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Department of State

Department of State reported $19.1 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 12 of 73 top-tier agencies.

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The record

Obligations, FY2026
$19,111,352,040
All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
Rank among agencies
12 of 73
By obligations this fiscal year.
Share of all federal obligations
0.4%
Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
Treasury top-tier code
019
USAspending profile
usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-state

By award type

Department of State obligations by award type, fiscal year 2026
Award typeObligationsShare
Contracts$7,183,418,28837.6%
Grants$6,625,395,22634.7%
Other$5,302,538,52627.7%

Where the work was performed

Department of State obligations by state, fiscal year 2026
RankStateObligationsShare of agency
1Virginia$1,859,259,5289.7%
2District Of Columbia$1,728,319,1749.0%
3Alabama$499,683,9212.6%
4California$294,516,0101.5%
5Maryland$144,007,9470.8%
6Florida$103,825,2180.5%
7New York$93,403,1190.5%
8South Carolina$92,399,7690.5%
9Alaska$70,106,9270.4%
10Arkansas$32,271,5010.2%
11Oregon$27,932,0970.1%
12Minnesota$23,640,8940.1%
13Nebraska$20,580,9230.1%
14Pennsylvania$19,410,9560.1%
15Michigan$17,790,5330.1%

The 15 largest of 52 states and territories. These rows total $5,124,214,773, against an overall $19,111,352,040 for the agency. The difference was performed abroad or carries no reported location. 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.

Where most of this work was performed

Sources

  • USAspending API v2U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18
    apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql, apps/web/queries/spending/agency_states.sql

Data retrieved