How much did DOGE cut from California?

California is estimated to have 2,022 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $7.3B in claimed savings, or $185 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the California DOGE estimate calculated?

DOGE.gov's savings data does not report which state each termination is based in. We estimate California's share by distributing DOGE's national claimed savings in proportion to the state's FY2025 total federal spending reported on USASpending.gov.

What is California's rank for DOGE cuts?

California ranks #3 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #54 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

California

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 2,022 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $7.3B in claimed savings - 6.6% of national total.

That's $185 per resident, ranked #54 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$7.3B

Rank #3 nationally

Terminations

2,022

6.6% of national total

Per Capita

$185

Rank #54 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$485.6B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$7.3B

PCAP

$185

6.6%

TERMS

2,022

C-MIX

45.4%

G-MIX

54.6%

RANK$

RANK/C

#54

Nearest savings peers

New Jersey Virginia New York Illinois

California vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Heavy claimed-savings book

California sits #3 of 56 by claimed DOGE savings ($7.3B across 2,022 terminated awards).

Dense absolute books usually concentrate agency pressure on the largest FY2025 spenders (Department of Health and Human Services leads the baseline here). Read the termination-mix chart against nearest savings peers before treating one award type as structural.

Attribution method: methodology (national DOGE totals × FY2025 USASpending.gov state share).

Grant-led terminations in California

Estimated DOGE savings split: $3.3B from 732 contracts (45.4%) vs $4.0B from 1,290 grants (54.6%).

California DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

732 contracts

45.4%

$3.3B

Contracts contribute $3.3B of the claimed California book.

Grant Terminations

1,290 grants

54.6%

$4.0B

Grants contribute $4.0B of the claimed California book.

Top Federal Agencies in California

Agencies with the largest federal spending in California in FY2025, likely most affected by DOGE terminations.

1 Department of Health and Human Services

2 Social Security Administration

3 Department of Defense

4 Department of Veterans Affairs

5 Department of Agriculture

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to California.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
New Jersey	$6.6B	$707	1,534
Virginia	$6.5B	$757	1,550
New York	$5.8B	$290	1,549
Illinois	$9.3B	$724	2,212
Pennsylvania	$9.3B	$714	2,236

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Estimate Notice: DOGE.gov's API does not include state-level data. Figures for California are estimated by distributing national DOGE savings proportionally to the state's FY2025 federal spending from USASpending.gov (U.S. Treasury). Actual impacts may vary.

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Data Sources: DOGE.gov Savings API (api.doge.gov) + USASpending.gov FY2025 Awards Data (U.S. Treasury).