How much did DOGE cut from Virginia?

Virginia is estimated to have 1,550 federal contract and grant terminations totaling an estimated $6.5B in claimed savings, or $757 per resident. This is an estimate based on the state's proportional share of FY2025 federal spending.

How is the Virginia DOGE estimate calculated?

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

Virginia ranks #5 nationally by total estimated DOGE savings and #7 by per-capita impact.

DOGE Impact All States

Virginia

Compiled by PlainSpending

DOGE Federal Cuts Impact

Estimated 1,550 federal contract and grant terminations, totaling $6.5B in claimed savings - 5.9% of national total.

That's $757 per resident, ranked #7 nationally.

Est. Total Savings

$6.5B

Rank #5 nationally

Terminations

1,550

5.9% of national total

Per Capita

$757

Rank #7 nationally

FY2025 Federal Spending

$214.1B

Basis for distribution

Award Deobligation Gazette

FPDS · USASpending · DOGE claimed

TOT

$6.5B

PCAP

$757

5.9%

TERMS

1,550

C-MIX

83.5%

G-MIX

16.5%

RANK$

RANK/C

Nearest savings peers

New Jersey New York California Texas

Virginia vs nearest peers, claimed DOGE savings per resident

Heavy claimed-savings book

Virginia sits #5 of 56 by claimed DOGE savings ($6.5B across 1,550 terminated awards).

Dense absolute books usually concentrate agency pressure on the largest FY2025 spenders (Department of Defense 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 Virginia

Estimated DOGE savings split: $5.5B from 1,202 contracts (83.5%) vs $1.1B from 348 grants (16.5%).

Virginia DOGE claimed savings by termination type

Contract Terminations

1,202 contracts

83.5%

$5.5B

Procurement is the heavier claimed channel in Virginia (83.5% of savings).

Grant Terminations

348 grants

16.5%

$1.1B

Grants are the thinner claimed channel here (16.5% of savings).

Top Federal Agencies in Virginia

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

1 Department of Defense

2 Department of Veterans Affairs

3 Social Security Administration

4 Department of Health and Human Services

5 Department of Homeland Security

States With Similar DOGE Impact

States with estimated DOGE savings closest to Virginia.

State	Est. Savings	Per Capita	Terminations
New Jersey	$6.6B	$707	1,534
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 Virginia 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).