Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration reported $1.4 trillion in obligations for fiscal year 2026, ranking 2 of 73 top-tier agencies.
American Factbook Research
The record
- Obligations, FY2026
- $1,433,629,350,985
- All award types. Obligations recorded, not money spent.
- Rank among agencies
- 2 of 73
- By obligations this fiscal year.
- Share of all federal obligations
- 30.0%
- Of $4.8 trillion across all agencies.
- Treasury top-tier code
- 028
- USAspending profile
- usaspending.gov/agency/social-security-administration
By award type
| Award type | Obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Direct payments | $1,432,237,405,509 | 99.9% |
| Contracts | $1,389,358,214 | 0.1% |
| Grants | $2,587,262 | 0.0% |
Where the work was performed
| Rank | State | Obligations | Share of agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $139,190,814,473 | 9.7% |
| 2 | Florida | $108,893,088,291 | 7.6% |
| 3 | Texas | $100,103,766,133 | 7.0% |
| 4 | New York | $81,301,802,965 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | $63,341,168,583 | 4.4% |
| 6 | Ohio | $52,306,575,710 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Illinois | $50,684,601,878 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Michigan | $49,936,167,942 | 3.5% |
| 9 | North Carolina | $48,689,674,784 | 3.4% |
| 10 | Georgia | $42,066,262,596 | 2.9% |
| 11 | New Jersey | $39,400,227,714 | 2.7% |
| 12 | Virginia | $36,903,494,243 | 2.6% |
| 13 | Arizona | $32,852,227,821 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Washington | $32,816,900,266 | 2.3% |
| 15 | Tennessee | $31,846,874,373 | 2.2% |
The 15 largest of 56 states and territories. These rows total $1,425,237,279,563, against an overall $1,433,629,350,985 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.
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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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