DOGE Cost is now an estimated 21B, Actual saved was 53.5 million

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However, investigations revealed that its overall operating budget was roughly $40 million, and individual staff members drew six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries—contradicting initial claims that compensation would be zero

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The direct financial cost of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to the U.S. government is estimated at $21.7 billion, according to figures from a Senate investigation. Beyond direct overhead, broader independent economic analyses estimate that the true operational cost of DOGE's sweeping cuts, disruption, and employee handling could reach $135 billion.

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The leases cut and referenced on DOGE’s website “actually summed to $53.5 million” in savings, the report found. Of the 264 leases, about 108 were already in the termination process before DOGE was formed after Trump began his second term as presiden

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he GAO said it found multiple “issues limiting the transparency and reliability of these reported savings.” Including additional categories beyond contracts, grants, and leases, DOGE tallied $215 billion in cuts, the GAO said.

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