Social Security Spending Hit Record for FY2015... $944,143,000,000: Social Security Administration Spending Hit Record in FY2015; $6,345 For Every American With a Job November 9, 2015 - Spending by the Social Security Administration - which includes payments for Social Security and disability benefits as well as Supplemental Security Income payments and the administrative costs for these programs--hit a record $944,143,000,000 in fiscal 2015, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury.