[Footkerchief]

Looks like you're right -- $551 out of $842 billion, 65%, is spent on compensation.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59475 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59511

[lotsofpulp]

Thanks for looking that up to confirm. My hunch was based on Medicare + Medicaid + Social Security eclipsing everything else in the US federal budget.