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Department of the Interior

Department of the Interior reported $11.5 billion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 14 of 73 top-tier agencies.

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The record

Obligations, FY2026
$11,492,480,363
All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
Rank among agencies
14 of 73
By obligations this fiscal year.
Share of all federal obligations
0.2%
Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
Treasury top-tier code
014
USAspending profile
usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-the-interior

By award type

Department of the Interior obligations by award type, fiscal year 2026
Award typeObligationsShare
Contracts$5,727,232,91749.8%
Direct payments$3,839,361,98433.4%
Grants$1,721,064,74815.0%
Other$204,820,7131.8%

Where the work was performed

Department of the Interior obligations by state, fiscal year 2026
RankStateObligationsShare of agency
1Virginia$943,241,4738.2%
2Arizona$914,516,4788.0%
3New Mexico$858,713,8997.5%
4California$819,592,2107.1%
5Washington$577,412,0465.0%
6Oklahoma$528,336,1814.6%
7Alaska$487,850,7124.2%
8Maryland$438,773,2323.8%
9South Dakota$400,514,1543.5%
10Colorado$378,176,5063.3%
11Wyoming$339,664,1343.0%
12Pennsylvania$322,671,2192.8%
13Montana$314,484,2242.7%
14District Of Columbia$308,646,8912.7%
15Idaho$288,026,2662.5%

The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $10,977,898,234, against an overall $11,492,480,363 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