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title: "Does Washington actually spend more on defense contractors alone than it does on the entire federal civilian workforce?"  
description: "Does Washington actually spend more on defense contractors alone than it does on the entire federal civilian workforce?"  
author: "Aarohi Misra"  
published: 2018-02-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34974/does-washington-actually-spend-more-on-defense-contractors-alone-than-it-does-on-the-entire-federal-civilian-workforce  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["united states of america(usa)"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does Washington actually spend more on defense contractors alone than it does on the entire federal civilian workforce?

Does Washington actually spend more on [defense](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/225759/what-do-criminal-defense-lawyers-handle) contractors alone than it does on the entire [federal](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39203/who-has-won-the-gold-in-the-men-s-event-at-the-idbi-federal-life-insurance-new-delhi-marathon-2018) civilian [workforce](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/88268/america-s-new-workforce-ai-automation-and-the-end-of-the-9-to-5)?


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