City profileCaliforniaFiscal year 2025
How much federal money does San Jose get?
San Jose received $1.3 billion in federal awards in FY2025: $1,326 per resident, 60th of 99 large cities by total.In fiscal year 2025, federal agencies obligated $1.3 billion in awards whose place of performance is San Jose, CA, about $1,326 per resident.
San Jose is 79th of 99 large cities per resident
Federal awards per resident, FY2025, the 99 largest US cities on this site. Dashed line: median city.
What the money is
That is up 6.9% from FY2024 ($1.2 billion). Compared with FY2019, the last year before pandemic relief, it is down 1.4%. The largest share came as direct payments ($779.3 million). The Department of Housing and Urban Development obligated the most ($700.6 million), and the largest program was Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ($611.1 million). By this measure San Jose ranks 60th of the 99 large US cities on this site.
What is counted: contracts, grants, loans and payments that agencies report with this city as the place of performance (USAspending.gov city name SAN JOSE, state CA). Payments to individuals, such as Social Security, are published only as county totals to protect privacy, so most of them do not show up at city level. For the full picture see the California page, which includes those payments.
Federal money to San Jose by year
San Jose: $1.3B in FY2025, down 1% on FY2019
Federal award obligations by fiscal year and type, FY2018–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is preliminary and still filling in.
- Insurance and other
- Loans (subsidy cost)
- Direct payments
- Grants
- Contracts
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Contracts | Grants | Direct payments | Loans | Insurance and other | Total | Per resident |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | $604.9M | $148.0M | $494.2M | $230.2M | $11.9M | $1.5B | – |
| FY2019 | $659.1M | $124.2M | $513.9M | -$124,480 | $33.5M | $1.3B | – |
| FY2020 | $719.2M | $243.8M | $729.2M | $3.4M | $26.1M | $1.7B | $1,705 |
| FY2021 | $477.0M | $425.8M | $830.3M | $249,797 | $34.8M | $1.8B | $1,801 |
| FY2022 | $465.2M | $148.1M | $575.1M | -$789,725 | $24.3M | $1.2B | $1,241 |
| FY2023 | $793.8M | $177.9M | $630.9M | -$891,403 | $8.2M | $1.6B | $1,643 |
| FY2024 | $417.1M | $154.1M | $661.8M | -$106,433 | -$6.1M | $1.2B | $1,242 |
| FY2025 | $397.0M | $151.5M | $779.3M | -$3.4M | -$12.3M | $1.3B | $1,326 |
| FY2026* | $254.8M | $113.0M | $704.3M | -$183,087 | $1.1M | $1.1B | – |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury).
Cities with similar totals
San Jose and the cities ranked either side of it
FY2025 federal awards performed in each city, total dollars.
| Boise, ID | $1.4 billion |
| Lincoln, NE | $1.4 billion |
| San Jose, CA (this page) | $1.3 billion |
| Wichita, KS | $1.3 billion |
| Oakland, CA | $1.3 billion |
Who pays and for what, FY2025
The agencies that obligated the most to San Jose, and the largest federal programs. Programs are federal Assistance Listings (formerly CFDA numbers); contracts have no listing number, so they do not appear there.
Top awarding agencies
| Agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $700.6 million | 53.4% |
| Department of Defense | $258.8 million | 19.7% |
| Department of Education | $133.9 million | 10.2% |
| General Services Administration | $74.7 million | 5.7% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $28.9 million | 2.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $26.9 million | 2.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $25.7 million | 2.0% |
| Department of Labor | $17.9 million | 1.4% |
| Department of Energy | $13.8 million | 1.0% |
| Department of the Treasury | $7.2 million | 0.6% |
Top programs
| Program | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers Assistance Listing 14.871 | $611.1 million | 46.6% |
| Federal Pell Grant Program Assistance Listing 84.063 | $108.6 million | 8.3% |
| Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) Assistance Listing 14.195 | $36.8 million | 2.8% |
| Continuum of Care Program Assistance Listing 14.267 | $25.2 million | 1.9% |
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs Assistance Listing 20.106 | $23.6 million | 1.8% |
| Health Center Program Assistance Listing 93.224 | $13.4 million | 1.0% |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance Assistance Listing 81.117 | $10.0 million | 0.8% |
| Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) Assistance Listing 84.411 | $10.0 million | 0.8% |
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Assistance Listing 14.218 | $9.3 million | 0.7% |
| Aeronautics Assistance Listing 43.002 | $8.7 million | 0.7% |
Nearby on this site
Other cities in California
- Los Angeles$4.6B
- San Diego$11B
- San Francisco$4.8B
- Fresno$665M
- Sacramento$7.8B
- Long Beach$3B
- Oakland$1.3B
- Bakersfield$481M
Universities in San Jose
Questions and answers
- How much federal money does San Jose get?
- $1.3 billion in FY2025 in awards performed in San Jose, CA, according to USAspending.gov. That excludes most payments to individuals, which are published only by county.
- How much is that per resident?
- About $1,326 per resident, using the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate of 989,814 people.
- Which agency spends the most in San Jose?
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $700.6 million in FY2025.
Sources and notes
- USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury), API endpoints spending_over_time and spending_by_category, filtered by place of performance city (SAN JOSE) in CA, fiscal years 2018–2026. Amounts are obligations in nominal dollars. Data retrieved 2026-10-04. Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city estimates (San Jose city).
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: sources and methods.