The Social Security Administration's money, the whole of it, traced to the source.
Office of Budget, Finance & Management · SSA
SSA's budget is two budgets, and they could not be more different in size. Almost all of it is mandatory benefits— Old-Age & Survivors Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Security Income, roughly $1.8 trillion paid directly to beneficiaries. The rest — the part Congress sets each year to run the agency — is the Limitation on Administrative Expenses, about $15 billion. This monitor keeps the two strictly separate, surfaces the on-budget / off-budget distinction honestly, and recomputes every number against its own source.
FY2027 mandatory benefits
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paid directly to beneficiaries
Admin as a share of benefits
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less than one percent
Benefits FY27 vs. FY26
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driven by COLAs + caseload