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All Numbers Rounded Estimates

% $50,233 income
Program Name Cost (of Budget) (median)
Social Security $644 billion 20.77% $10,433.39
Medicare $408 billion 13.16% $6,610.66
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program $224 billion 7.23% $3,631.85
Unemployment/Welfare/Other mandatory spending $360 billion 11.61% $5,832.05
Interest on National Debt $260 billion 8.39% $4,214.55
United States Department of Defense $515.4 billion 16.63% $8,353.75
Global War on Terror $145.2 billion 4.68% $2,350.90
United States Department of Health and Human Services $70.4 billion 2.27% $1,140.29
United States Department of Education $59.2 billion 1.91% $959.45
United States Department of Veterans Affairs $44.8 billion 1.44% $723.36
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development $38.5 billion 1.24% $622.89
State and Other International Programs $38.3 billion 1.24% $622.89
United States Department of Homeland Security $37.6 billion 1.21% $607.82
United States Department of Energy $25.0 billion 0.81% $406.89
United States Department of Agriculture $20.8 billion 0.67% $336.56
United States Department of Justice $20.3 billion 0.65% $326.51
National Aeronautics and Space Administration $17.6 billion 0.57% $286.33
United States Department of the Treasury $12.5 billion 0.40% $200.93
United States Department of Transportation $11.5 billion 0.37% $185.86
United States Department of the Interior $10.6 billion 0.34% $170.79
United States Department of Labor $10.5 billion 0.34% $170.79
Social Security Administration (really should be part of SS) $8.4 billion 0.27% $135.63
United States Environmental Protection Agency $7.1 billion 0.22% $110.51
National Science Foundation $6.9 billion 0.22% $110.51
Judicial branch (United States federal courts) $6.3 billion 0.20% $100.47
Legislative branch (United States Congress) $4.7 billion 0.15% $75.35
United States Army Corps of Engineers $4.7 billion 0.15% $75.35
Executive Office of the President $0.4 billion 0.01% $5.02
Small Business Administration $0.7 billion 0.02% $10.05

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Other agencies $7.2 billion 0.23% $115.54
Other Off-budget Discretionary Spending $39.0 billion 1.26% $632.94

$3.1 trillion

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$350,000 income
$72,695.00
$46,060.00
$25,305.00
$40,635.00
$29,365.00
$58,205.00
$16,380.00
$7,945.00
$6,685.00
$5,040.00
$4,340.00
$4,340.00
$4,235.00
$2,835.00
$2,345.00
$2,275.00
$1,995.00
$1,400.00
$1,295.00
$1,190.00
$1,190.00
$945.00
$770.00
$770.00
$700.00
$525.00
$525.00
$35.00
$70.00

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$805.00
$4,410.00

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