diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
index da791541634..1ae2701d684 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/check_openapi_schema.tsx
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ const fieldTooltips: { [key: string]: string } = {
   key: "Bring your own key value instead of an auto-generated one. Must start with 'sk-' and be at least 16 characters",
   budget_id: "Attach an existing budget (created via /budget/new) to this key",
   soft_budget: "Spend threshold that triggers an alert without blocking the key",
+  spend: "Starting spend in USD recorded for this key. Counts toward its budget",
   send_invite_email: "Send an invite email to this key's user",
   max_parallel_requests: "Maximum number of concurrent requests. Requests beyond this limit receive a 429 error",
   allowed_cache_controls: "Cache control values requests with this key may use, e.g. no-cache, no-store",
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ const getFieldHelp = (key: string, property: SchemaProperty, type: string): stri
   const specificHelp: { [key: string]: string } = {
     max_budget: "Enter maximum budget in USD (e.g., 100.50)",
     soft_budget: "Enter alert threshold in USD (e.g., 50)",
+    spend: "Enter starting spend in USD (e.g., 0)",
     budget_duration: "Select a time period for budget reset",
     budget_id: "Enter the id of an existing budget",
     tpm_limit: "Enter maximum tokens per minute (whole number)",
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
index c2abd51da61..903639b282d 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const OPENAPI_SCHEMA = {
         properties: {
           key: { type: "string", title: "Key" },
           soft_budget: { type: "number", title: "Soft Budget" },
+          spend: { anyOf: [{ type: "number" }, { type: "null" }], title: "Spend" },
           blocked: { anyOf: [{ type: "boolean" }, { type: "null" }], title: "Blocked" },
           max_budget: { type: "number", title: "Max Budget" },
           allowed_cache_controls: { anyOf: [{ items: {}, type: "array" }, { type: "null" }] },
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ const SECTION_PAYLOAD_ADDITIONS: Record<keyof typeof SECTIONS, Record<string, un
   advanced: {
     key: undefined,
     soft_budget: undefined,
+    spend: undefined,
     blocked: undefined,
     allowed_cache_controls: undefined,
     model_rpm_limit: undefined,
@@ -480,10 +482,12 @@ describe("CreateKey", () => {
       await openSection(/Optional Settings/i);
       await openSection(SECTIONS.advanced);
       await userEvent.type(await screen.findByLabelText("Soft Budget"), "12");
+      await userEvent.type(await screen.findByLabelText("Spend"), "5");
       await submit();
 
       const payload = await createdPayload();
       expect(payload.soft_budget).toBe(12);
+      expect(payload.spend).toBe(5);
       expect(payload).toHaveProperty("key");
     });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
index d47ee1a66c0..a211dddc51b 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
@@ -1760,7 +1760,6 @@ const CreateKey: React.FC<CreateKeyProps> = ({ team, teams, data, addKey, autoOp
                               "budget_duration",
                               "tpm_limit",
                               "rpm_limit",
-                              "spend",
                               "user_id",
                               "agent_id",
                               "project_id",