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What is the Total US Government Revenue?
In FY 2026, total US government revenue, federal, state, and local, is “guesstimated” to be $10.78 trillion, with federal $5.48 trillion; state $3.21 trillion; local $2.09 trillion.
US Government Revenue Totals in percent GDP
Total government revenue in the United States is the sum of federal, state, and local government revenue.
Total government revenue includes:
Federal Receipts
plus State government Direct Revenue
plus Local government Direct Revenue.
Total Government Revenue | |||
| Federal Direct Revenue | 17% GDP |  | |
| State Direct Revenue | 13% GDP | | |
| Local Direct Revenue | 7% GDP | | |
| Total Revenue | 36% GDP | | |
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Revenue Key:
Federal receipts: actual, as reported by the Office of Management and Budget.
State revenue: actual, as reported by the US Bureau of the Census.
Local revenue: actual, as reported by the US Bureau of the Census.
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Revenue Data Sources
Revenue data is from official government sources.
- Federal revenue data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- All other revenue data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of revenue data sources here.
Federal revenue data begins in 1792.
State and local revenue data begins in 1820.
State and local revenue data for individual states begins in 1957.
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Data Sources for 2021:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
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Medicare/Social Security 2026 Trustees Report Released
On June 16, 2026, the Center for Medicare Services released its annual Medicare Trustees Report, which projects Medicare spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that federal health-care programs will eat the budget.
In this report the Trustees forecast that Medicare will top out at a little above 6 percent of GDP in the 2080s.
On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Medicare Outlook here based on data in the 2026 Medicare Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected Medicare Trustee forecasts going back to 2005.
In June 2026, the Social Security Administration released its annual OASDI Trustees Report, which projects Social Security spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that Social Security spending will max out at about 6 percent of GDP. UsGovernmentspending.com uses the Supplemental Single Year Tables.
On June 15, 2026, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Social Security Outlook here based on data in the 2026 OASDI Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected OASDI Trustee forecasts going back to 1997.
On February 25, 2026 the Congressional Budget Office released its annual Long Term Budget Outlook for 2026, which projects ...
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2025 on April 9, 2026.Usgovernment ...
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