Expense Ratio History

FGOVX expense ratio history

Fidelity Government Income Fund

Fund company
Fidelity
Type
Mutual fund

0.45%

In basis points
45 basis points
Yearly cost per $10,000
$45
Prospectus dated
31 October 2025, filed with the SEC; rounded to 0.01%

Fee over time

FGOVX expense ratio: read at 0.45% on 31 Oct 2025.0.00%0.20%0.40%0.60%0.80%Oct 2011Mar 2014Aug 2016Jan 2019Jun 2021Nov 20230.45% on 31 Oct 2025
FGOVX expense ratio: read at 0.45% on 31 Oct 2025.0.00%0.20%0.40%0.60%0.80%Oct 2011Jul 2016Apr 20210.45% on 31 Oct 2025
Each dot is a prospectus filed with the SEC or a date we read the fee from a source. The fee hasn't changed between them.

Share classes

The same fund is sold as 7 share classes, each with its own fee. Figures are from each class's latest prospectus in SEC filings, rounded to 0.01%.

TickerShare classFeeAfter waiversProspectus dated
FGOVX (this page) Fidelity Government Income Fund 0.45% — 31 Oct 2025
FVIAX Fidelity Advisor Government Income Fund: Class A 0.79% — 31 Oct 2025
— — 1.50% — 30 Oct 2015
FVICX Fidelity Advisor Government Income Fund: Class C 1.55% — 31 Oct 2025
FVITX Fidelity Advisor Government Income Fund: Class M 0.76% — 31 Oct 2025
FVIIX Fidelity Advisor Government Income Fund: Class I 0.49% — 31 Oct 2025
FIKPX Fidelity Advisor Government Income Fund: Class Z 0.40% 0.36% 31 Oct 2025

Every figure we've recorded

DateFeeWhat happened
31 Oct 2025 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2025-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
31 Oct 2024 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2024-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Mar 2024 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2024-03-01 (form 497), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 497
31 Oct 2023 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2023-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
31 Oct 2022 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2022-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
31 Oct 2021 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2021-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
31 Oct 2020 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2020-10-31 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2019 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2019-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2018 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2018-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2017 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2017-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
29 Oct 2016 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2016-10-29 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2015 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2015-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2014 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2014-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2013 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2013-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2012 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2012-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
29 Oct 2011 0.45% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2011-10-29 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS

What this fee costs

Change the amount, years or return. The estimate keeps the fee at 0.45% and the return steady each year, the same assumptions as the cost example in a fund's prospectus.

$568 in fees over 10 years

After fees, $10,000 grows to $15,587.

Fees paid on $10,000 at 5% a year
AfterFees paid
1 year$46
3 years$145
5 years$253
10 years$568

How we read this figure

The figure is the total annual fund operating expenses line of the fee table in the fund's prospectus, as tagged in the fund company's filing with the SEC. The SEC publishes these figures rounded to four decimal places, so 0.015% appears as 0.02%. The fund company's own page may show a more precise number.

SEC filings give 16 prospectuses for this share class since 2011. Each one is listed above with a link to the filing.

How we read fees

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