How much did DOGE cut from New Jersey?

New Jersey is estimated to have 1,534 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $6.6B in claimed savings, or $707 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the New Jersey DOGE estimate calculated?

DOGE.gov's savings data does not report which state each termination is based in. We estimate New Jersey'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 New Jersey's rank for DOGE cuts?

New Jersey ranks #4 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #10 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

New Jersey

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 1,534 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $6.6B in claimed savings - 6.0% of national total.

That's $707 per resident, ranked #10 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$6.6B

Rank #4 nationally

Terminations

1,534

6.0% of national total

Per Capita

$707

Rank #10 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$96.5B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$6.6B

PCAP

$707

6.0%

TERMS

1,534

C-MIX

87.2%

G-MIX

12.8%

RANK$

RANK/C

#10

Nearest savings peers

Virginia New York California Texas

New Jersey vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Heavy claimed-savings book

New Jersey sits #4 of 56 by claimed DOGE savings ($6.6B across 1,534 terminated awards).

Dense absolute books usually concentrate agency pressure on the largest FY2025 spenders (Social Security Administration 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).

Contract-led terminations in New Jersey

Estimated DOGE savings split: $5.7B from 1,262 contracts (87.2%) vs $841.3M from 272 grants (12.8%).

New Jersey DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

1,262 contracts

87.2%

$5.7B

Procurement is the heavier claimed channel in New Jersey (87.2% of savings).

Grant Terminations

272 grants

12.8%

$841.3M

Grants are the thinner claimed channel here (12.8% of savings).

Top Federal Agencies in New Jersey

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

1 Social Security Administration

2 Department of Health and Human Services

3 Department of Defense

4 Department of Veterans Affairs

5 Department of Transportation

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to New Jersey.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
Virginia	$6.5B	$757	1,550
New York	$5.8B	$290	1,549
California	$7.3B	$185	2,022
Texas	$5.2B	$179	1,403
Florida	$4.2B	$197	1,121

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Estimate Notice: DOGE.gov's API does not include state-level data. Figures for New Jersey 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).