Spending by the Second
The speed of government money — $5.33 trillion per year, visualized in real time.
Spent by the U.S. Government Today
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Live counter based on FY2025 spending of $5.33 trillion/year
$169,013
Per Second
$10.14 million
Per Minute
$608.45 million
Per Hour
$14.603 billion
Per Day
Put it this way: Every single second, the federal government spends enough to buy a house. Every minute, it spends more than most Americans earn in a lifetime.
How Much Gets Spent While You...
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Brewing coffee
5 minutes
$50.7 million
📺
Watching a TV show
30 minutes
$304 million
💼
An 8-hour workday
8 hours
$4.9 billion
😴
While you sleep
8 hours
$4.9 billion
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Ordering and eating lunch
45 minutes
$456 million
🏃
Running a marathon
~4 hours
$2.4 billion
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Flying NYC → LA
5.5 hours
$3.3 billion
🎬
Watching a movie
2 hours
$1.2 billion
Breaking Down $5.33 Trillion
| Time Period | Amount Spent |
|---|---|
| Per second | $169,013 |
| Per minute | $10,140,791 |
| Per hour | $608,447,489 |
| Per day | $14.6 billion |
| Per week | $102.3 billion |
| Per month | $444.2 billion |
| Per year | $5.33 trillion |
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