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Federal compensation of employees

Down $21.0 billion in a year

$599.6 billion, annual rate

Time frame
Line chart of federal compensation of employees, April 2025 to April 2026: from $620.6 billion, annual rate to $599.6 billion, annual rate.Line chart of federal compensation of employees, 2021 to 2026: from $508.3 billion, annual rate to $599.6 billion, annual rate.Line chart of federal compensation of employees, 2016 to 2026: from $419.9 billion, annual rate to $599.6 billion, annual rate.Line chart of federal compensation of employees, 1947 to 2026: from $13.9 billion, annual rate to $599.6 billion, annual rate.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, NIPA Table 3.10.5, seasonally adjusted annual rate, via FRED; series B568RC1Q027SBEA. Data as of Q2 2026.

Federal compensation of employees: every reading, newest first.
DateValue
Q2 2026$599.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2026$598.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 2025$599.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 2025$620.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2025$620.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2025$617.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 2024$615.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 2024$609.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 2024$600.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2024$592.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 2023$580.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 2023$572.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 2023$559.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 2023$548.8 billion, annual rate
Q4 2022$536.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2022$528.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 2022$521.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2022$519.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 2021$514.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 2021$511.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 2021$508.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 2021$502.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 2020$497.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2020$497.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2020$484.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 2020$475.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 2019$467.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 2019$464.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 2019$460.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2019$457.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 2018$454.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 2018$451.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 2018$446.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 2018$441.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 2017$435.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2017$431.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 2017$427.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 2017$427.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 2016$424.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 2016$423.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 2016$419.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 2016$416.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 2015$413.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 2015$410.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2015$408.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2015$407.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 2014$406.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 2014$405.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 2014$403.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 2014$401.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 2013$400.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2013$394.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 2013$400.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2013$403.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 2012$407.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 2012$408.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2012$409.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2012$410.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 2011$412.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 2011$412.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 2011$411.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 2011$410.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 2010$406.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 2010$404.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 2010$405.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2010$394.8 billion, annual rate
Q4 2009$386.0 billion, annual rate
Q3 2009$378.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 2009$374.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 2009$364.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 2008$359.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 2008$352.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2008$346.1 billion, annual rate
Q1 2008$340.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 2007$335.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2007$331.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 2007$326.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 2007$322.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 2006$319.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 2006$316.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 2006$312.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 2006$310.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 2005$308.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 2005$304.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 2005$301.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2005$298.8 billion, annual rate
Q4 2004$291.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 2004$286.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 2004$281.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 2004$277.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 2003$272.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 2003$270.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 2003$267.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2003$259.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 2002$250.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 2002$237.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 2002$231.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 2002$225.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 2001$218.0 billion, annual rate
Q3 2001$212.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 2001$208.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 2001$205.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 2000$203.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 2000$202.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 2000$204.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 2000$199.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1999$195.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1999$192.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1999$190.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 1999$188.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1998$187.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1998$186.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1998$184.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1998$184.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 1997$184.4 billion, annual rate
Q3 1997$182.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 1997$183.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1997$183.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 1996$182.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1996$182.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1996$182.0 billion, annual rate
Q1 1996$182.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1995$182.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 1995$183.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1995$184.1 billion, annual rate
Q1 1995$184.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1994$184.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 1994$185.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1994$186.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1994$187.4 billion, annual rate
Q4 1993$186.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 1993$187.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 1993$188.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1993$189.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1992$189.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1992$189.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1992$189.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1992$189.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1991$189.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1991$188.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 1991$185.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1991$182.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1990$177.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1990$176.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1990$178.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1990$171.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1989$169.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1989$169.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1989$168.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1989$166.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1988$165.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1988$162.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1988$160.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 1988$158.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1987$156.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1987$154.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 1987$151.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1987$149.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1986$150.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1986$149.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1986$148.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1986$148.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1985$147.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1985$146.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 1985$144.2 billion, annual rate
Q1 1985$142.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1984$140.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 1984$137.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 1984$135.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1984$132.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1983$130.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1983$128.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1983$126.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1983$126.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1982$124.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 1982$123.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 1982$121.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 1982$119.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 1981$117.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 1981$113.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1981$110.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1981$107.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1980$104.2 billion, annual rate
Q3 1980$101.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1980$101.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1980$95.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1979$93.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1979$92.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1979$91.0 billion, annual rate
Q1 1979$90.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1978$89.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 1978$88.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1978$86.3 billion, annual rate
Q1 1978$84.8 billion, annual rate
Q4 1977$83.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 1977$80.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1977$79.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1977$79.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 1976$78.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1976$76.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1976$75.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 1976$75.4 billion, annual rate
Q4 1975$74.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 1975$72.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1975$71.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1975$71.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1974$70.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 1974$67.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1974$66.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1974$66.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1973$65.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 1973$64.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 1973$64.1 billion, annual rate
Q1 1973$64.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 1972$64.4 billion, annual rate
Q3 1972$61.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1972$61.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1972$62.3 billion, annual rate
Q4 1971$59.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1971$58.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 1971$58.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1971$58.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 1970$55.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1970$55.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 1970$55.1 billion, annual rate
Q1 1970$54.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1969$53.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 1969$53.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1969$50.0 billion, annual rate
Q1 1969$49.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1968$49.3 billion, annual rate
Q3 1968$49.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1968$47.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1968$46.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1967$45.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1967$43.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1967$43.2 billion, annual rate
Q1 1967$42.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1966$41.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 1966$40.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1966$38.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1966$37.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1965$36.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1965$34.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1965$33.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1965$33.6 billion, annual rate
Q4 1964$33.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 1964$33.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1964$32.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 1964$32.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1963$31.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1963$30.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1963$30.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1963$30.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1962$29.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1962$29.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1962$29.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1962$29.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1961$28.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1961$27.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1961$27.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1961$27.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1960$27.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 1960$26.9 billion, annual rate
Q2 1960$26.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1960$26.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1959$25.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1959$25.8 billion, annual rate
Q2 1959$25.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 1959$25.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1958$25.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1958$25.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1958$25.1 billion, annual rate
Q1 1958$24.7 billion, annual rate
Q4 1957$24.1 billion, annual rate
Q3 1957$24.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1957$24.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1957$24.0 billion, annual rate
Q4 1956$23.7 billion, annual rate
Q3 1956$23.6 billion, annual rate
Q2 1956$23.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1956$23.1 billion, annual rate
Q4 1955$23.0 billion, annual rate
Q3 1955$23.1 billion, annual rate
Q2 1955$23.2 billion, annual rate
Q1 1955$22.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1954$22.4 billion, annual rate
Q3 1954$22.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1954$22.6 billion, annual rate
Q1 1954$22.5 billion, annual rate
Q4 1953$22.9 billion, annual rate
Q3 1953$23.2 billion, annual rate
Q2 1953$23.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1953$23.4 billion, annual rate
Q4 1952$23.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1952$23.7 billion, annual rate
Q2 1952$23.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1952$22.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1951$21.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1951$21.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1951$19.7 billion, annual rate
Q1 1951$17.8 billion, annual rate
Q4 1950$15.4 billion, annual rate
Q3 1950$13.5 billion, annual rate
Q2 1950$12.4 billion, annual rate
Q1 1950$12.2 billion, annual rate
Q4 1949$12.5 billion, annual rate
Q3 1949$12.4 billion, annual rate
Q2 1949$12.5 billion, annual rate
Q1 1949$12.4 billion, annual rate
Q4 1948$11.8 billion, annual rate
Q3 1948$11.3 billion, annual rate
Q2 1948$10.9 billion, annual rate
Q1 1948$10.9 billion, annual rate
Q4 1947$10.6 billion, annual rate
Q3 1947$11.0 billion, annual rate
Q2 1947$12.8 billion, annual rate
Q1 1947$13.9 billion, annual rate

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