The CFPB released its annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on Dec. 31.

Covering the time period beginning Oct. 1, 2014 and ending Sept. 30, 2015, the bureau reported it spent approximately $524.4 million, which included $265.9 million toward employee compensation and benefits for the 1,529 CFPB employees who were with the agency at the end of the fiscal year. Employee compensation totaled $192.3 million and benefits compensation totaled $73.7 million.

The agency also reported its contractual obligations at $191.7 million. Some of its significant obligations included $21.7 million for maintaining ongoing operations of the CFPB's consumer contact center and case management database; $14.7 million to the Federal Reserve Board for shared IG support services; $14.4 million to the Department of Treasury for information technology infrastructure and other administrative services; $12.1 million for a one-year building occupancy agreement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and $10.0 million for a one-year building occupancy agreement with the General Services Administration for the CFPB's temporary headquarters office space.