscal years 1993–2025.