High-Cost 
Support
Low-Income 
Support
Rural Health 
Care
Schools and 
Libraries  Total
Per-
Household 
Low Estimate
Per-
Household 
High Estimate
2011 $3.33 $1.25 $0.07 $1.74 $6.39 $2.88 $3.52
2012 $3.27 $1.74 $0.09 $1.74 $6.84 $3.08 $3.76
2013 $3.11 $1.12 $0.12 $1.61 $5.97 $2.68 $3.28
2014 $3.04 $1.12 $0.16 $1.60 $5.93 $2.67 $3.26
Universal Service Contributions Divided by Number of Households
Monthly
Inflation Adjusted (2014 Dollars)
Year
Total Contributions Residential Contributions
Notes:   Performance measures reported pursuant to the USF/ICC Transformation Order  and Lifeline Reform Order .  Figures do not 
represent the average amount individual households see on their bills because universal service contribution data do not separate 
business from residential contributions.  The Commission does not currently collect data that would allow the residential amount to be 
calculated accurately.  FCC staff, using data from FCC Form 499 and third party reports, estimates that contributions based on services 
typically sold to residential users represent roughly one-half of overall contributions; the third party data sources used in creating these 
estimates are the 2013 Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Market Forecast and Review and the U.S. Census.  FCC staff 
believe that the residential portion of the total contribution is between 45% (low estimate) and 55% (high estimate).   
Published as Table 1.12 of the 2014 Monitoring Report . 
Source:  Universal service contributions in 2011 from Table 1.10 of the 2011 Monitoring Report  and for 2012 from Table 1.9 of the 
2012 Monitoring Report and for 2013 from Table 1.9 and for 2014 from Table 1.11 of the 2014 Monitoring Report .  Inflation 
adjusted using CPI values reported for July of each year in Table 7.3 of the 2014 Monitoring Report .  Household data as reported in 
Table 7.1 of the 2014 Monitoring Report  were used to calculate per household amount.