we found this in the admins emails? seems to know a little aboout the gov't expense


Administrative Expenses





Trust fund data


The table below shows Social Security administrative expenses, by trust fund. Since 1989, such expenses have totaled one percent or less of combined expenditures from the trust funds.




Administrative expenses as a percentage of total expenditures, 1957-2011



Calendar
year

Percentage of total expenditures

Administrative expenses (in millions)



Total

OASI

DI

Total

OASI

DI



1957

2.2%

2.2%

5.1%

$164

$162

$3



1958

2.3%

2.2%

4.6%

207

194

12



1959

2.2%

1.8%

10.3%

234

184

50



1960

2.0%

1.8%

6.0%

240

203

36



1961

2.3%

1.9%

6.7%

303

239

64



1962

2.1%

1.8%

5.6%

322

256

66



1963

2.1%

1.9%

5.2%

348

281

68



1964

2.2%

1.9%

5.6%

375

296

79



1965

2.2%

1.9%

5.3%

418

328

90



1966

1.9%

1.3%

7.0%

393

256

137



1967

2.3%

2.0%

5.2%

515

406

109



1968

2.3%

2.0%

5.2%

603

476

127



1969

2.2%

1.9%

5.1%

612

474

138



1970

1.9%

1.6%

5.0%

635

471

164



1971

1.9%

1.5%

5.1%

719

514

205



1972

2.1%

1.7%

4.9%

907

674

233



1973

1.6%

1.4%

3.2%

837

647

190



1974

1.8%

1.6%

3.0%

1,082

865

217



1975

1.7%

1.5%

2.9%

1,152

896

256



1976

1.6%

1.4%

2.7%

1,244

959

285



1977

1.6%

1.3%

3.3%

1,379

981

399



1978

1.5%

1.3%

2.5%

1,440

1,115

325



1979

1.4%

1.2%

2.6%

1,483

1,113

371



1980

1.2%

1.1%

2.3%

1,522

1,154

368



1981

1.2%

1.0%

2.5%

1,743

1,307

436



1982

1.3%

1.1%

3.3%

2,109

1,519

590



1983

1.3%

1.0%

3.4%

2,153

1,528

625



1984

1.3%

1.0%

3.4%

2,264

1,638

626



1985

1.2%

0.9%

3.1%

2,200

1,592

608



1986

1.1%

0.9%

2.9%

2,202

1,601

600



1987

1.1%

0.8%

4.0%

2,373

1,524

849



1988

1.1%

0.9%

3.3%

2,513

1,776

737



1989

1.0%

0.8%

3.2%

2,427

1,673

754



1990

0.9%

0.7%

2.8%

2,270

1,563

707



1991

0.9%

0.7%

2.8%

2,587

1,792

794



1992

0.9%

0.7%

2.6%

2,664

1,830

834



1993

1.0%

0.7%

2.7%

2,963

1,996

966



1994

0.8%

0.6%

2.6%

2,674

1,645

1,029



1995

0.9%

0.7%

2.5%

3,141

2,077

1,064



1996

0.8%

0.6%

2.6%

2,962

1,802

1,160



1997

0.9%

0.7%

2.7%

3,409

2,128

1,280



1998

0.9%

0.6%

3.1%

3,467

1,899

1,567



1999

0.8%

0.5%

2.9%

3,328

1,809

1,519



2000

0.9%

0.6%

2.9%

3,788

2,148

1,639



2001

0.8%

0.5%

2.8%

3,702

1,961

1,741



2002

0.9%

0.5%

3.0%

4,185

2,137

2,049



2003

1.0%

0.6%

2.7%

4,562

2,553

2,008



2004

0.9%

0.6%

2.7%

4,536

2,384

2,152



2005

1.0%

0.7%

2.6%

5,272

2,957

2,315



2006

1.0%

0.7%

2.5%

5,337

3,010

2,326



2007

0.9%

0.6%

2.5%

5,542

3,075

2,468



2008

0.9%

0.6%

2.3%

5,749

3,223

2,526



2009

0.9%

0.6%

2.3%

6,182

3,439

2,743



2010

0.9%

0.6%

2.3%

6,525

3,543

2,982



2011

0.9%

0.6%

2.2%

6,405

3,486

2,920