Every state ranking says which states run on federal money. None of them tells you what that means for your own budget if a cut ever hits your state.

The Federal Cut Cushion Calculator turns that risk into one number: the cushion, in dollars, your household would want on hand for a mild or a deep federal cut.

What’s inside:

• Your state’s federal-revenue share and cost-of-living index, pulled automatically for all 50 states
• One dashboard number — your target cushion, with a green/red covered-or-short verdict
• Mild-cut vs deep-cut comparison, plus a base-months sensitivity table
• A Stay vs Go tab to compare your state against any other
• A sourced, dated data tab — every figure traced to its source

This is an educational planning tool, not financial, tax, or legal advice.