Department of Education
Department of Education reported $82.5 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 8 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $82,548,138,279
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 8 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 1.7%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 091
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-education
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | $48,726,666,633 | 59.0% |
| Direct payments | $31,601,272,200 | 38.3% |
| Contracts | $2,220,199,447 | 2.7% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $10,133,791,111 | 12.3% |
| 2 | Texas | $7,585,737,846 | 9.2% |
| 3 | New York | $4,810,593,658 | 5.8% |
| 4 | Florida | $4,654,127,159 | 5.6% |
| 5 | Illinois | $2,988,816,941 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Virginia | $2,832,288,132 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Arizona | $2,723,892,896 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $2,537,121,715 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Georgia | $2,494,085,848 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Ohio | $2,450,549,480 | 3.0% |
| 11 | North Carolina | $2,348,878,128 | 2.8% |
| 12 | Michigan | $2,093,915,657 | 2.5% |
| 13 | New Jersey | $1,969,349,266 | 2.4% |
| 14 | Tennessee | $1,861,095,220 | 2.3% |
| 15 | Indiana | $1,512,062,777 | 1.8% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $82,531,269,981, against an overall $82,548,138,279 for the agency. Effectively all of this agency’s obligations carry a reported place of performance. The two figures come from separate USAspending aggregations and reconcile to within a fraction of a percent, not to the cent. Place of performance is what the recipient reported, not necessarily where work happened.
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Sources
- USAspending API v2 — U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql
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